Dashboard Layout

This section describes the features related to the Dashboard layout.

The section consists of the following topics.

Dashboard Title
Dashboard Items Layout
Dashboard Item Caption

The Dashboard Title is located in the Dashboard Title Area, which is displayed at the top of the Dashboard. The dashboard title can contain text or image content.

If you are using the Ribbon menu in the Dashboard Designer, you can change title settings by clicking the Title button.

This invokes the Dashboard Title dialog, which allows you to change the text within the dashboard title, add an image, etc.

The dashboard title area can contain command buttons.

Print button (the icon) - allows end-users to print or export the dashboard. To learn more about printing and exporting, see the Printing and Exporting topic.
Parameters button (the icon) - allows end-users to modify dashboard parameter values. To learn more about parameters, see the Using Dashboard Parameters topic.

The Dashboard Designer provides the capability to arrange and resize dashboard items in various ways, using simple drag-and-drop operations.

Item Resizing

You can resize individual dashboard items (or groups of items) by dragging their edges.

Item Positioning

You can change the position of a dashboard item via drag-and-drop, using one of the following approaches.

If the caption of the dashboard item is visible, click it and hold down the left mouse button while dragging the item.
If the caption of the dashboard item is not visible, click the icon in the top left corner, and drag the item to its new position.

The drag-and-drop indicator shows possible positions for the dashboard item...

...and sequentially displays areas that the dashboard item can occupy. The image below illustrates how a dashboard item is dragged.

Each dashboard item has a caption that is displayed at the top of the item. The caption contains static text along with other information, as well as command buttons.

To show or hide the caption of a dashboard item, click the Show Caption button in the Design Ribbon tab...

...or right-click the item when designing the dashboard, and click the Show Caption menu item.

Note
The caption of the Range Filter dashboard item is not visible by default.

The caption of the Dashboard item contains the following information and buttons, depending on the dashboard item type.

Names

Dashboard Item Name - represents the static text within a dashboard item's caption.
Data Item Container Name - represents the name of the data item container. To learn more about data item containers, see the Providing Data topic for the corresponding dashboard item.

You can change the default name of the dashboard item or data item container using the Edit Names dialog. To invoke this dialog, right-click the item when designing the dashboard, and click the Edit Names... menu item (alternatively, you can use the Edit Names button in the Design Ribbon tab).

Interactivity Information

Drill-Down value - shows the value or values from the current drill-down hierarchy. To learn more, see the Drill-Down topic.

Command Buttons

Export to button - allows you to print or export a dashboard item. To learn how to print individual dashboard items, see the Printing and Exporting topic.
Values button - invokes a drop-down menu that allows you to switch between the provided values (in the pie, card, gauge and map dashboard items). To learn more, see the Providing Data topic for the corresponding dashboard item.
Clear Master Filter button - allows you to reset filtering when a dashboard item acts as the Master Filter. To learn more, see the Master Filtering topic in the Interactivity section for the corresponding dashboard item.
Drill Up button - allows you to return to the previous detail level when the drill-down capability is enabled for this item. To learn more, see the Drill-Down topic in the Interactivity section for the corresponding dashboard item.