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  • BI Dashboard Demo Applications

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    Online Demos (Web Platforms)

    DevExpress BI Dashboard ships with the following online demos:

    Run Demos Locally (All Platforms)

    Demo Center

    The DevExpress Unified Component Installer installs demo applications for each product that ships as part of your subscription.

    You can find DevExpress BI Dashboard demos in our Demo Center application:

    Demo Center - BI Dashboard Components

    Launch the Demo Center

    To run the DevExpress Demo Center, choose one of the following three options:

    • Click the “Demo Center 26.1 shortcut in the Windows Start Menu.
    • In the Visual Studio top menu, go to “Extensions > DevExpress” and click Run Demo Center 26.1.3“.
    • Open the DevExpress product installation folder and run the Demo Center manually. The default path is “C:\Users\Public\Documents\DevExpress Demos 26.1\Components\Components\Bin\DevExpress.DemoCenter.v26.1.exe“.

    Find the Demo Source Code

    Each demo ships with source code (in C# and VB.NET). To open this source code, click the required solution link on the BI Dashboard demo page:

    BI Dashboard Demo - View Source Code

    GitHub Repository

    Demo sources are available on GitHub:

    To run demos locally, you must:

    1. Clone the repository:

      git clone https://github.com/DevExpress/demos-dashboard.git
      
    2. Open one of the following solutions for your platform in your IDE:

      WinForms

      • Dashboard/CS/DashboardMainDemo/DashboardMainDemo.NetCore.Desktop.sln (.NET)
      • Dashboard/CS/DashboardMainDemo/DashboardMainDemo.sln (.NET Framework)
      • Dashboard/VB/DashboardMainDemo/DashboardMainDemo.sln (.NET Framework)

      To explore the end-user Dashboard Designer, open one of the following solutions instead:

      • Dashboard/CS/WinFormsDesigner/WinFormsDesigner.NetCore.Desktop.sln (.NET)
      • Dashboard/CS/WinFormsDesigner/WinFormsDesigner.sln (.NET Framework)
      • Dashboard/VB/WinFormsDesigner/WinFormsDesigner.sln (.NET Framework)

      WPF

      • Dashboard/CS/DashboardDemo.Wpf/DashboardDemo.Wpf.NetCore.Desktop.sln (.NET)
      • Dashboard/CS/DashboardDemo.Wpf/DashboardDemo.Wpf.sln (.NET Framework)
      • Dashboard/VB/DashboardDemo.Wpf/DashboardDemo.Wpf.NetCore.Desktop.sln (.NET)

      Blazor

      • Dashboard/DevExpress.Dashboard.BlazorServerDemo/CS/DevExpress.Dashboard.BlazorServerDemo.sln
      • Dashboard/DevExpress.Dashboard.BlazorWasmDemo/CS/DevExpress.Dashboard.BlazorWasmDemo.sln

        For the BlazorWasmDemo, set the Server project as the solution’s startup project.

      ASP.NET Core

      • Dashboard/CS/AspNetCoreDashboard/AspNetCoreDashboard.sln

      ASP.NET MVC 5

      • Dashboard/CS/MVCxDashboardDemos/MVCxDashboardDemos.sln

      ASP.NET Web Forms

      • Dashboard/CS/ASPxDashboard/ASPxDashboard.sln
      • Dashboard/VB/ASPxDashboard/ASPxDashboard.sln

      For the tablet-optimized financial showcase, open one of the following solutions instead:

      • Dashboard/FinancialTabletDemo/CS/FinancialTabletDemo.sln
      • Dashboard/FinancialTabletDemo/VB/FinancialTabletDemo.sln
    3. Run the application.