Add a Button Widget to a Dashboard

Use the Dashboard Editor to add Button Widget to a Dashboard. A Button Widget is capable of executing a single Action when clicked (example: Run an Action/One-Step Action).

Good to know:

• A Button Widget is highly configurable. Add one or many to a Dashboard, then define the Action to execute when the button is clicked, and how the button looks and behaves on the Dashboard (ex: Text, size, color, background style and gloss, border style, image, alignment, anchoring, layering, and visibility).
• Text, image, and colors can be conditional (Expression-driven).
• See Dashboard Editor Behaviors for tips on working with Widgets on Dashboards.

To add a Button Widget to a Dashboard:

1. Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
2. Drag-and-drop the Button Widget from the Shapes, Etc. tree onto the Dashboard.
3. Define the Action to execute when the button is clicked:
   1. Right-click the Button Widget, and then select Widget Properties > Widget Properties.
   2. Click the Ellipses button to open the Action Manager, then select the Action to execute.
4. Define the text to display on the button:
   1. In the Label text box on the Dashboard Editor toolbar, provide the text to display on the button.
   2. (Optional) Change the font, font size, font style, font alignment, and text wrap, if needed.
5. Define the background color for the Button Widget:
   1. Right-click the Button Widget, and then select Widget Properties.
   2. Select Button color to launch the color picker. You can set a solid color or a gradient for the button background.
6. Define how the Button Widget looks and behaves on the Dashboard (example: Size, alignment, etc.).

7. Continue making changes, or click OK to save and close the editor.