Managing widgets on the dashboard

Adding widgets to the dashboard

Every time a user operates the "Add new widget" control of the dashboard, a new, default widget is automatically added to the next empty widget holder box. The added widget is non-configured in its initial state, and doesn't display any data.

Controlling widgets

The Verba Recording System dashboard widgets display their controls in the right corner of their title bar when the mouse cursor is over them. Every widget on the dashboard has its own controls, independently from each other.

Dashboard widget controls include the following:

Control	Name	Function
	Configure widget	Displays the "Dashboard Widget Configuration" panel.
	Refresh widget	Refreshes the widget by recalculating data, and displaying the new results.
	Fullscreen	Displayed only in normal (e.g. dashboard) view, this control maximizes the selected widget, to fit the whole browser screen.
	Restore fullscreen	Displayed only in fullscreen mode, this control returns to the dashboard view and restores the selected widget to its normal size.
	Close widget	Removes the widget from the dashboard, and automatically moves the widget below, to the removed one's widget holder box.
	Cancel query	Displayed only during the processing and calculation period, this control provides a way to cancel a running query. This function is very useful when a query takes considerably more time to execute.

Configuring widgets

The users can customize their dashboards widgets using the "Configure widget" control.

Individual widget configuration values are detailed further in Dashboard widget types for every widget type, however every widget shares the same configuration options.

Widget configuration options

Common widget configuration options include the following:

Name	Function
Title	Defines a custom widget title.
Widget type	Defines the type of the widget. Users can select from the existing widget types using this drop-down menu on the configuration panel.
Display method	Sets the widget's display method accordingly. (This option varies per widget.)
Date interval	Sets the date interval for the query.
Filter	Provides means for enabling multiple different filtering options. (This option varies per widget.)

Additional widget configuration options

Certain widgets utilize additional configuration options.

Additional widget configuration options include the following:

Name	Function
Time axis	Defines the time axis resolution.
Number of items to be displayed	Maximized the number of items to be displayed by the widget

Organizing dashboard widgets

Ordering and relocation of the widgets is made possible by the drag-and-drop feature of the dashboard. When the mouse cursor moves over the widgets' title bar, it automatically changes to a cross. Simply click and drag the selected widget by its title bar, and move it to the desired widget holder box on the dashboard. The available widget holder boxes are automatically highlighted when the dragged widget moves over them.

If the desired widget holder box is occupied at the moment of relocation, the widget in it is automatically moved to the widget holder below itself.

Removing widgets from the dashboard

Widgets are easily removable from the dashboard via the "Remove widget" icon, which is located in the top right corner of the widget itself. By clicking on the control, the selected widget gets removed from the dashboard, and the one below it automatically occupies its widget holder box.