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Some Widgets are provided by the Controller, and you can create as many other Widgets as desired. You can add any Widget to any dashboard except the Home Dashboard.
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There are three type of Widgets:
- Widgets#System System Widgets
- Widgets#Activity Activity Widgets
- Widgets#Report Report Widgets
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You can create Widgets (Widgets#Activity Activity Widgets and Widgets#Report Report Widgets only; Widgets#System System Widgets cannot be created) only if you have been assigned the ops_admin, ops_report_admin, or ops_widget_admin role; otherwise, the New button does not display at the top of the Widgets list. |
Step 1 | From the Reporting navigation pane, select Widgets. The Widgets list displays. | |||||
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Step 2 | From the New drop-down list at the top of the list, select the type of Widget you want to create:
The Widget Details for that Widget type displays.
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Step 3 | Enter / select Details for a new Widget, using the field descriptions as a guide.
To display more of the Details fields on the screen, you can either:
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Step 4 | Click a Save button. The Widget record is added to the database, and all buttons in the Widget Details are enabled. | |||||
Step 5 | To see how the Widget will display, click the Preview button. |
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General | This section contains general information about the Widget. | ||||||
Name | Name of the Widget | ||||||
Widget Type | Type of this Widget: System. | ||||||
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Refresh Rate (Seconds) | Time interval (in seconds) when the dynamic data in this Widget is refreshed. | ||||||
Details | This section contains detailed information about the Widget. | ||||||
System Widget Type | Type of this System Widget. | ||||||
Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Widget Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||
Preview | Provides a preview of how this Widget will display on a Dashboard. | ||||||
Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this Widget. |
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By default, the only System Details categories that display expanded categories are those specified in the System Details Expanded Categories Universal Controller system property. |
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Composite Widgets are Widgets#Activity Activity Widgets composed of other Activity Widgets. Composite Widgets can contain any Activity Widgets except other composite Widgets.
To create a Composite Widget, you select task instance statuses for the Widget in the Widgets#Composite Composite Status(es) field in the Activity Widget Details.
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General | This section contains general information about the Widget. | ||||||
Name | Name of the Widget.
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Widget Type | Type of this Widget: Activity. | ||||||
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Refresh Rate (Seconds) | Time interval (in seconds) when the dynamic data in this Widget is refreshed. | ||||||
Details | This section contains detailed information about the Widget. | ||||||
| Task instance status(es) to include in this Widget. | ||||||
Time Constraint | Time frame for which you want task instances in the selected status(es) to be included in this Widget. | ||||||
| Activity Widget(s) to include in this Widget. Each Activity Widget represents one or more task instance statuses. Selecting one or more Activity Widgets in this field, rather than selecting status(es) in the Widgets#Status Status(es) field, makes this Widget a composite Activity Widget. | ||||||
Composite Color | Color used on a Dashboard for this Widget if it is part of a composite Activity Widget. | ||||||
Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Widget Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||
Save | Saves a new Widget record in the Controller database. | ||||||
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. | ||||||
Save & View | Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record. | ||||||
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Preview | Provides a preview of how this Widget will display on a Dashboard. | ||||||
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Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this Widget. |
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Report Widgets are based on any Report.
A Report Widget displays in the format selected for the report:
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The following Report Widget Details is for an All Widgets Report Widget: it is based on a report using the Widgets (ops_widget
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General | This section contains general information about the Widget. | ||||||
Name | Name of the Widget | ||||||
Widget Type | Type of this Widget: Report. | ||||||
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Refresh Rate (Seconds) | Time interval (in seconds) when the dynamic data in this Widget is refreshed. | ||||||
Details | This section contains detailed information about the Widget. | ||||||
Report | Report on which this Widget is based. | ||||||
Metadata | This section contains Metadata information about this record. | ||||||
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier of this record. | ||||||
Updated By | Name of the user that last updated this record. | ||||||
Updated | Date and time that this record was last updated. | ||||||
Created By | Name of the user that created this record. | ||||||
Created | Date and time that this record was created. | ||||||
Buttons | This section identifies the buttons displayed above and below the Widget Details that let you perform various actions. | ||||||
Save | Saves a new Widget record in the Controller database. | ||||||
Save & New | Saves a new record in the Controller database and redisplays empty Details so that you can create another new record. | ||||||
Save & View | Saves a new record in the Controller database and continues to display that record. | ||||||
Update |
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Preview | Provides a preview of how this Widget will display on a Dashboard. | ||||||
Delete |
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Close | For pop-up view only; closes the pop-up view of this Widget. |
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