Insert Drop-down box in a dashboard

Dashboards : Configure dashboard components : Insert components in a dashboard : Insert Drop-down box in a dashboard

You can insert a Drop-down box in your Dashboard dashboard.

The Drop-down box provides you with a selection of values in a drop down menu for filtering other dashboard components.

Procedure

1. Create or open a dashboard in MashZone NextGen Dashboard.

2. Click the

Drop-down box component icon. The selected component is inserted in the dashboard and the properties dialog is displayed.

3. Click the

Configure icon to edit the data source assignment. See Assign data sources to Drop-down box for details.

4. Click the

Configure filter icon to specify filter conditions. See Define filters for dashboard components for details.

5. Enter an optional component Name on the Config tab.

6. Set the Container properties. See Hide or display component header and border for details.

7. Activate the Auto Refresh option to set the automatic data retrieval for the component.

8. Activate the No selction option.

If this option is activated, a No selection value will be added to the value list as first entry. Initially the first entry of the value list is preselected in the Drop-down box for filtering. Selecting the No selection value has no effect on filtering other components.

9. Enter an alternative text in the Entry field.

The text will be displayed in the Drop-down box instead of the default text No selection.

10. Specify Actions for the component, if required. See Specify actions for dashboard components for details.

11. Specify URL selections for the component, if required. See Use dynamic URL selection for details.

A Drop-down box will be displayed with real data of the assigned data source.

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