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    VCL Dashboards: Getting Started

    • 2 minutes to read

    Review the following tutorials to get started with the TdxDashboardControl component.

    Prerequisites

    Ensure that your development environment meets ExpressDashboards and ExpressReports prerequisites:

    1. Microsoft Windows 10 or newer.
    2. Embarcadero RAD Studio IDE 12.3 or newer (Community Edition IDEs are not supported).
    3. DevExpress VCL v25.2.x. (You must own a VCL Subscription+ license or DevExpress VCL and Universal licenses).
    4. The EdgeView2 SDK package installed from the GetIt package manager.

    Tutorials

    Create a Dashboard Using the Designer Dialog

    Follow this tutorial to create a simple dashboard application: set up a memory-based data source, load JSON data, create Bubble Map and Chart dashboard items, and bind them to data.

    VCL Dashboards: The Resulting Dashboard at Runtime

    Sample GitHub Projects

    This section lists all public GitHub repositories (DevExpress-Examples) that demonstrate the primary usage scenarios for VCL Dashboards:

    Store Dashboard Layouts

    View Example: Store Dashboard Layouts in a Database
    This example stores a dashboard layout in a BLOB field of a memory-based dataset (TdxMemData).

    Filter Dashboard Data

    View Example: Pass a Hidden Dashboard Parameter to a SQL Query
    This example demonstrates a dashboard that displays sales data for a selected country. The selected country is passed to the underlying SQL query as a hidden dashboard parameter. This sample project uses the TdxCustomDashboardControl.Parameters property to access and modify the target dashboard parameter.

    Generate & Export Dashboard Content Without User Interaction

    View Example: Generate Dashboards in a Backend/Service Application

    This example bypasses the DevExpress Dashboard Viewer dialog and generates a dashboard using the DevExpress Dashboards backend. You can use the demonstrated technique to implement REST/Web API backends, Windows Services, workflows, and scheduled jobs for the following usage scenarios:

    • Bulk export dashboards to PDF, DOCX, image, and other formats.
    • Share, email, and print dashboard documents without user interaction.
    • Implement custom dashboard management UIs.

    To see the TdxDashboardControl component in action, run the BI Dashboards Designer/Viewer demo in the VCL Demo Center installed with compiled DevExpress VCL demos. Click different items in the sidebar on the left to switch between demo features.

    Download: Compiled VCL Demos

    Tip

    You can find full source code for the installed compiled Report demo in the following folder:

    %PUBLIC%\Documents\DevExpress VCL Demos\MegaDemos\Product Demos\ExpressDashboards\

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