GUI Tools

Dashboard Objects

A great tool to keep track of all the different components while building a layout is the Dashboard Objects tool. As a layout grows, it may become difficult to keep track of all of the panels, relationships, and datamodels that are being used. 

To use this tool, select Dashboard Objects under the Dashboard menu (you must be in developer mode). This will bring up the dashboard objects window

The dashboard objects tool consists of 3 tabs: Relationships, Datamodels, and Panels

Layouts included with the Read Only option will have its components (relationships, datamodels, and panels) show up as Read under the Permissions column in the dashboard objects window

Note: new objects show up in real time in the dashboard objects window (adding a new panel with the window open will show a new entry for the added panel)

Relationships

Owning Layout	Name of the original owner of the relationship
Relationship Id	Unique ID given to relationships. Found in the Relationship ID field of Relationship windows. Relationship ID's may be reused if they belong to differing layouts.
Source Panel Id	Panel ID of the source panel of the relationship
Target Panel Id	Panel ID of the target panel of the relationship
Permissions	Writable or read only
Source Panel Visibility	Is the source panel hidden or visible
Target Panel Visibility	Is the target panel hidden or visible
Relationship	Description of the relationship (Source --> Panel)

When in the Relationships tab, double clicking on a relationship will bring up that relationship's window. This makes it easier to edit the relationship without having to find the target panel in order to use the panel menu's Edit Relationship option.

Datamodels

Owning Layout	Name of the original owner of the datamodel
Datamodel Id	Name of the datamodel. Child datamodels are named with the layout name followed by the datamodel ID (ex: Child.City - Child is the name of the layout, City is the Datamodel ID)
Permissions	Writable or read only
Type	Type of object

Double clicking on a datamodel will bring up the datamodel editor for editing.

Panels

Owning Layout	Name of the original owner of the datamodel
Panel Id	Name of the panel. Child panels are named with the layout name followed by the panel ID (ex: Child.Country - Child is the name of the layout, Country is the Panel ID)
Type	Type of panel - Realtime Table, Datasource Table, Form, Chart, etc.
Visibility	Visible or Hidden. Panels belonging to included layouts are hidden by default. Panels can also be hidden using the panel menu option - Hide Highlighted Panel. Note: this is not the same as making a window hidden (Window menu > Type > Hidden)
Permissions	Writable or read only

The search bar found at the top of the dashboard object window can be used to find anything that matches the name across all three tabs. The number of matches will be reflected in the name of the tab. For example, searching for City will return 1 result under the Datamodels tab (this is reflected in the tab)

Right clicking on a component and selecting Show Configuration will open up the JSON with the search term highlighted. Show configuration can be used outside of a search in order to view the JSON of any object in the layout.

Included Layouts

In addition to storing objects within a dashboard, a layout may also include references to child layouts. This means that when a layout is loaded, all of the child layouts are also loaded as well. (For additional details on source control management = refer to the Source Control Management in the Guides section