Group widgets

You can combine several widgets into one group. Grouping helps you arrange widgets more easily. A group can consist of several widgets that display charts, for example, as well as widgets that define a header and a footer.

Procedure

  1. Open or create a dashboard.

  2. Add a widget to the dashboard.

  3. Move the mouse pointer over a widget to display the icons for configuring the widget group.

    Group widgets

  4. Click Add widget Add widget on the right side of the group to add placeholders for more widgets, for example, to display charts.

    Add widget

  5. Click Add widget Add widget at the top or bottom of the group to add placeholders for additional widgets in the group header or footer.

    Add widget

  6. You can replace the placeholders in the group with appropriate widgets. In the header and footer you can insert only text widgets, such as title and text labels, single KPI, and filter widgets.

    Example

    Add widget

  7. To assign a data source to a widget within the group, select a widget in the group and configure the data source in the widget's Setup panel.

    Widget setup

  8. You can move the widgets within the widget group. Depending on the number of widgets and their position, you can move widgets to the left (Move left), right (Move right), down (Move down), or up (Move up).

    Move widget

  9. You can configure the layout of the main widget group, header and footer.

    1. Move the mouse pointer over the widget group.

    2. Click Configure layout Main settings at the right site of the group to specify the layout of the main widget group.

    3. Click Configure layout Header settings at the top of the group to specify the layout of the group header.

    4. Click Configure layout Footer settings at the bottom of the group to specify the layout of the group footer.

    5. Specify the group layout. You can select the arrangement of the widgets and specify their number and size.

      Example

      Layout settings of the main widget group.

      Group layout

  10. To move a widget group on the dashboard, click the widget group, hold down the mouse button, and move the widget to the new location on the dashboard.

You have grouped widgets, assigned data to each widget, and configured the group layout.

Example

A group with three different widgets, a title as header and a single KPI and date filter in the footer.

Widget group example