Object Palette
On the left side of the Dashboard Designer is the object palette where you select the content for dashboard components. Simply drag and drop objects from the object palette to the workspace or search for content using the Search box.
The object palette can be resized. To resize the object palette, hover over the right
side of the palette and drag it. To hide the palette, hover over the palette until you
see the handle icon , then click it to hide the palette. Click the handle icon again to reopen the
palette.
Content in the object palette is grouped into these categories:
Table 16-3 Object Palette Content Categories
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Cubes: Perform quick analysis by adding
components of a cube to a dashboard without having a prebuilt
form.
See About Quick Analysis. |
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Library: Select ad hoc and standard forms to
include in the dashboard by navigating to the forms folders or by
searching for them by name.
The access permissions set for forms are honored in dashboards. |
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Visualizations: Select a chart to include in
the dashboard.
To view data in a chart, you must select components of a cube or associate the chart with a form as its data source. When you link a chart to a form, users can immediately see the impact of changing data in the form on the associated charts. |
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Other:
Note: If a URL added to a dashboard doesn't work in the runtime environment, right-click the URL and open the link in a new tab. |