Specify an image source URL

You can configure the source of an image to be displayed on a dashboard. You can specify a specific URL or select a URL alias as image source. You can also define a dynamic URL to use in view mode.

Procedure

  1. Create a dashboard or open a dashboard in the dashboard editor.
  2. Click an inserted image on the dashboard. The relevant properties dialog is displayed.
  3. Click the source url Source URL icon. The corresponding dialog opens.
  4. To define a specific URL, select URL from the Source drop-down menu and enter a URL in the URL input field.
  5. To select a URL alias, select URL alias from the Source drop-down menu and select an alias from the Path prefix (alias) drop-down menu.

    The Path prefix (alias) drop-down menu provides aliases configured in the administration. Only URL aliases without basic authentication are provided. Only the URL aliases for which you have the appropriate permissions are provided.

  6. Enter a URL in the Default source input box to specify an image to be displayed when no selection is made. The image is also displayed in edit mode. If this box is left empty, no image is shown.
  7. Define a dynamic URL using selections (coordinates). The dynamic URL takes effect only in view mode.
    1. You can create a dynamic URL by adding available coordinates to the URL. For this you can insert the coordinates from several widgets using drag and drop. A selected coordinate is placed at the current cursor position in the URL input field.
    2. You can also add coordinates of widgets placed on any tab available in the dashboard. In this case, select a tab first and then insert the relevant available coordinates in the URL input field using drag and drop.
    3. Click Configure input to change the format of a coordinate to type Date or Number. The option is enabled only if at least one coordinate is inserted in the URL input field.
    4. In case of a coordinate of type number or date, click the inserted coordinate and select a format pattern.
    5. To ensure that a coordinate is URL encoded, click the inserted coordinate and activate the Use URL encoding option.
  8. Click OK.

Your settings are applied and the URL is specified for the selected image.

See also

Image widget