Assign data columns to a rich text area

To display data in the Rich text area widget, you must assign the relevant data source columns to the required widget elements.

Prerequisite

You have assigned a data source to the widget.

Procedure

  1. Click a Rich text area widget in the dashboard. The relevant properties dialog is displayed.

  2. Click the Assign data Assign data icon to edit the data source assignment.

    The Assign data (2/2) dialog is displayed.

  3. Assign one or more data source columns to the Data column box using drag and drop.

The data source columns are assigned to the widget elements.

You can further configure the widget as follows:

Set properties of widget elements

You can edit the settings, for example, the display name or the format for each widget element.

Settings differ depending on the data type of the assigned data source column. See the option list below for details.

Procedure

  1. Click an assigned column in the Data column box to specify the settings.

  2. Click OK.

Your settings are applied. The drop-down menu in the dashboard is displayed with data of the assigned data source.

Options list

Option

Description

New column

name

Replaces the default name of the data source column. The column name is also used for the tool tip.

Format

Output format of the column values, for example, used for data points or tool tips. Available for columns of date and numeric type.

For details on setting the date format, refer to the chapter Change data type - single value.

Note that the pattern for the day of the week used in the Assign Data 2/2 dialog is different from the pattern used in data feed processing. For the date format of the day of the week, you must use the pattern dddd instead of eeee as in the data feed processing. For example, the format dddd.MM.YYYY returns Monday.12.2019.

Round numerically

Displays rounded KPI values. Available for numeric columns. Enabled by default.