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Field Descriptions

• Title - Defaults to “Dashboard.” The “Dashboard” title can be renamed, removed,
etc., by clicking Title from the Home Toolbar.
• Export To - Exports the design to Print Preview, PDF, or Image. For example,
this can be a great option if publishing a dashboard for one-time analysis.
• Dashboard Parameters button - Reflects the parameters available to the
design and subsequently the end user.

Tour 2.1 – Review the Analytic Dashboard Designer Applet
Watch this video overview of the Analytic Dashboard Designer applet.

Working with the Data

Here we will discuss some of the methods for formatting data. As grids are a flexible
way to view data, we will work with them in our examples. Data can be added to the grid
in columns, configured based on column types, formatted, and configured to interact
with other Dashboard Items.

Formatting Data

The first way of formatting we will discuss is column types. Columns are used to label
and provide data to the grid columns. Grids support multiple column types which can be
edited by clicking the column type indicator (right-aligned icon in the New Column
placeholder field in the DATA ITEMS pane). The system makes a judgement about the
type of data and automatically assigns it a type. For example, text input is assigned as a

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