Adding dashboard controls to the Dashboard window

Dashboard controls help simplify statistical process control (SPC) with multiple options for displaying key process data in visual formats that can be read in a glance on the dashboard window. See The Dashboard Controls for brief descriptions and images for each control.

 

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Add individual controls to a dashboard using the dashboard controls Toolbar shown below. The toolbar automatically displays on the dashboard window any time it is open in design/edit mode.

Identifying the buttons on the dashboard controls toolbar

Control

Name

 Function

Control

Name

 Function

DateTime

Using the Date Time control

Chart

Using the Chart control

Static Text

Using the Static Text control

Dial Gage

Using the Dial Gage control

Dynamic Text

Using the Dynamic Text control

Bar Gage

Using the Bar Gage control

Marquee

Using the Marquee control

Button

Using the Button control

Image

Using the Image control

Big Data Analytics DMS

Using the Big Data Analytics DMS control

HTML

Using the HTML control

Big Data Analytics SPC

Using the Big Data Analytics SPC control

Dashboard Grid

Using the Dashboard Grid control

Python™ Designer

Using the Python Designer

Statistics List

Using the Statistics List control

    

Data Table

Using the Data Table control

On-screen Tooltips

When you point to a toolbar button when the dashboard window is active, a tool tip window with the button name is displayed.

Adding dashboard controls to the Dashboard window

To add a dashboard control to a dashboard window:

Then, one or more dialogs will open in succession and prompt you for information to initially set your control.

For more information, see Getting started with Dashboards, Using Dashboard Controls for data retrieval, Changing the dashboard settings

Deleting dashboard controls from the dashboard window

Usually you can select a dashboard control and press the DELETE Key on your keyboard. Sometimes a dashboard control or a combination of controls causes this method of deletion to not work. If this occurs:

  1. Double-click the dashboard window or click Dashboard Designer in the Properties dialog drop-down list to select the host dashboard.

  2. Click the dashboard control name in the Properties dialog drop-down list to select that control.

  3. Then, press the keyboard DELETE key.

An informational dialog will open requesting confirmation on the deletion. Click Yes to confirm.

Adding dashboard controls while floating the toolbar

Normally the toolbar is docked to a dashboard window when it is in design/edit mode, which allows you to add a new dashboard control to the dashboard.

However, when the toolbar is not docked* to the dashboard window frame, the only method for adding a new dashboard control to the dashboard window is to click a dashboard control and then drag it to a location on the dashboard window.

*To undock the toolbar from the dashboard window frame so that it "floats:"