Clicking the OK or Apply button saves options for future use.

Dashboard Builder saves options to the file OPTIONS.ini. If Builder was started with a --optionsFile argument, the options are saved to the specified location. Otherwise, if the Builder current directory is your project’s dashboards directory or the dashboards directory in your Apama installation’s work directory, the options and are saved there. Otherwise, clicking OK brings up a dialog that allows you to specify the location to which to save the options.

Dashboard Builder saves custom colors to the file COLORS.ini. If the Builder current directory is your project’s dashboards directory or the dashboards directory in your Apama installation’s work directory, the colors (if modified) are saved there. Otherwise, clicking OK brings up a dialog that allows you to specify the location to which to save the custom colors.

If Builder was started without a --optionsFile argument, it uses the options file in its current directory, if present. Otherwise, it uses the options file in the dashboards directory in your Apama installation’s work directory. In addition, Builder uses the colors file in its current directory, if present. Otherwise, it uses the colors file in the dashboards directory in your Apama installation’s work directory, if present. Otherwise it uses the colors file in the lib directory of your Apama instalation (which contains your Apama installation’s initial set of custom colors).