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Two possible ways to integrate the query into the dashboard part are possible. If the query is static and should never be changed, the query can be copied into the dashboard part. The resulting part is more consistent and can be later moved easier, if desired. Changes in the query afterwards are not applied to the dashboard part. The other possibility is to link dashboard part with the query. If the query changes (e. g. bugfixes), it will be applied to the dashboard part. After clicking "Finish", the new dashboard part is created at the specified location.
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Showing and Configuring DashboardParts
Despite the fact that during the creation To show a dashboard part can be configured (with settings), an already created dashboard part can be modified as well.
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, a simple double-click on the corresponding prt-File is needed. If the underlying query can be executed without errors, the editor area shows the graphical its graphical result. At the top, two tabs are shown. The first is the presentation tab, showing the graphical results mentioned. The second tab, the settings-tab gives an overview about the settings configuring the dashboard part. Depending on the type of the dashboard part and setting, the setting can changed here to apply improvements. Which settings are editable is shown in Types of DashboardParts. If a setting is changed, the changes applies immediately in the presentation tab (depending on the implementation of the dashboard part). At least, closing and reopening the prt-File applies the changes.
Remove DashboardParts
Removing one dashboard part by simply removing from the project (e.g. with DEL-Key).
Dashboards
As mentioned above, a Dashboard is a container of multiple DashboardParts. Each DashboardPart contains exacly one visualization of a query-script (see Odysseus Script for defining scripts in Odysseus). Dashboards are stored as plain XML-Files with dsh-Ending.
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