Dashboard Elements

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Every dashboard consist of elements. Each element is opened in a separate sub-window within dashboard window. Element properties include:

Title and location of element's window
Type and properties of the element itself
Validity expression that allows to exclude certain elements if target context (i.e. context for that a relative dashboard is opened) doesn't match specific criteria

Element Types

The following dashboard element types are supported:

Widget
Data Table
Properties
Event Log
System Tree

Widget

This element opens a widget. If the widget is relative, it's started for the same context for those the dashboard is being opened.

Element properties:

Widget. The path of widget context.

Data Table

This element evaluates an expression that should evaluate to a Data Table. The Data Table's data is shown in a Data Table Editor as a part of dashboard.

Data Table element is ideal for showing query results within a dashboard.

Element properties:

Icon ID. ID of the icon to show in the title of element's window.
Help ID. ID of the help article that the element should refer to.
Expression. Expression to be evaluated.
Refresh Period. Period of expression re-evaluation, i.e. data refresh rate.

Properties

Shows a Properties Editor inside a dashboard.

Element properties:

Context. Context those properties to show.
Group. Group of properties to show, or NULL to show manually specified properties.
Properties. List of properties to show if Group is NULL.
Simple Mode. Use Properties Editor's simple mode.
Initially Read-Only. Lock the editor upon startup. It will be necessary to click Unlock toolbar button to start editing.

Event Log

Shows an Event Log inside a dashboard.

Element properties:

Event Filter. Context path of event filter to use.
Events. List of specific events to show in the log, specified by "Context Path - Event Name" pairs. This option is active if no filter is specified.
Current Events. Flag indicating whether or not to show Current Events section of the log.
Event History. Flag indicating whether or not to show Event History section of the log.
Preload Event History. Enables/disables loading event history upon Event Log startup.
Show Context Names. Controls visibility of Context column.
Show Event Names. Controls visibility of Event column.
Show Event Levels. Controls visibility of Level column.
Show Event Data. Controls visibility of Data column.
Show Event Acknowledgements. Controls visibility of Acknowledgements column.

System Tree

Shows a custom-rooted System Tree component inside a dashboard.

Element properties:

Root. Path of the tree's root context.
Related Actions. Flag that controls visibility of Related Actions pane.