Dashboard is a collection of previously created reports displaying information necessary for daily business tasks. Dashboards allow analyzing the data on a single page and sharing it with other users.
In SimpleOne, you can create reports of many types and customize their look. To learn more about creating reports, see the Create a Report article.
In the screenshot below, you can see an example:
Creating a dashboard
Navigate to Dashboards → Create New.
Fill in the fields.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Field
Mandatory
Description
Name
Y
Dashboard name.
Description
N
Dashboard description.
Refresh Interval
N
Specify the interval for dashboard refreshing. Available options:
30 seconds
1 minute
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes.
After saving the record, the following UI actions appear:
Add to Navigator – add this dashboard to the Navigation menu. A new menu item will be added to the Dashboards category and is visible to all users.
Add to Favourites – add this dashboard to your Favourites. This item will be visible only to you.
The Add to Navigator UI action is visible only for users with the admin role.
Managing a single dashboard
Adding a report
To add a report to a dashboard, perform the following steps:
Navigate to your dashboard via the Dashboards category menu item or open the record via Dashboard → All Dashboards.
Scroll down to the Related Lists area and click the Dashboard Element tab.
Click New and fill in the fields.
Click Save or Save and Exit to apply changes.
Field
Mandatory
Description
Dashboard
N
Dashboard to which this item is related. This field is populated automatically.
Report
N
Specify a report to display on the dashboard screen from the list. Click the magnifier icon to select the report you need.
Order
N
Specify the order of this dashboard element. Elements are displayed in ascending order.
Deleting a report
To delete a report from a dashboard, perform the following steps:
Navigate to your dashboard via the Dashboards category menu item or open the record via Dashboard → All Dashboards.
Scroll down to the Related Lists area and click theDashboard Element tab.
Choose one or more items by checking the boxes on the left.