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JDashboard Window Elements

Dashboard title bar

Toolbar

Dashboard editing area

The window elements of JDashboard vary with its two working modes: edit mode and view mode. The following introduces the full UI elements based on the edit mode.

The full-featured JDashboard window is composed of three sections: the dashboard title bar at the top, the toolbar on the left providing options for working with dashboards, and the dashboard editing area where you navigate and modify dashboards. Since JDashboard can also be used to access Visual Analysis, if your JReport Server is enabled with Visual Analysis, the elements on the JDashboard window have slight differences.

The options available on the JDashboard window UI are determined by the feature profile that is selected as the default profile in the Profile > Configure Profile > JDashboard > Features tab and the property setting on the Profile > Configure Profile > JDashboard > Properties tab (profile has the higher priority). The default JDashboard profile provides full options.

Dashboard title bar

The dashboard title bar at the top contains tabs labeling the names of the open dashboards.

Dashboard name tabs

Each tab represents an open dashboard and the dashboard name is shown on the tab.

The following are operations on the tabs:

• Click a tab to activate the corresponding dashboard.
• Rename a tab. Double-click a tab name and the name becomes editable. Enter a new name, then press Enter or click outside of the input field to save the name.
• Move a tab. Drag a tab and drop it beside a different tab so as to change the tab order.
• Click x beside a dashboard name to close the dashboard.

Adds a new blank dashboard in the current web browser.

If Visual Analysis is enabled, you can put the mouse pointer on the button for one second and a drop-down menu will be displayed containing the following options:

• Dashboard
  Creates a new blank dashboard as a new tab.
• Analysis
  Opens Visual Analysis as a new tab.

Specifies the language in which the dashboard will be displayed if it is an NLS dashboard. Available when Enable NLS is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab.

View Mode/Edit Mode

Switches to View Mode or Edit Mode of JDashboard.

Toolbar

The toolbar on the left contains these buttons:

Show/Hide Resources

Shows or hides the Resources panel which includes these branches:

• Component Library lists the library components created in and published from JReport Designer. You can select a library component and drag it into the dashboard body.
• Reports lists page reports and web reports. You can open any report from JDashboard or add report data components into your dashboards.
• Toolbox lists the objects that can be inserted in your dashboards such as labels, images, special fields, filtering tools, third-party objects, and HTML components.

You can use the quick search toolbar to search for any desired resources in a fast and convenient way (to display the toolbar, click the Search button at the upper right corner of the panel).

• Text box
  The quick search toolbar treats resource names as strings and searches by consecutive text. Type in the text you want to search for in the text box and the resources containing the matched text will be listed.
• X
  Closes the quick search toolbar.
• 
  Lists more search options.
  • Highlight All
    Specifies whether to highlight all matched text.
  • Match Case
    Specifies whether to search for text that meets the case of the typed text.
  • Match Whole Word
    Specifies whether to search for text that looks the same as the typed text.
• >
  When Highlight All is selected, you can use this button to go to the previous matched text.
• 
  When Highlight All is selected, you can use this button to go to the next matched text.

New

Creates a new blank dashboard with a new tab added.

If Visual Analysis is enabled, clicking the button will bring out a drop-down menu that contains the following options:

• New Dashboard
  Creates a new blank dashboard as a new tab.
• New Analysis
  Opens Visual Analysis as a new tab.

Open

Displays the Open Dashboard dialog for you to specify a dashboard to run, or the Open Document dialog where you can select a dashboard or a analysis template to open. Which dialog will be displayed depends on whether Visual Analysis is enabled.

Save

Saves the changes made to the current dashboard.

Refresh

Refreshes the current dashboard.

Enter Parameter Values

Opens the Enter Parameter Values dialog which lists all the parameters used in the dashboard for specifying their values.

Clear Filters

Removes all the filters from the current dashboard including those generated via filter controls, messages, drilling and going actions and those designed using web browsers such as Page Report Studio and Web Report Studio, except query filters and others designed and taking effect in JReport Designer.

Arrange

Automatically arranges the library components in the current dashboard neatly one time. It is an instant action.

