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When you have created several reports and charts then you can create dashboards which can show several reports on one page. Dashboard page with all key reports about the specific business area can provide a quick overview of the current business status and key performance indicators.

If you would like to share your reports on some web page using iframe or post them on big screens using wallboard option, or send on email, first, create dashboards in flex.bi. And only then you can share this dashboard as you see fit.

Create a new dashboard

Go to flex.bi tab Dashboard and chose option Create new dashboard or New. Then enter the name of the dashboard [1]add reports you would like to include [2] and save changes [3].

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You can adjust the placement of reports by dragging and dropping them, inserting a page break [4]  (if "Export to pdf" is installed) between reports, remove frame [5], align on the left or right side of the dashboard [6], and change report relative width [7]

You can represent individual reports or all reports collapsed [8] in the dashboard, thus saving place. Image RemovedThis option is handy when publishing table reports with a long or changing row count and reports that are quite resourceful and rarely used.

It is more convenient to rearrange reports while they are collapsed; use the feature Collapse all. When reports are reorganized in new places, you can expand all reports and proceed with minor adjustments.

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By default, flex.bi dynamically calculates the height of the reports. You can change and fix the report height [89when editing the dashboard. If you show several reports on the same row then adjust them to the same height to ensure that they are always aligned when changing the browser window size.
Click Reset to default [910] to return to the automatic report height calculation. Don't forget to save the changes Save changes [11] of the dashboard layout.

Page filters for dashboard

If several reports have the same dimension on pages [1] (e.g., Time dimension to select a necessary period, or Store Sales as in the example below) then you can add this dimension for the whole dashboard as page filter. Open dashboard in edit mode. In report, click on page dimension you would like to bring out and chose common page [2]. The chosen dimension will appear on the top of a dashboard.

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When you save dashboard then all current common dashboard page selections are saved as well for this dashboard (and in this dashboard will override default page selection in included reports). All non-common report page dimensions after dashboard page refresh will use default report page selection.

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On the dashboard header toolbar, click on the Export definition [1] to copy the layout of currently selected dashboard or Export definitions of all dashboards [2] to copy all visible dashboard from current flex.bi account.

You will see dashboard definition in JSON format, please copy this definition for pasting it in the other flex.bi environment.

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Now you can visit the other flex.bi account where you would like to import one or several exported dashboards and chose option Import definition.

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In Import dashboard definition dialog paste previously copied one or all dashboard definitions and click OK.

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After import will be done you will be able to see and use imported dashboards in the new flex.bi account.

Export to PDF

You can export a dashboard to PDF. If you use flex.bi Enterprise and do not see this option, contact your flex.bi administrator and ask to install Google Chrome on flex.bi server.