Dashboards provide all the information a user needs in a single page. It allows the user to focus on the most important tasks, and view, filter, and react to information quickly. Each task or topic is represented by a card, with different visualizations of data. That includes different styles of charts, graphs and lists, all of which are interactive. Clicking on a part of a card will navigate to another page to see the detail of the section that was clicked.
Filter Bar
The filter bar in the at the top of the app uses the live update mode: the results are updated immediately whenever the user changes a filter field.
Cards
Cards are containers for app content, and represent an entry-level view of the most pertinent app data for a given topic or issue. A dashboard page can contain several cards that reference the same application, and brings added value to the user. Cards can display different types of content. They can show a chart, a list, a table, informative text, or a combination of two elements.
Personalized Selection of Cards
Users can also hide cards. The corresponding setting is in the User Area under Manage Cards:
When selected, a dialog appears on the Dashboard and lists the available card names. Users can opt to show or hide the cards using a switch control. Restore reinstates the default setup. The personalized setup stays until the user next changes it.
Each Dashboard app has its own Manage Cards setting. Users who work with several Dashboards can personalize the cards shown for each one. Views can be saved by clicking the arrow next to Standard at the top left corner of the screen, and selecting Save As.