Widget Designer

The Widget Designer lets you fine-tune a widget’s appearance and behavior.

Opening the Widget Designer

To display the Widget Designer:

• On the dashboard, click the Pencil (Edit) button that appears in the top-right corner of a Widget.
  
• Alternatively, while creating a new widget, in the Widget Wizard, click the Advanced Configuration option that appears at the bottom-left of each window. The Widget Designer is then displayed showing the widget in the same state as in the Widget Wizard preview.
  

Navigating the Widget Designer

The Widget Designer enables you to select the data to be included in a widget in addition to providing a variety of options for customizing the visualization used to show the data.

1. Selecting the Widget Visualization: Enables you to change the visualization of the widget.
2. Adding Data to the Widget (Data Panel): Used for selecting the values that you want to appear in the widget and those needed for grouping the data. The options differ depending on the visualization (chart type).
3. Previewing the Widget: The center of the window displays the current design and content of the widget, which automatically changes each time you select a different option in this window.
4. Adding a title to the dashboard: Click Set a Title and type in a new title for the widget. You can also add a widget title directly from the dashboard without entering the Widget Designer. 
5. Accessing More Options: Displays a menu of additional options for the widget.
6. Filtering the Widget (Filter Panel): Lets you manage the filters that affect this widget. Learn more in the Navigating Insights.
7. Designing the Widget (Design Panel): Provides a variety of options for fine-tuning the appearance of the Widget, including labels, legends, line types and more. Some of these options need to be turned on for you to configure them. The options differ depending on the visualization (chart type).
8. Update on every change: When selected, data changes are automatically and dynamically updated in the display. Not selected – you have to click UPDATE to display your latest changes in the widget. Clearing this checkbox may be useful when you are working with very large datasets where query times might be slower.
   
   

Available Widgets

• To learn more about adding data and fine-tuning the design of a specific widget, contact an Insights BIC
  • Indicator
  • Column Chart
  • Line Chart
  • Area Chart
  • Area Map
  • Bar Chart
  • Pie Chart
  • Polar Chart
  • Scatter Chart
  • Scatter Map
  • Pivot
  • Sunburst Widget
  • Treemap
  • Calendar Heatmap
  • Table
  • Box & Whisker Plot