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Viewing and Using Dashboards

You can display the charts generated by stream views in dashboards. You can also generate some types of charts without using a dashboard. For example, you can view the contents of a stream set in a grid; see Stream Set List.

Chart type: Data Grid

A data grid displays the data in a table format. To open the properties for a data record in the grid, double-click on its row.

Details for an individual stream item can be viewed by double clicking on a row. This displays details of the selected stream item (data record).

Chart buttons

Charts provides the standard grid icons.

They also provides the following icons:

	Refresh the chart.
	Select an existing (or predefined) Filter or create, delete and modify Filters. This causes the chart to refresh and display only those entries which match the selected Filter.
	Select an existing (or predefined) multi-column Sort Order or create, delete and modify Sort Orders. Note that data is ordered across all records which are implied by the Filter, not just the current page of data.
	Opens the download data form allowing the user to export just the selected items or all data on the chart as either an Excel file, a CSV (comma separated) file or as an HTML document.
	Display the number of records in the data, and the number of records currently being displayed.

Grid Context Menus

Right-click on a data grid to open the context menu. The options available depend on whether you right-click in the header row or in a grid row.

Header Context Menu

Sort Ascending	Sort the data in this grid by this column in ascending order (0 to 9, A to Z)
Sort Descending	Sort the data in this grid by this column in descending order (9 to 0, Z to A)
Freeze Column	Freeze the column to keep it visible when you scroll through the other columns.
Unfreeze all Columns	Unfreeze all the columns so that the will all move if the grid is scrolled.
Set Flex Column	Flex columns adjust their size automatically to fit the space.
Hide this Column	Use these options to expand or collapse grid columns in a dashboard. Hidden columns do not appear in the grid. To re-show a hidden column, right-click any grid row and select *Show Attributes for View <viewName>* → Hide this column**
Show Hidden Columns

Row Context Menu

Show Stream Item Details

Opens a window with all the information contained in that grid row

Show Attributes for View <viewName>

Opens a list of all of the attributes (column headers) for this stream view. Attributes formatted in italics are present in the stream but are hidden in the grid.

To change whether an attribute is hidden or visible, right-click the attribute and select Show this column or Hide this column.

Configuring Dashboards

A dashboard allows you to gather into a single view a set of charts.

This grouping of related reports and statistics provides the users with pre-configured overviews of selected areas, making all the data that is required to view and monitor the health of the system both accessible and easy to read.

Any number of dashboards can be constructed by dragging predefined Stream Views onto a dashboard pane.

Things added to the dashboard in this way are known as dashboard elements. Dashboard elements are given short names which can then be used in expressions to refer to items selected in those Stream Views.

When you open an existing dashboard, it is locked by default. This means the dashboard cannot be edited, for example by selecting or moving elements and layout components. In design mode, right click on the dashboard area to unlock it. The previous locked status is remembered when switching back to design mode from app mode. To test buttons and actions that you have configured for a dashboard, you must switch to App Mode.

Dashboard Properties

For information about the properties toolbar, and about the sections Parent Details, Analysis Models, Description and Audit Summary, see Common Properties. For a full list of all the PhixFlow property tabs and windows, see Property Tabs.

The toolbar includes the button to Display Dashboard.

Basic Settings

Field	Description
Name	The name of the dashboard.
Open Maximised	If ticked, the dashboard opens fills the whole screen when it is opened.
Allow User to Resize	If ticked, the user can change the size of the dashboard while in app mode. All designers can still change
Show Toolbar	Show the toolbar on the dashboard.
Always On Top	Always keep the dashboard on top.
Keep Data	If ticked, the dashboard data is available and can be referenced even after the dashboard is closed. It can be used if the user wants to store global data available in the system.
Preload	If ticked, PhixFlow preloads the dashboard as it is setting up. Preloading adds to PhixFlow's setup time. When the user then opens the dashboard, the layout displays immediately. The data itself may still take time to load. Use this option for dashboards that the user will always want to open when they use PhixFlow.
Cache Locally	If ticked, PhixFlow does not preload the dashboard. Instead, when the user opens the dashboard for the first time, PhixFlow caches it on the client computer. When the user closes and reopens the dashboard, the layout loads immediately. The data itself may still loads from the server. Use this option for dashboards that a user may want to open.

Dashboard Elements

A list of the dashboard elements on this dashboard.

Access Permissions

For details about how to control access to a dashboard, see Common Properties → Access Permissions.

User Groups

A list of the user groups which can view this dashboard. This tab is only shown if All Users Can View Data is not selected.

Using Dashboard Options

To edit a dashboard, right-click and select Unlock Layout.

Splitter Bars

The dashboard area can be divided into multiple, resizing panes by adding vertical or horizontal splitter bars. Right click the pane or any element on the pane to:

Add Vertical Bar
Add Horizontal Bar

Splitter bars can be removed by right clicking on an empty pane and selecting Delete Pane.

Add Element

An element can be added to a dashboard by dragging predefined Stream Views onto the dashboard pane.

Remove Element

You can remove an element from the dashboard by right clicking on the view and going to Dashboard Options → Remove Element From Dashboard

Link Dashboard Elements

You can link Dashboard views together so that the contents of one view are filtered based on items selected in a "Driver" view.

A grid view (grids only) will be automatically made a "Driver", if any of the filter expressions in any of the dashboard elements reference the view by name.

To make a Dashboard element dependent upon the Driver view, set it up with a Filter which uses at least one condition with an expression containing the drivers view name. i.e ACCTS. When the Filter is evaluated, the view name ACCTS notation will contain the rows selected on the Driver view. An example condition expression is:

AccountNum equals ACCTS.AccountNumber

Where AccountNumber is an Attribute on the Driver view.

Dashboard Context Menu

Right-click on a dashboard to display the context menu for it.

Menu option	Description
Unlock the Layout	When a layout or dashboard is locked, unlock to make changes.
Lock the Layout	Lock a layout or dashboard to display the data content.
Show Context Parameters	Open a window listing the context parameters in alphabetical order.
Add Vertical Bar	Add a vertical bar to the current area.
Add Horizontal Bar	Add a horizontal bar to the current area.
Create New Form	Create a new form in the current area.
Show Palettes	Open the palette to drag in components.
Show Dashboard Details	Open the properties tab for the dashboard.
Turn auto size off/on	Toggle whether or not the currently selected component is automatically autosized when an application window is resized by the user. Using this option, or manually resizing a component may change the state of the Layout → Style Settings → Auto Size property.
Show Attributes for <stream name>	Open the list of attributes for the stream. This option is available when a dashboard has a backing stream.
Show Attributes for <view name>	Open the list of attributes for the stream view. This option is available when a dashboard has a backing view as well as a backing stream