MashZone NextGen 10.2 | Appendix | Dashboard components | Date filter
 
Date filter
Provides an interactive calendar for configuring a date filter. The calendar filters the values in a given date range.
In view mode, you can extend the date range by clicking the + Add and - Remove icon in the component.
The Date filter component supports values only of date type.
The component supports filtering, actions, and URL selection.
The following component options are available.
General options
Description
Name
Optional component name
More options
Displays additional options
*Container
*Hide header: Hides the header incl. the title of the component and the content will be resized. Click the icon again to display the header.
*Hide border: Hides the outline of the component container. Click the icon again to display the outline.
*Container style
Selects the style type of the component container. The container styles available in the drop-down menu are part of the style template selected for the current dashboard. By default, the Default widget style is preselected.
*Style
Selects the style type of the component. The component styles available in the drop-down menu are part of the style template selected for the current dashboard. By default, the Default widget style is preselected.
*Auto refresh
Sets the automatic data retrieval of the component
*Show menu
Enables the component menu in view mode. In view mode, you can display the component menu by clicking the Menu icon in the component header. In the component menu, you can, for example, clear a selection, refresh the data displayed, or save the component data in a CSV file.
The option is disabled by default.
Specific date filter options
Description
Granularity
Specifies the structure of the time range.
There are three possible time granularities:
*Year
*Quarter
*Month
Allow range selection
Enables the selection of multiple time periods in the calendar.
To define a time range in view mode, select multiple periods by holding the mouse button.
The option is enabled by default. If the option is disabled, the From and To values of the default selection are set to the same value.
Compact
Hides the selected range label above the time filter.
Range
Specifies the initially displayed date range with a start value (From) and an end value (To).
You can either enter the date value manually or extract it from a data feed. This option is disabled for manual entry if the date value is extracted from a data feed.
If no data source columns are assigned to the component, you can enter the initial range values manually.
If data source columns are assigned, the range values are taken from the corresponding columns. The first values of the corresponding data source columns are always taken as the start or the end value of the range.
Default selection
Specifies the range values that are preselected by default.
You can either enter the date value manually or extract it from a data feed. This option is disabled for manual entry if the date value is extracted from a data feed.
If no data source columns are assigned to the component, you can enter the default range values manually.
If data source columns are assigned, the default values are taken from the corresponding columns. The first values of the corresponding data source columns are always taken as the minimum or the maximum.
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