Specify the widget settings

You can specify the widget settings in the corresponding configuration panel. The widget configuration panel provides you with quick access to the settings and functionalities of a widget.

In the configuration panel, you can define the display of a widget, assign data, and specify the data to display in the widget. You can set filter criteria, specify actions, and define thresholds.

Note that you must first assign a data source to the widget before you can configure the data, filters, actions, or thresholds.

The current version of the new dashboard editor does not provide all the widget options and functionalities that are available in the default dashboard editor.

Most options and functionalities are already described in the help of the default dashboard editor.

Procedure

  1. Click a widget on the dashboard. The configuration panel for the widget is displayed.
  2. Click View Appearance to define the widget layout. Here you can also change the widget type afterwards.

    You can find more details about the display options on the individual widget pages.

  3. Click Configuration Set up to assign data and to specify the data to display in the widget.
    1. Assign a data source to a widget.
    2. Specify the data to display in a widget.
  4. Click Filter Filtering to set criteria to filter data from other widgets.
  5. Click Actions Actions to specify actions that will be performed when you make a selection in a widget.

    You can find more details about the action settings on the Specify actions for widgets pages.

  6. Click Thresholds Thresholds to define thresholds for numeric and text measures to display their status.

You can find more details about the thresholds settings on the individual Assign data sources to widgets pages. You can define thresholds only for specific widgets.