About configuring the dashboard

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You can configure the dashboard for your map by adding and removing dashboard gadgets. Each gadget is configured to show information about one or more attributes for a feature layer. This feature layer can be based on an ArcGIS Server feature service, or can be stored in the map. For the dashboard to be available, you must have one or more feature layers in your map.

You can add a number of different types of gadgets to your dashboard, each of which is described in its own topic. These include:

• Indicators
• Gauges
• Pie, column, or bar charts
• Summaries
• Descriptions

When you configure a gadget, you specify a feature layer whose attributes you want to display in the gadget, the attribute or attributes of interest, and some statistical operator such as sum or average.

Gadgets can show the value of a single feature or the aggregate values from multiple features. Gadgets can also be configured to allow for comparison between features. Gadgets that are configured as comparison gadgets are shown side by side. The gadget on the left shows the values for the selected feature or features, and the gadget on the right shows the values for the feature the pointer is currently over. The comparison gadget makes it possible to quickly compare a number of features against a benchmark. (The benchmark may be cumulative in the case of multiple selected features.) In the following example, the comparison is using a pie chart, the benchmark county is Penobscot, and the pointer is currently over Cumberland County. Both pie charts show the relationship between renters and owners.

To add a gadget to your dashboard

1. On the Mapping toolbar, click the Dashboard button to show the Dashboard panel. Note that this button will only be available if you have one or more feature layers in your map.
2. Click the + button at the bottom of the panel to display the Add Dashboard Gadget dialog box.
3. Click the Gadget drop-down arrow and choose the type of gadget you’d like to create, click the Layer drop-down arrow and choose the layer whose values will be displayed by the gadget, then click OK.

   

4. On the dialog box that appears, set the properties for your gadget. The specific settings you’ll provide are based on the type of gadget. Refer to the detailed topic for the type of gadget you are adding.

To organize your dashboard

You can use the Dashboard panel to make various changes to the gadgets it displays. You can modify the properties for the gadgets, reorder how they are displayed in the dashboard, and remove unwanted gadgets.

Open the Dashboard panel by clicking the Dashboard button on the Mapping toolbar, then click the Organize button at the bottom of the panel.

To change the order of the gadgets in the dashboard

Click the handle to the right of a gadget and drag it up or down within the list to change the order in which it appears in the list.

To remove a gadget

Click the Remove button to the right of a gadget to remove it from the dashboard.

To modify the definition of a gadget

Click the Properties button to display the definition of the gadget. You can edit the various properties of the gadget using the same interface as is used to create the gadget.

If you make a mistake, you can undo any of these changes by clicking the Undo button at the top left of the screen.

When you are finished making changes, click Done at the bottom right of the panel to switch back to normal dashboard mode.