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1 Features 2 Quickstart 3 Enable Dashboard Configuration Upgrading from previous OpenI installs 4 Manual Configuration 5 Feedback

Features

• Export a dashboard rss feed (RssFeedGenerator)
• Stream a chart (not from file), taking an analysis name as input
• Configurable overviews, link to analyses
• configurable thumbnail size
• includes analysis text/description
• overview can have separate description
• online management of multiple dashboards

Quickstart

• for new openi installs (openi1.2 FINAL RELEASE and after), Dashboard management comes preconfigured, and a sample "Executive Summary" dashboard is already setup

Enable Dashboard Configuration Upgrading from previous OpenI installs

• login
• select any project
• select administration -> Manage Application
• You must explicitly allow each user type the permission "Configure_Dashboard"
• To add to the admin menu, within any menu config (depending on which user type):

       <org.openi.menu.MenuItem>
         <url>manageoverview.htm</url>
         <displayName>Manage Dashboards</displayName>
       </org.openi.menu.MenuItem>

Manual Configuration

• Configure in project.xml:

 <overviews>
   <entry>
     <string>Executive Summary</string>
     <org.openi.project.Overview>
       <description>30,000 foot thumbnail view</description>
       <links class="linked-list">
         <string>public/Samples/Mondrian/HR_Employees.analysis</string>
         <string>public/Samples/Mondrian/HR_Org_Salary.analysis</string>
         <string>public/Samples/Mondrian/Sales_by_Store_and_Time.analysis</string>
         <string>public/Samples/Mondrian/Warehouse_and_Sales.analysis</string>
       </links>
       <thumbnailWidth>320</thumbnailWidth>
       <thumbnailHeight>240</thumbnailHeight>
     </org.openi.project.Overview>
   </entry>
 </overviews>

Feedback

• ease configuration - each analysis should have a "add to dashboard button"