JDashboard window elements

JDashboard is opened in a web browser. The full-featured JDashboard window is composed of three sections: the dashboard title bar at the top, the side bar on the left providing options for working with dashboards, and the dashboard editing area where you navigate and modify dashboards. Since JDashboard can also be used to access Visual Analysis, if your JReport Server is enabled with Visual Analysis, the elements on the JDashboard window have slight differences.

The ways of accessing JDashboard

Here are two ways of accessing the JDashboard:

By creating a new dashboard

On the JReport Console > Resources page, click New > Dashboard. The JDashboard window will be launched with a blank dashboard. This way enters the edit mode.

By running an existing dashboard

On the JReport Console > Resources page, browse to the target dashboard and choose the appropriate way to enter the desired view or edit mode.

View mode and edit mode

JDashboard has two working modes: the edit mode presents full functionalities and the view mode just serves for viewing purpose without any editing abilities. After JDashboard is open, you cannot switch one mode to another. If you need to do this, reopen JDashboard using the appropriate way.

To enter the view mode:

To enter the edit mode:

You can also directly click the name of a dashboard to enter the view mode if the dashboard is in the My Reports folder, or either of the two modes if it is in the Public Reports folder, depending on the permission you are granted on the dashboard:

The following introduces the full UI elements based on the edit mode.

Dashboard title bar

The dashboard title bar at the top contains tabs labeling the names of the open dashboards.

Dashboard name tabs

Each tab represents an open dashboard and the dashboard name is shown on the tab.

The following are operations on the tabs:

Adds a new blank dashboard in the current web browser.

If Visual Analysis is enabled, you can leave the cursor on the button for one second and a drop-down menu will be displayed containing the following options:

Specifies the language in which the dashboard will be displayed. Available only when Enable NLS is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced panel on the JReport Console page.

Dashboard editing area

Dashboard view has header and body.

The dashboard header can contain labels, images, and special fields.

The dashboard body can contain report components, library components, filtering tools, third-party objects, and HTML components. You can insert the same library component repeatedly to the same dashboard body.

Library components inserted to dashboards are references of the library component in component library. The changes to a library component in the library will be reflected in all of the dashboards referencing the library component, such as removal of library components, version updated, permission changed.

Side bar

The options available on the side bar are determined by the feature profile that is selected as the default profile in the Profile > Configure Profile > JDashboard > Features tab and the property setting on the Profile > Configure Profile > JDashboard > Properties tab (profile has the higher priority). The default JDashboard profile provides full options.

The side bar on the left contains these buttons:

Shows or hides the Resources panel which includes these branches:

You can use the quick search toolbar at the top of the panel to search for any desired resources in a fast and convenient way (to display the toolbar, click the Search button at the upper right corner of the panel).

New

Creates a new blank dashboard with a new tab added.

If Visual Analysis is enabled, clicking the button will bring out a drop-down menu that contains the following options:

Open

Displays the Open Dashboard dialog for you to specify a dashboard to open, or the Open Document dialog where you can select a dashboard or a visual analysis template to open. Which dialog will be displayed depends on whether Visual Analysis is enabled.

Save

Saves the changes made to the current dashboard.

Refresh

Refreshes the current dashboard.

Enter Parameter Values

Opens the Enter Parameter Values dialog which lists all the parameters used in the dashboard for specifying their values.

Clear Filters

Removes all the filters from the current dashboard including those generated via sliders, filter controls, messages, drilling and going actions and those designed using web browsers such as Page Report Studio and Web Report Studio, except query filters and others designed and taking effect in JReport Designer.

Arrange

Automatically arranges the library components in the current dashboard to be tidy. It is an instant action.

Export

Displays the Export dialog for exporting library components in the current dashboard.

Print

Displays the Print dialog for printing library components in the current dashboard.

Options

Displays the following options: