Using Dashboard Views

Dashboard views display SBM reports or Web pages in widgets that you can organize to suit your needs.

Two types of Dashboard views are available:

You can perform these widget tasks for dashboards:

Adding Widgets to a Dashboard

To add a widget to a Dashboard view:

  1. Select one of these:
    • To change your Home page view, click the Home icon.

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    • To change an application view, click a pinned application icon on the toolbar.
  2. From the navigation pane, click My Dashboard.
  3. Click the Plus sign in the upper right corner. image
  4. Users with administrative access can choose to manage their private views or public views. For details, refer to Managing System Views.
  5. Select one of these widget types:
    • Report
      The reports available to you are listed. You can search for a specific report or use the filters in the navigation pane to limit the list of reports.
      Note: If you are adding a widget to an application or application group view, reports are limited to that application or group.
    • URL

      Provide an URL for a Web page, such as your company intranet. Click Preview to see the page before you add it to your widget.

      Note: Some Web sites do not support embedding on other sites. If you cannot embed an external Web site into Work Center, refer to Web site's documentation.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Provide the following settings:
    • Widget Title

      For reports, the report name is provided, but you can change the title as needed. For URLs, you must provide a widget title.

    • Widget Height

      Select a height for the widget, based on the amount of content you expect it to contain.

Rearranging Widgets on a Dashboard

To rearrange widgets on a view:

  1. Select one of these:
    • To change your Home page view, click the Home icon.

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    • To change an application view, click a pinned application icon on the toolbar.
  2. Drag and drop widgets to your preferred location.
  3. To change the number of columns for the view, click the Change Layout icon (image), and then select your preferred layout.

Modifying Widgets on a Dashboard

To change a widget on a view, hover over the widget title bar, and then select one of these icons:

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    Collapse the widget so that only the title bar appears.

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    Expand collapsed widgets.

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    View the widget in a pop-up window.

  • Widget Edit

    Change the widget's title or size.

  • Remove Widget

    Remove the widget from the view.

Note: You may not be able to change or remove widgets from public views.