Console Dashboard Designer

Overview

The console dashboard designer is used to design a console dashboard. It is invoked from the console dashboard library panel.

The designer consists of the following main components:

The Toolbar

The toolbar provides the following functions:

All toolbar functions are also available via a pop-up menu that appears when right-clicking on any component in the layout preview or right-clicking on a component in the component list.

The Layout Preview

The layout preview shows the current configuration of the dashboard. You can right-click on any component to take action on it (see the toolbar functions above). You can also right-click on the row or column heads to add or remove columns and rows. Note that when you click on a component, it becomes highlighted and the associated row in the component list is also selected.

The Component List

The component list displays a table of all dashboard components that are currently on the dashboard being edited. You can right-click on the table to taek action on the selected components (see the toolbar functions above). Each row shows the component type, position (in three dimensions...components can be on top of each other) and size. Note that when you click on a component in the table, it becomes highlighted in the layout preview.

The Background Configuration

This panel lets you specify the background configuration for the dashboard itself, including the color and any images that will be displayed. If mulitple images are selected, the dashboard rotates the image every few seconds.

Note that dashboard components are overlayed on top of the background and may not be transparent (unless you make them transparent).

The Weights Panel

This panel lets you determine the relative size of each row and column.

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