Assign data sources to Label
To use the Label you have to assign a relevant data source to the component.
The component requires an Event, BigMemory, CSV, XML, ARIS Table or JDBC data source.
Procedure
1. Create or open a dashboard in MashZone NextGen Dashboard. 2. Click an inserted Label component. The relevant properties dialog is displayed.
3. Click the 
Assign Data icon to edit the data source assignment. The Edit Data Souce dialog will be displayed. Here you can select a data source and create dynamic Input Parameters. The Data Flow box shows an overview of the data source configuration.
4. Optionally you can create input parameters.
You can define dynamical and reusable input parameters for XML data sources, RAQL queries and ARIS table, see
Create Input Parameters.
5. Select a data source operator in the Add a data source area and specify your settings.
a. Assign Event data source.
b. Assign BigMemory data source.
c. Assign CSV data source.
d. Assign XML data source.
e. Assign ARIS Table data source.
f. Assign JDBC data source.
6. In addition to the data source operator you can add further operators to transform the source data.
a. Select an operator, e. g. Change data type, in the Add data operations area. The relevant operator will be displayed.
b. Specify your settings.
c. You can display a preview of the transformed source data of each operator. This enables you to track all data changes step by step. Click the 
Calculate peview icon of an operator. 7. Click Next.
8. Assign a data column to the label component.
You can assign a separate column of the data source to the Label component.
a. Assign a data column from the data source to the Data Column field via drag and drop.
b. Enter a New Column Name.
c. Select an output Format in the drop-down menu or enter a format manually. The Format option is only available for columns of type number and date.
d. For numeric values you can change the Aggregation type if necessary. Default is Avg (Average value).
e. Activate the Round numerically option to round numeric values.
9. Click Edit Data Source if you want to change the source settings.
10. Click OK.
The label component will be displayed with real data of the assigned data source.
Note: | If you've assigned a text or date column to the component the values are taken from the first data row. Therefore in most cases the label needs to be filtered by other components. |
