Dashboard Properties

Reference the descriptions for the general, display, filter, and refresh properties for Dashboards.

General Properties

Property	Description	Notes
Name	The name of the Dashboard	Required This property can be searched in CSM Item Managers
Description	The description of the Dashboard	Optional This property can be searched in CSM Item Managers
Title Text	The title of the Dashboard that appears in the UI	Optional
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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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.