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To show a dashboard part, 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.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <Dashboard> <DashboardPart file="Relative/Path/To/File.dsh" h="300" w="300" x="100" y="100"/> </Dashboard>
A graphical more intuitive way to add DashboardParts to Dashboards is planned.is to drag-and-drop the prt-File of the desired dashboard parts into the open dashboard area.
Layout
There are two ways to position and scale the DashboardParts. One possibility is to change the coordinates, width and height in the file directly (see above code). It is obvious, that x and y stands for the coordinates (in pixels, with (0,0) in the top-left corner of the editor-view). h describes the height of the DashboardPart, w the width (both also in pixels). The second way is to "steer" the DashboardParts: by selecting one in the Dashboard, it can be positioned and scaled with the arrow-keys:
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