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Dashboard selection dropdown
The System Architect XT/Focal Point Gadget Dashboard provides a dropdown list with multiple Dashboard names. This allows an Administrator to recommend different Dashboards for specific users or topics. When the page first loads it will default to the first Dashboard in the dropdown list. The dropdown list can be edited to fit your business needs and terminology; instructions are below.
Renaming items in Dashboard list
Depending on your business needs, an Administrator of System Architect XT might choose to change the Dashboard names as displayed in the dropdown list, for example, to that of a user’s name, team name, business group, or topic. The list can be edited by browsing to the System Architect XT installation folder, and editing the file gadget.aspx in Microsoft Notepad or another text editor. Find this line:
<asp:DropDownList ID="dashboardID" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true">
The lines that follow include the entries available in the Select Dashboard dropdown. You can change the dashboard names in the dropdown list by changing the ‘Text’ values for each of the <asp:ListItem lines – for example, to change Dashboard 2 to Marketing, change line:
<asp:ListItem Text="Dashboard 2" Value="SAXTDashboard2"></asp:ListItem>
to:
<asp:ListItem Text="Marketing" Value="SAXTDashboard2"></asp:ListItem>
Removing items from Dashboard list
To remove unnecessary Dashboards from your dropdown list, follow the same steps in Renaming items in Dashboard list, but instead of changing the ‘Text’ value, remove the entire line. For example, if you want to remove the item Dashboard 2, find this line and remove it:
<asp:ListItem Text="Dashboard 2" Value="SAXTDashboard2"></asp:ListItem>
Adding items to Dashboard list
Adding new list items to the dropdown works in a similar same way to Editing or Removing, but this time you add a new <asp:ListItem line under <asp:DropDownList ID="dashboardID" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true">. For example, if you want to add an item for Dashboard 6, insert this line:
<asp:ListItem Text="Dashboard 6" Value="SAXTDashboard6"></asp:ListItem>
If the Dashboard does not yet exist in Focal Point
When adding a new Dashboard that does not yet exist in Focal Point, you must also add a User in the Focal Point application that matches the ‘Value’ field in the <asp:ListItem line.
To add the User in Focal Point, complete these steps:
1 Login to Focal Point at http://localhost:9080/fp/login with the id and password for the Administrator. (For the default values, see Configure Focal Point and System Architect XT for integration.)
2 When the Home page has loaded, in the upper right corner select Admin > Administration.
3 In the Users/Add User tab, enter at a minimum the Full Name and the Login Name (the same value can be used for both fields; everything else can remain default), and then click Save.
4 In the Users/Administer Users tab, select the user that you just created and perform these tasks:
a Above the user details, click the Actions dropdown.
b Select Manage Access.
c Select the workspace configured for System Architect XT (default is SAXTDashboard), leave inherit from and access as default, and then click OK.
Next
Editing visible gadgets on the Dashboard
See also
Overview
Gadget examples
System Architect XT/Focal Point Gadget Dashboard