Editing visible gadgets on the Dashboard

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Editing the Home page

All actions of Adding, Removing, Resizing, and Moving of visible gadgets begin with Editing the Home page.

To open the Editing My Home page

1 With a Dashboard open, click the dropdown that appears next to the Dashboard tab name.

2 Select Edit. The Editing My Home page will load, showing all the current gadgets and their URLs, along with the following options in the upper right corner of each viewlet:

Copy to
Move to
Move up/down/left/right
Edit
Delete

Note The Move up/down/left/right options can also be used to create additional columns so that more gadgets can be fitted across the page.

When you have completed your changes, click the Home icon next to the Select Dashboard dropdown to save your changes and reload the Home page.

Adding a gadget

To add a gadget, complete these steps:

1 Open the Editing My Home page (see To open the Editing My Home page).

2 Scroll to the bottom, and then in the bottom left of the page click Add Window.

3 You will be presented with a list of options:

Option	Description
Message	Enables you to display a text message.
Report Gadget	Select this option to add gadgets from System Architect’s library of Report Gadgets, and then complete these steps: 4 Select which server to fetch the gadgets from. Note Servers are saved as Friends in the Focal Point configuration steps during installation (see Configure Focal Point and System Architect XT for integration). 5 When you have selected your server, you will be presented with these options: Gantt Chart Pivot table Report Search Select the gadget that satisfies your requirement, and then click OK. The Editing My Home page will be shown with details listed for the new gadget.
OpenSocial Gadget	Enables you to use OpenSocial gadgets from the internet.

When you have completed your changes, click the Home icon next to the Select Dashboard dropdown to save your changes and reload the Home page.

Configuring a gadget

After you have added a gadget to the Home page, it must be configured to display data. Each gadget is configured in a slightly differently way, but they all need this information:

Connection

Click the Select button, and then select the encyclopedia you want to report on.

Report Source (report only)

Select Report file for reports found in *.rpt files, or select Encyclopedia to use a Gadget Dashboard Report definition.

Report name

Click the Select button, and then select the required report from the available reports in the selected Report Source.

When you have specified this information, click OK and your data will load.

Each gadget type offers ways to customize how data is viewed. You can find dropdowns for changing the graph type and number of items to show. Also, if you click the Gear icon next to a report name, there are additional options such as width of gadget, or color scheme choices.

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