Dashboard in Expression Language
In QPR ProcessAnalyzer, dashboard consists of a canvas where charts and other visualization components can be added. Each dashboard belongs to project, and dashboards have a mandatory name and optional identifier. The identifier is used when creating links between dashboards.
Dashboard properties
Dashboard objects in the expression language have the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Content (Dictionary) | Returns dashboard content (charts and other components contained by the dashboard). |
| CreatedBy (User) | Returns user who created the dashboard. |
| CreatedDate (DateTime) | Returns date when the dashboard was created. |
| Description (String) | Returns description text of the dashboard. |
| Id (Integer) | Returns id of the dashboard. |
| Identifier (String) | Returns identifier of the dashboard. |
| LastModifiedBy (User) | Returns user who last modified this dashboard. |
| LastModifiedDate (DateTime) | Returns date when the dashboard was last time modified. |
| Name (String) | Returns the name of the dashboard. |
| Project (Project) | Returns project object where the dashboard belongs to. |
| ProjectId (Integer) | Returns project id where this dashboard belongs to. |
Dashboard functions
Dashboard objects in the expression language have functions described below. To create new dashboards, use function Model.CreateDashboard(), and to list dashboards, use property Project.Dashboards.
| Function | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DeletePermanently | Deletes the dashboard permanently. EditDashboards permission to the project is required.
Example: delete all dashboards in a project: ProjectById(1).Dashboards.DeletePermanently() | |
| Modify | Parameters dictionary |
Modifies the dashboard. The parameter is a dictionary containing dashboard properties to be updated. EditDashboards permission to the project is required. Following properties are supported:
Example: Change dashboard background color to white. let dashboard = DashboardById(1); // find dashboard
let content = dashboard.content; // get dashboard content
content.layout.Set("backgroundColor", "#ffffff"); // modify content
dashboard.Modify( // store modified content back to the dashboard
#{ "Content": content }
);
Example: Remove "Filter" dashboard variable from all dashboards in project. let dashboards = ProjectById(1).Dashboards;
dashboards.{ // loop through dashboards
let content = _.content; // get dashboard content
content["variables"].Remove("Filter"); // modify content
_.Modify( // store modified content back to the dashboard
#{ "Content": content }
);
};
Example: Move dashboards from a project to other. let sourceProjectId = 1;
let targetProjectId = 2;
ProjectById(sourceProjectId).Dashboards.{
_.Modify(
#{ "ProjectId": targetProjectId }
);
};
|
Function to get dashboard by dashboard id:
| Function | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DashboardById |
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Returns dashboard by given dashboard id. Returns the Dashboard object if such exists and user has permissions to it. Throws an exception if dashboard doesn't exist or user doesn't have permissions to it. GenericRead permission to the project that contains the dashboard is required. |