
Hi Everyone,
Offline Dashboards is the new feature provided in Dashboards 4.1 onwards. How we can achieve it is also given in the user guide but most of us are still confused as to how it is really achieved.
Here is a bit of theory along with an example:
Offline Dashboards:
Dashboards supports creating a local copy of an exported model at runtime. The dashboard consumer saves the local copy as a SWF file through a menu option. The local copy has the following properties:
To save an offline dashboard:
To allow the dashboard consumer to save an offline dashboard, before you export the model,
To save a local copy of the current model, the dashboard consumer must do the following:
Restriction:
If Dashboards is installed on the local disk, the local copy cannot be saved in the same directory as
the Dashboards installation.
A local copy of the exported model in its current state is saved as a SWF file.
Component and connection restrictions in offline dashboards
External connections
All external data connections are disabled in the local copy. This includes all connections added through the "Data Manager" as well as the "Query Browser".
Note:
Since the dashboard is already open, connections set to "Refresh on Load" or "Refresh Before Components Are Loaded" will not be reestablished. Because of this, it is recommended that you set connections to refresh by value or by time interval when designing a dashboard that will be saved as
a local copy.
Components
The following components are disabled in an offline dashboard:
The following components function differently in an offline dashboard:
All other components function as they would in the original exported model.
Example:
I have created a sample dashboard with
1. Radio Button, Query Refresh Button and Scorecard.
2. Query has Division, Salary and Overtime as result objects and Gender as a prompt.
3. In order to enable the offline capability, check the option as shown below (Navigation: File -> Document Properties)
4. With this option checked, export the dashboard to the platform.
5. For Male and Female, I have data on the dashboard like:
6. To have an offline version of this dashboard with Female as a prompt value, right click on the dashboard and
select Save Current Copy of Dashboard to Local Disk.
7. A window then pops up asking for a name the file to be saved with.
8. Save the dashboard and open it. When you open the dashboard, it gives a pop up message saying "Dashboard is offline".
Please check above section:Component and connection restrictions in offline dashboards to understand behavior of components in the offline dashboard.
Hope this helps you all understand Offline Capability of Dashboards.
Regards,
Tejas Tamhane
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