DashboardService Class
OBSOLETE
The DashboardService class is obsolete now. Use DashboardConfigurator instead.
Provides a server side API for the ASPxDashboardDesigner control and MVC Designer.
Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWeb
Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v18.2.Web.WebForms.dll
Declaration
[Obsolete("The DashboardService class is obsolete now. Use DashboardConfigurator instead.")]
public sealed class DashboardServiceRemarks
To prepare the ASPxDashboardDesigner/MVCxDashboardDesigner for the first use, you need to create the dashboard and data sources storages.
- Use the static DashboardService.SetDashboardStorage method to create a storage that will contain dashboards. You can use predefined dashboard storages (DashboardFileStorage or DashboardInMemoryStorage) or you can implement the IDashboardStorage interface to provide your own logic for managing dashboards using the Web Designer.
Note
The DashboardService uses the DashboardInMemoryStorage if you do not create the dashboard storage.
Prepare data sources that are used to supply dashboards with data. You can do this in two ways.
- Add connections string to the application configuration file. These strings are used in the Web Designer’s UI to create new data sources.
- Use the static DashboardService.SetDataSourceStorage method to create a storage that contains data sources available for end-users. You can use a predefined implementation of the in-memory storage (DataSourceInMemoryStorage) or you can implement the IDataSourceStorage interface to provide a custom data source storage.
The DashboardService class also exposes the DashboardService.DataApi property that allows you to access an API used supply the dashboard with data at runtime (for instance, using the DataApiProvider.ConfigureDataConnection or DataApiProvider.DataLoading events).