Sticky Notes, Data Entry Fields and Logos or Images on Dashboard
Sticky Notes: Sometimes it is useful to pass some information in the means of plain text on the dashboard. Sticky notes can be created by selecting ‘STATIC’ type in the Datatype field of the parameters
Goto Create –> Parameter, select ‘STATIC’ for the DataType. Enter the static text in the text area.
To create Data Entry Fields select DataType = ‘FIELD’
Users can enter any loose text into these fields. These Data Entry fields can be used as regular parameters inside your SQL queries.
You could add images as backdrop to any of the charts. If you need to add images or logos as seperate objects
Create a Parameter and select DataType as ‘IMAGE’. In the text editor enter the URL of the Image or the file location of the image on your PC
Type the direct URL to the image in the text editor. It is recommended to host the image on a webserver and use the http url to reference the image location. This is ideal because when you deploy the dashboard on the server it is still universally locatable.
You can also just type the file path on your PC e.g. “c:\my_images\xyz.gif”
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3 Responses to “Sticky Notes, Data Entry Fields and Logos or Images on Dashboard”
There is no IMAGE data type in Parameter Editor. I am using InfoCaptor version 3.3 9.0
By MARCO on Dec 22, 2008