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Changing the Properties of an Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard

This section explains how to use the Dashboard Properties page to display or modify the properties for a dashboard. It contains the following topics:

NOTE:  Dashboard modification is reserved for users with the appropriate permissions and responsibilities.

Accessing the Dashboard Properties Page for an Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard

This section explains how to navigate to the Dashboard Properties page.

To access the Dashboard Properties page for a dashboard

  1. Log in to Oracle BI and navigate to Oracle BI Interactive Dashboards.
  2. At the top of the page, click the name of a dashboard whose properties you want to change.

    The dashboard appears.

  3. Click the Edit Dashboard link.

    The Dashboard Editor appears.

  4. Click the Dashboard Properties button near the top of the Dashboard Editor:

    The Dashboard Properties page appears.

Selecting a Style for an Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard

Styles control how dashboards and results are formatted for display. Your Oracle BI administrator may have created styles that you can choose from. If not, results are formatted using a default style.

For more information about styles, see Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide.

To select a style for a dashboard

  • In the General Properties area at the Dashboard Properties page, select the style to use from the Style drop-down list.

Adding a Description for an Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard

Descriptions are displayed when Oracle BI administrators use the Catalog Manager. The description will not appear on the dashboard.

To add a description for a dashboard

  • Type a description for the dashboard into the Description box at the Dashboard Properties page.

Renaming, Deleting, Reordering, and Hiding an Oracle BI Interactive Dashboard Page

This section provides procedures to rename, delete, reorder, and hide dashboard pages. The Dashboard Pages area of the Dashboard Properties page shows you the pages for the dashboard. The pages are listed in the same order as their tabs.

When you rename a dashboard, you can preserve users' references to the dashboard that use the previous name. This creates a shortcut with the old name that points to the renamed dashboard in the Presentation Catalog.

If you are working with a dashboard page, you can hide it from users until your changes are complete.

CAUTION:  The actions described in the following procedures will not be undone by clicking Cancel.

To rename a dashboard page

  • Click the Rename button at the Dashboard Properties page to open the Rename Item page, and follow the instructions given there.

To delete a dashboard page

  • Click the Delete button at the Dashboard Properties page, and confirm the delete when prompted.

To change permissions for the contents of a dashboard page

  • Click the Security button at the Dashboard Properties page to open the Change Item Permissions page, and follow the instructions given there.

    NOTE:  The Security button appears for shared dashboards only, and only if your user ID is authorized to access the security features.

To reorder a dashboard page

  • To move a dashboard page up in the list, click the Move Up button at the Dashboard Properties page.

    On the dashboard, this moves the tab for the page to the left.

  • To move a page down in the list, click the Move Down button at the Dashboard Properties page.

    On the dashboard page, this moves the tab for the page to the right.

To hide a dashboard page

  • Click the Hidden option for the page at the Dashboard Properties page.

    The page remains visible to any users currently viewing it.

Related Topic

Applying Cosmetic Formatting to Results and Dashboards

  
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