About Dashboard Versions

Dashboards are currently available in two versions:

  • Dashboard 1.0: Uses Oracle Application Development Framework (Oracle ADF) technology

  • Dashboard 2.0: Uses Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (Oracle JET) technology

Both dashboard versions currently coexist in the same business process at the same time. Dashboard 1.0 uses Oracle ADF technology and the behavior of the Oracle ADF-based dashboards remains unchanged. You can still create and update these dashboards in your business process as you did before. Dashboard 2.0 uses the existing Dashboard functionality and enhances it with Oracle JET technology for faster rendering, sophistication, ease of use, improved flexibility, better visualization, and additional designs.

To help you differentiate between the dashboard versions on the Dashboards page, we've provided icons in front of each dashboard.

Table 14-1 Dashboard Version Icons

Icon Dashboard Version

Dashboard 1.0 icon standardized interface
 Dashboard 1.0 (Standardized list page interface)
Dashboard icon for Dashboard 1.0 legacy interface Dashboard 1.0 (Legacy list page interface)

Dashboard 2.0 icon standardized interface

Dashboard 2.0 (Standardized list pages interface)
Dashboard icon for Dashboard 2.0 legacy interface

Dashboard 2.0 (Legacy list pages interface)

Dashboard 2.0 Designer Features

Dashboard 2.0 Designer supports:

  • More chart types than Dashboard 1.0; for example, Waterfall, Pyramid, and Geomap and sub-chart types for Radar, Combination, and Gauge charts are all Dashboard 2.0 features

  • Creating tables in dashboards with visual inline views of data, called Spark Charts

  • Quick Analysis, which lets you add components to dashboards without having a prebuilt form

    You create a Quick Analysis ad hoc query by typing member names in the Search bar or using the Member Selector, and then you control the layout of the query in the Layout tab of the Properties panel.

  • Working directly with data in form grids if the underlying form is a Forms 2.0 form

  • Creating an ad hoc grid directly from a chart built on forms in Dashboard 2.0 dashboards

    You create an ad hoc grid by right-clicking a chart element; for example, right-clicking on a bar within a Bar chart, and then clicking Analyze to open ad hoc in a dynamic tab.

  • A URL type of dashboard component

  • A Commentary type of dasboard component with a text editor

  • A custom formatted dashboard title

  • Custom formatted dashboard instructions

  • Background colors for URL, Commentary, and Grid component types

  • Grid chart type option to render Forms 2.0 inside Dashboards 2.0

  • A new Associations tab in the Properties panel for associating global rules

  • Multiple charts for Gauge, Pie, and Doughnut chart types

  • New menu options for directly opening and editing forms from within dashboard components

  • An Information icon for forms and dashboards. Drop any form into a dashboard and see its information.

  • The ability to resize the Properties panel

  • The ability to set the background color for each dashboard component

  • An option to remove the component title, using the saved space for visualizations

  • An increased number of dashboard components (up to 12)

  • An increased number of tiles (up to 10)

  • The ability to edit without data

  • A customized cell visualization limit of up to 10,000 cells with any row x column combination, such as:

    • 100 rows x 100 columns=10,000 cells

    • 1000 rows x 10 columns=10,000 cells

    • 250 rows x 40 columns= 10,000 cells

  • The ability to select a dashboard Style. Options are Default, Light, and Dark.

  • Options to show and hide borders between dashboard components and POV bars

  • The new Oracle JET member selector

  • A surface Designer in Dynamic Tabs

To review considerations before switching to Dashboard 2.0, see Considerations for Dashboard 2.0.