Create and Edit Dashboard Panels

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Create and Edit Dashboard Panels

 

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Create and Edit Dashboard Panels

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To create a dashboard panel

1. Click Tools menu CustomizeInterface.At the Command prompt, enter cui.
2. In the Customize User Interface editor, Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane, right-click Dashboard Panels. Click New Panel.

   A new panel (named Panel1) is placed at the bottom of the Dashboard Panels tree.

   

3. Do one of the following:
   • Enter a new name over the Panel1 text.
   • Right-click Panel1. Click Rename. Enter a new dashboard panel name.
   • Click Panel1, wait, and click again over the dashboard panel’s name again to edit its name in-place.
4. Select the new dashboard panel in the tree view, and update the Properties pane:
   • In the Description box, enter a description for the dashboard panel.
   • In the Aliases box, enter an alias for the dashboard panel.

   

5. To assign a panel icon to the dashboard panel do one of the following:
   • To assign a standard icon, select one of the three image assignment options; Large, Small, or Both in the Button Image pane. Select an image from the image list and the image name is assigned to the Small and/or Large image property of the dashboard panel.
   • To assign a custom icon, select the field next to the Small image property in the Properties pane. Click the Ellipse button that is displayed next to the property and using the Select Image File dialog box, browse to the image file that you want to use for the dashboard panel. Repeat the process for the Large icon property.

   

6. Click OK.