Create, View and Modify Dashboards in an ASP.NET Web Forms Application
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This topic describes how an end-user can create and view a dashboard at runtime in an ASP.NET Web Forms application when the Dashboards Module is added.
In the Navigation, open the Reports group, choose the Dashboards item and click New.
Note
If you cannot locate the Reports | Dashboards navigation item, ensure that the Dashboards Module is added in the Application Designer and the Dashboards
Module. property is set to true.Generate Navigation Item In the invoked popup with the ASPxDashboard control, specify the dashboard name, choose the business object type to be used as the dashboard data source and click Create.
Tip
In the data sources list, you can see the types that have the Default
Class or VisibleOptions Attribute In applied.Dashboards Attribute Setup the created dashboard according to the Creating Dashboards on the Web guidelines.
Important
To display localized values of an enumeration property in a dashboard, add a calculated field to the data source class. Set this field’s IModel
Member. to GetExpression Enum . In the dashboard designer, bind items to this calculated field instead of the enumeration property.Caption([Enum Property]) After a dashboard is saved in the designer, it is added to the Dashboards List View. You can click the saved dashboard to view it.
Tip
In an ASP.
NET Web Forms application, you can access dashboards added in a Win Forms application, and visa versa. In a Web Dashboard, data is reloaded automatically. Handle the ASPx
Dashboard. event to configure the data reloading timeout. For more information on how to access a dashboard control, refer to the following topic: Access the Dashboard Control.Configure Data Reloading Timeout To modify an existing dashboard, select it and click the ShowDashboardDesigner Action.