33 Dashboard Display

General

The dashboard display is used to view several displays side-by-side. For example, it can be used to view both a precipitation and a temperature grid plot side-by-side, synchronizing the time sliders. All users can create and modify their own dashboards, which will be stored in the user settings. Alternatively, a configurator can configure "predefined" dashboards which will be the same for all users. An example of a dashboard display is shown below.

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Creating and modifying a Dashboard Display

Dashboard panels can be created and modified by the user to suit their needs.

Creating a new Dashboard

A new Dashboard can be created through the menu option of the dashboards menu in the FEWS menu bar:

You will then be prompted to enter a title for the new dashboard. The title will be used as the title of the tab for the panel, as well as for the menu item to (re)open the dashboard. The title needs to be unique.

After entering a title and confirming, a new (empty) dashboard panel will be opened and it will be added to the dashboards menu.

Adding Frames

Currently only the Spatial Display supports being added to a dashboard. Dashboard support for other displays could be added in the future.

To add a new Spatial Display frame to a dashboard, navigate to a Spatial Display and use the "Add to Dashboard" button found in the toolbar. Clicking this button will add a copy of the spatial display as a frame to the current open user-defined dashboard. If several user-defined dashboards are open, you will be prompted to choose a dashboard to which it will be added. If no user-defined dashboards are open, you will be asked to open a dashboard first. New frames can only be added to user-defined dashboards.

After adding a frame to a dashboard, the dashboard to which it was added will be automatically shown.

While it is possible to later modify the contents of the frame, for example, to select a different grid plot or change the accumulation, it is advisable to set these as you want them to be before adding a copy of the spatial display to the dashboard.

Modifying Frame Contents

Frame Titles

Deleting a dashboard

Using a Dashboard Display

Opening a Dashboard Display

Arranging the Frames

Synchronizing Frames

Map Extent Synchronization

Time Slider Synchronization

User-defined vs. Predefined Dashboard Displays

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• explain debug menu options to turn user-defined into predefined and vice versa
• mention unavailable options for predefined dashboards (delete, rename etc.)
• explicitly mention all settings normally stored in user-settings are now in dashboards.ini therefore button status etc. will be reset when predefined dashboard is reopened.