Export

Displays the Export dialog for exporting the library components in the current dashboard.

Print

Displays the Print dialog for printing the library components in the current dashboard.

/ Open Responsive Mode/Close Responsive Mode

Enables or disables the capability of automatically scaling and folding the dashboard according to the current browser window on computers. Click here for more information.

Options

Displays the following options:

• New
  Creates a new blank dashboard.

  If Visual Analysis is enabled, the New option contains a submenu:

  • Dashboard
    Creates a new blank dashboard as a new tab.
  • Analysis
    Opens Visual Analysis as a new tab.
• Open
  Displays the Open Dashboard dialog for you to specify a dashboard to open, or the Open Document dialog where you can select a dashboard or a analysis template to open. Which dialog will be displayed depends on whether Visual Analysis is enabled.
• Save
  Saves the changes made to the current dashboard.
• Save As
  Saves the dashboard with a different name or to a new location.
• Export
  Displays the Export dialog for exporting library components in the current dashboard.
• Print
  Displays the Print dialog for printing library components in the current dashboard.
• Clear Filters
  Removes all the filters from the current dashboard including those generated via filter controls, messages, drilling and going actions and those designed using web browsers such as Page Report Studio and Web Report Studio, except query filters and others designed and taking effect in JReport Designer.
• On-screen Filter Values
  The option is available when Enable Setting Default On-screen Filter Values For Dashboard is selected in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab.
  • Save as Default
    Saves the current on-screen filter values as the user defined default values for the dashboard and for the user. This menu item is disabled when the current on-screen filter values are the same as the default values.
  • Restore to Default
    Restores to the default on-screen filter values. This menu item is disabled when current on-screen filter values are the same as the default values.
  • Clear Default
    Clears user defined default on-screen filter values. This menu item is disabled when there are no user defined default values.
• Share Parameter
  Opens the Share Parameters Setting dialog for sharing parameters between library components.
• Arrange
  Automatically arranges the library components in the current dashboard neatly one time. It is an instant action.
• Auto Arrange
  Automatically arranges the library components in the current dashboard neatly once the layout requires arrangement. It is a status setting. After selecting it, this option will be kept checked and the Arrange option will be disabled until you unselect Auto Arrange. The status will be saved with the dashboard.
• Responsive View
  Enables or disables the capability of automatically scaling and folding the dashboard according to the current browser window on computers. Click here for more information.
• Set as Server Home
  Sets the current dashboard as the home page after logging onto the JReport Server user console. For details, see Setting a dashboard as the server home page.
• Language
  Allows you to specify the language in which the dashboard will be displayed. Available when Enable NLS is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab.
• Component Title Bar
  Customizes the way of showing component title bar and the icons on it.
• Themes
  Opens the Themes dialog for selecting a theme to apply to the current dashboard.
• Show/Hide Dashboard Header
  Changes the current status of the dashboard header from being shown to hidden or from being hidden to shown.
• Help
  Displays the JDashboard help documents.
• Exit
  Exits JDashboard.

Dashboard editing area

Dashboard view has header and body sections.

The dashboard header can contain labels, images, and special fields.

The dashboard body can contain report components, library components, filtering tools, third-party objects, and HTML components. You can insert the same library component repeatedly to the same dashboard body.

Library components inserted to dashboards are references of the library component in the component library. The changes to a library component in the library will be reflected in all of the dashboards referencing the library component, such as removal of library components, version update, and permission change.

Likewise, data components referenced directly from reports are also affected by any changes to the web report.

Component options menu

Each component in the dashboard body has its own component options menu, which is available when you click on the title bar of the component.

The component options menu varies for different component types. It may contain the following items:

• Analyze
  Loads the analysis template in Visual Analysis in a new dashboard tab or browser window.
• Edit Setting
  Edits the component setting in the corresponding edit dialog.
• Export
  Exports the library component.
• Delete
  Deletes the library component from the current dashboard.
• Refresh
  Customizes the auto refresh action for the library component.
• About
  Displays the component information such as its ID, the author and his/her e-mail address, and the description about the component.

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