InetSoft Product Information: Using Dashboards

Viewsheet components are listed under the ‘Toolbox’ node of the Component tree, on the left side of the Visual Composer. Viewsheet components share a number of common features, including certain properties, formatting options, and hyperlinks. This section explains these common features.

To add or delete a component to a Viewsheet, follow these steps:

1. Open the ‘Component’ panel on the left-side of the Visual Composer.

2. Expand a node on the ‘Components’ tree (Data View, Selection, Output, Input).

3. Click and drag the desired component onto the Viewsheet grid.

4. To delete an element from the Viewsheet grid, right-click the component and select ‘Remove’ from the context menu (or press ‘Delete’ on the keyboard).

To move or resize a component, follow these steps:

1. Click the component to select it. This enables the “move” handle at the top left corner.

2. Click the “move” handle, and drag the component to the desired location. (The keyboard arrow keys also move the component.)

3. Click the component to select it. This enables the component “resize” handles.

4. Click on a resize handle (or click the component border itself), and drag to resize the component.

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Moving Components using Cut and Paste

1. To cut or copy a component, right-click the component and select ‘Cut’ or ‘Copy’ from the context menu. (Alternatively, click Ctrl-X or Ctrl-C on the keyboard).

2. To insert the component elsewhere in the Viewsheet, right-click the desired region and select ‘Paste’ from the context menu (Ctrl-V on the keyboard). If other components already occupy this region, the inserted component will overlap those components.

Overlapping Components

1. When you drag a new component from the Component tree onto an existing Viewsheet component, you will see the following ‘Layout Option’ dialog box:

• ‘Move component right’ places the new component in the first available column to the right of your original placement (same row).
• ‘Move component down’ places the new component in the first available row below your original placement (same column).
• ‘Overlap as co-located components’ creates a tabbed interface with each component in its own tab.

2. To move an overlapping component behind other components, right-click the component and select ‘Send to Back’ from the context menu. To move an overlapping component in front of other components, right-click the component and select ‘Bring to Front’ from the context menu.

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