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11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
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Dashboard builder

Use this Dashboard builder to build or edit dashboards. The process of building or editing a dashboard includes:

For more information, see:

Components

Page Tabs

Use the tabs across the top of the editor to select the dashboard page to edit.

Dashboard Objects

Use the "Dashboard Objects pane" to select the objects to include on a dashboard page and drag and drop them to the Page Layout area.

Catalog

Use the "Catalog pane" to select objects from the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog to include on a dashboard page and drag and drop them to the Page Layout area. This adds a shortcut to the content as saved in the catalog. If the content changes, then the change is reflected on the dashboard page.

To locate the content, you can browse by either the catalog folder it is stored in, or by the dashboard on which it is located.

Page Layout

Use "Page Layout area" to layout and place the content (that is, objects from the Dashboard Objects pane and the Catalog pane) to include on a dashboard.

Toolbar

The toolbar contains the following buttons:


Page Layout area

Use this area to layout and add the content that you want on a dashboard by dragging and dropping objects from the "Dashboard Objects pane" and "Catalog pane." After you drop an object to this area, you can modify the object using the buttons on its Toolbar.

This area is part of the "Dashboard builder."

Components

Object Representations

Each object that you drag and drop to the Page Layout area is represented by a rectangle.

Object Toolbars

Each object dropped to the Page Layout area contains a toolbar that displays when you hover over the object. The Object Toolbar contains the following buttons:


Properties Buttons for Objects

Each object that is represented on the "Page Layout area" has a toolbar that contains a Properties button. What the button displays depends on the type of object. The following sections describe, for each type of object, what the Properties button displays.

Column Properties

This button displays the following options:

Section Properties

This button displays the following options:

Alert Section Properties

This button displays the following option:

Action Link Properties

Use this button to display the "Action Link Properties dialog," where you set the properties of an action link.

Action Link Menu Properties

Use this button to display the "Action Link Menu Properties dialog," where you set the properties of an action link menu.

Link or Image Properties

Use this button to display the "Link or Image Properties dialog," where you specify properties for a text link or image link that you are adding to a dashboard page.

Embedded Content Properties

Use this button to display the "Embedded Content Properties dialog," where you specify the URL and other information about content to embed on a dashboard page.

Text Properties

Use this button to display the "Text Properties dialog," where you specify properties for a text object, including the text and formatting tags.

Folder Properties

Use this button to display the "Folder Properties dialog," where you add a view of a Catalog folder and its contents.

BI Publisher Report Properties

Use this button to display the "BI Publisher Report Properties dialog," where you specify the information for adding an Oracle BI Publisher report.

Analysis Properties

This button displays the following options:

Prompt Properties

This button displays the following options:

Scorecard Object Properties

This button displays the following options: