This article describes how to add a new Dashboard Widget (Item) to the Dashboards in iVend and the basic actions that can be performed on the item as follows:
· Overview
· Creating Dashboard Widgets (Items)
Data Visualisation Items - Data visualisation items represent UI elements used to display data within the Dashboard.
Figure 1 Bar Charts | FIgure 2 Key Matrix YTD |
Figure 3 Geo Point Map | Figure 4 Choropleth Maps |
Figure 5 State wise Sales vs Target | Figure 6 Gauges- Sales vs Target by Product Category |
Figure 7 Pie Chart | Figure 8 Pivots |
Figure 9 Range | |
The iVend Dashboard also provides the Image and Text Box Dashboard Widget items used to display static images or text within the Dashboard.
Creating Dashboard Items
To create a dashboard item in the Dashboard Designer, click the corresponding button in the ribbon or the toolbar.
Figure 10 Dashboard designer Ribbon
This creates an empty dashboard item and displays the required data sections for binding the item to the data.
Figure 11 Data Items
Perform the following steps to design a Dashboard Widget item.
· Bind the Dashboard Widget item to the data.
· Perform the required data shaping operations, such as grouping, sorting and filtering.
· Use the interactivity features to enable interaction between various Dashboard Widget items.
· Adjust the Dashboard Widget item's position and size and specify the Dashboard Widget item caption settings.