You can select specific elements of widgets (for example, a grid row, a combobox entry, a pie slice, etc.) dynamically by specifying URL parameters. When you use the URL to open a dashboard in view mode, the elements are automatically preselected and, if applicable, the preselected elements are used as a filter or an action trigger.
You can select the URL parameters required for dynamic URL selection in the properties menu of a widget and copy them to the clipboard. You can set a data column preselection for each widget that supports data preselection, for example, Grid, Input field, or several charts.
Procedure
Before you set a preselection you must assign the relevant data columns to the widget. See Assign data sources to widgets.
Expected formats:
Number: Do not use thousands separators and use dots as decimal separators.
Date / time: yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss
Text: no restrictions (URL-encoded)
The URL parameters are copied to the clipboard of your operating system (URL-encoded).
The dashboard is displayed in view mode with the specified selection.
Example
Dashboard preselection parameters
&cn16.Time=2015-12-23&cn16.Location=New%20York
Tab preselection parameter
&tab=tab1
URL with parameters added
http://<local host>:8080/mashzone/hub/dashboard/dashboard.jsp?editmode=false&guid=0bd1cbcc-49d2-4cb1-a5fe-72cfdc624cda &cn16.Time=2015-12-23&cn16.Location=New%20York&tab=tab1
These URL parameters are applied when you open the dashboard. To apply a modified preselection, you must reload the dashboard page. However, you can also apply a selection in an open dashboard without reloading the entire page. In this case, the selection string must begin with #... instead of &...
...#cn16.Time=2015-12-23&cn16.Location=New%20York