Creating Dashboards

Dragon1 supports you of how to create a dashboard consisting of widgets called indicators.

Example Dashboard visualization.

Example Dashboard File

Download the example file and upload it to the Dragon1 Viewer

 dragon1-dashboard-example.xlsx

How to Create a Dashboard

To create a dashboard, the following steps need to be taken:

  • Create an atlas
  • Create a visualization
  • Create a model
  • Link data (from the repository or in the Excel Sheet) to the model.
  • Create indicators (the widgets of the dashboard)
  • Link the indicators to the model and/or visualization

Indicator Rule

An indicator needs to have a rule and template configured.

You can place the rule in the ActionScript field.

Some indicators have more than one place where a number or figure can be placed.

Examples of rules are:

  • countClassAttr(Process,tags,digital);
  • countClass(Principle,tags,used);
  • listClassAttrOnName(Project,Budget);
  • A=Count(Server, tags, outdated) - This will count the servers that are tagged outdated. The number will be put in the A place of the widget
  • A=Count(Server, tags, outdated);B=CountDates(Server, tags, outdated, 1 Feb 2010, 1 Mar 2022) - The results of the rules will be put in the A and B place of the widget.

The date format to use always is dd mmm yyyy.

As date also today and last year can be used.

Indicator Template

Examples of indicator templates are:

  • percentage_planned_actual
  • percentage_planned_actual_ytd
  • total_planned_actual
  • planned_actual
  • planned_actual_ytd
  • total
  • total_ytd
  • percentage
  • percentage_ytd
  • barchart
  • piechart
  • graph

Indicator Layout

The layout of the indicators can be configured for the following attributes:

  • panel: rectangle or rounded rectangle
  • background color
  • text color
  • font family
  • font style

In the workplace, you will have a tasklist for creating a dashboard visualization with indicators.

Indicator Bar

On a visualization, it is also possible to place an indicator bar.

An indicator bar is a set of indicators.

You can position that bar anywhere on the visualization at an absolute position (x,y) or predefined position (left-top, right-bottom, etc...)