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Create a new Next Generation dashboard
Global dashboard
Go to the link [insert tenant here].mainlevel.de/01/layouts/dashboards.
Click on the Add Button.
Fill in the information. By default all dashboards are now created as Next Generation.
Click on Create.
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Code | Reference code of the dashboard |
Name | Name of the dashboard |
Variant | Selection between old and new dashboard |
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If you are using the old dashboards and want to replace them with the Next Generation dashboard, then create the new dashboard as a Global dashboard (see above) and contact your administrator for moving the dashboard to the relevant data collection and disabling the old dashboard. |
Access the Data Collection Settings of the data collection for which you want to create a dashboard,
Go to Layout tab and enable the Dashboard Flag,
Click the Save Button. After saving the settings, the dashboard tab will be displayed in the horizontal navigation.
Enter a name for the dashboard.
Click Create.
Dashboard editor
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The following steps are identical for both global and data collection specific dashboards. |
To enter the dashboard editor:
Click on the
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Edit Dashboard.
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If needed, you can define and save different layouts for different screen sizes. At the moment the ‘SM’ covers all small screens (up to 959px) and ‘MD’ all big screens (960px and wider).
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Click on the Add Button to select a new dashboard item.
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Click Apply.
The widget you selected ('Chart' in our example) is added to the dashboard and you can resize it by dragging and dropping it by the bottom right corner.
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You can also reposition the widget on the dashboard by dragging and dropping.
Next, to configure the widget, access the settings from the top right corner:
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All the widgets on the new dashboard have a common header element that you can configure on the Edit Layout screen. You can also define the text and background colors here.
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Additionally, there are widget specific settings to configure, such as Chart Settings from our example:
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Depending on the widget, there are different settings available: Chart, Item, Filters and Layout. More on the different settings tabs here (ADD LINK).
Once you have added all your widgets, click on the Save Button.
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Filters for Dashboards
Adding filters to the Next Generation dashboards works in the same way as with the old dashboards. You can find all the details here.
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