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Time Slider Synchronization
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synchronize synchronize button in the bottom toolbar controls whether the times of the frames should be synchronized. When this button is on, changing the selected time on the time slider, or starting the animation through the play button, will also update the times of the other frames. This allows the user to quickly compare the same time steps in different plots. When this button is on, pressing the Apply button in set time dialog 
makes all other dashboard frames to have the same period. (In a given frame, using the scroll wheel, the user can zoom in and out, and thereby change the period of a given frame, which can be applied to the other frames using the sync button and set time dialog.)
User-defined vs. Predefined Dashboard Displays
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There are several differences in between user-defined dashboards and predefined dashboards:
| user-defined | predefined | |
|---|---|---|
| sharing | user specific, shared through userSettings | shared between all users and the same for all users |
| creator | created by a user | created / configured by a configurator |
| customization | can be customized by the user, i.e., frames can be added / removed, frame titles can be changed, frames can be deleted | can not be customized, i.e., no new frames can be added, if a frame is closed the change won't persist when reopening the dashboard, frame titles can't be changed |
| storage | stored in the user_settings.ini file | stored in the dashboards.ini file |
Configuring a Predefined Dashboard
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