Dashboard Properties
Reference the descriptions for the general, display, filter, and refresh properties for Dashboards.
General Properties
| Property | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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Name |
The name of the Dashboard |
Required This property can be searched in CSM Item Managers |
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Description |
The description of the Dashboard |
Optional This property can be searched in CSM Item Managers |
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Title Text |
The title of the Dashboard that appears in the UI |
Optional |
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Associate |
The Major Business Object association |
Default value: (None) Associate the Dashboard with a particular Major Business Object to take advantage of Business Object functionality. For example, create an Incident Dashboard that is associated with the Incident Business Object. When you open this Dashboard, the Quick Search pane automatically switches to searching Incidents, and the main New button option defaults to creating a new Incident. |
Display Options
| Property | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Theme | The Theme (set of colors, styles, and fonts) to be used by the different elements (including Widgets) on the Dashboard |
Default value: (None) |
| Allow User's chosen Theme to override Dashboard Theme | The option to apply the User's Theme to the Dashboard when it is viewed from the User's account |
Default value: True |
Filter Options
| Property | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Initial filter criteria are the last used criteria | The option to display all Widgets using the Dashboard's last filtering criteria (in other words, "remember" the last used filter and automatically display it the next time the Dashboard is viewed, even between sessions) |
Default option |
| Initial filter criteria are the widget default criteria | The option to display each Widget using the Widget's defined filtering criteria (either its own filtering criteria or a Dashboard's criteria) |
Refresh Options
| Property | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Refresh reloads all metrics | The option to reload the current Metric value every time the Dashboard is refreshed |
Default value: False If not selected, each Metric is refreshed according to its own refresh rate. |
| Refresh all widgets every: X minutes | The option to refresh all Widgets on a scheduled basis |
Default value: False When enabled, the default refresh time is 0 minutes. If not selected, each Widget is refreshed only according to its own refresh rate. |
| Also refresh individual widgets on their own schedule | The option to refresh each Widget according to its defined refresh rate, in addition to the Dashboard's refresh rate |
Default value: True This option is activated when Refresh all widgets every: X minutes is selected. |
Additional Options
| Property | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | The scope of the Dashboard | If you already selected a scope at the beginning, this is auto-filled with your selection. |
| Association | The option to select a more filtered scope (example: a particular Team) | If not applicable, this option is greyed out. |
| Custom Image | The image to represent the Item in the UI |
Select the Image to open the Image Manager, and then select an existing image or import a new image to represent the item in the UI. |