Dashboard Properties dialog

Use this dialog to change the properties of a dashboard and its pages.

For more information, see "Changing the Properties of a Dashboard and its Pages."

Components

Style

Use this option to select a style for the dashboard. Styles control how dashboards and results are formatted for display, such as the color of text and links, the font and size of text, the borders in tables, the colors and attributes of charts, and so on.

The styles that are available for you to select include styles provided by Oracle as well as any custom styles provided by the administrator.

Description

Use this field to enter a description for the dashboard. Descriptions are displayed when administrators use the Catalog Manager. The description is not displayed on the dashboard.

Page Size

Use these options to specify how a dashboard page is to be sized:

• Fit Content — This option sizes the container to the content with no wrapping. If the browser window is smaller than needed to fit the content, a scroll bar is displayed. Specifically, it:

  • Sizes dashboard columns to the largest section in each column.

  • Adds any additional space in the browser window to the right of the content.

  • Aligns content within columns and sections to the left, by default.

  • Sizes all rows to the widest row on the page and flush to the right, if multiple columns are placed in a row

  This option is the default for new dashboards.

• Fill Browser Window — This option:

  • Sizes dashboard columns to the largest section in each column.

  • Expands columns (except columns for which a specific absolute size has been specified) and sections proportionally to fill the browser window, if there is any additional horizontal space in the browser window.

    If all columns have a specific absolute size specified, then the additional space is distributed equally between and around the columns.

    If some columns have a specific absolute size specified and some do not, then the columns that do not are expanded proportionally to fill the browser window.

  • Aligns content within columns and sections in the center, by default.

You can also specify how a container (that is, a column or section) in a dashboard page is to be sized. For more information, see the "Column Properties dialog" or the "Section Properties dialog."

Filters and Variables: Edit

Click this button adjacent to the Filters and Variables heading to display the "Dashboard Filters and Variables dialog," where you add hidden named prompts to the whole dashboard. See "Adding a Hidden Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page."

Dashboard Report Links: Edit

Use this button to display the "Report Links dialog," where you select which links are to be displayed with all analyses on the dashboard, unless customized settings have been specified for an individual dashboard page or analysis.

Prompts Apply Buttons

Use this list to specify if you want to include or exclude the prompt's Apply buttons on the dashboard at runtime. This setting applies to the entire dashboard, but you can use the "Dashboard builder" to override this setting on individual dashboard pages. Note the following options:

• Use page setting — Select this option to use the Apply buttons as defined by the dashboard page settings. You specify the dashboard page settings in the "Dashboard builder" toolbar.

• Show All Apply buttons — Select this option to override the dashboard page setting's Apply button preferences and show the Apply buttons for the prompts included on the dashboard and embedded analyses.

• Hide All Apply buttons — Select this option to override the dashboard page setting's Apply button preferences and hide the Apply buttons for the prompts included on the dashboard and embedded analyses.

Prompts Reset Buttons

Use this list to specify whether you want to include or exclude the prompt's Reset buttons on the dashboard at runtime. The Reset button provides the user with three reset options: Reset to last applied values, Reset to default values, and Clear All. The Prompts Reset Buttons setting applies to the entire dashboard, but you can override this setting on individual dashboard pages.

Note the following options:

• Use page setting — Select this option to use the Reset buttons as defined on the dashboard page settings. You specify these page settings in the "Edit Page Settings dialog," displayed by clicking the Edit button in the Display pane of the "Prompt editor."

• Show All Reset buttons — Select this option to override the dashboard page setting's Reset button preferences and show the Reset buttons for the prompts included on the dashboard and embedded analyses.

• Hide All Reset buttons — Select this option to override the dashboard page setting's Reset button preferences and hide the Reset buttons for the prompts included on the dashboard and embedded analyses.

Prompts Auto-Complete

Use this option to enable or disable the auto-complete functionality for the dashboard. When enabled, Oracle BI EE suggests and highlights matching prompt values as the user types in the dashboard's prompt selection field, and highlights matching prompt values in the "Select Values dialog." See "What Is Auto-Complete?".

Dashboard Pages

Displays the pages in the dashboard. Use this area to perform operations (such as hide or rename) on dashboard pages using the dashboard pages toolbar buttons.

Dashboard Pages Toolbar

This toolbar contains the following buttons:

• Rename — Use this button to display the "Rename dialog," where you specify a new name for the page in the dashboard.

• Select a prompt to capture default filters and variables — Use this button to display the "Filters and Variables - page dialog," which enables you to add hidden named prompts to the dashboard page. See "Adding a Hidden Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page."

• Permissions — Use this button to display the "Permissions dialog," where you specify which accounts have which levels of access to the contents of the dashboard page.

  The Permissions button is displayed for shared dashboards only, and only if your user ID is authorized to access the security features.

• Delete — Use this button to delete the page from the dashboard. After you click the button, you see a page that prompts you to confirm the deletion.

• Specify Who Can Save Shared Customizations — Use this button to display the Permission dialog, where you specify which accounts can save shared customizations for the page.

• Specify Who Can Assign Default Customizations — Use this button to display the Permission dialog, where you specify which accounts can assign default customizations for the page.

  For more information on setting these permissions, see "Controlling Access to Saved Customization Options in Dashboards" in Security Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

Hide Page

Use this box to specify whether the page is to be displayed when the dashboard is shown. This option is helpful when you are working with a dashboard page and want to hide it from users until your changes are complete. When you select this option, the page remains visible to any users who are currently viewing it.

Show Add to Briefing Book

Use this box to specify whether the Page Options menu for the page contains the Add to Briefing Book option. For more information on the Add to Briefing Book option, see "Dashboard page."

Prompt before Opening

Use this box to specify whether the execution of the page is to be delayed. For more information, see "Delaying the Execution of Dashboard Pages."

Reorder

Use these buttons to specify the order of the pages on the dashboard.

• To move a dashboard page up in the list, click the Move Up button.

  On the dashboard, this moves the tab for the page to the left.

• To move a page down in the list, click the Move Down button.

  On the dashboard page, this moves the tab for the page to the right.