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- On the General tab of the Dashboard Parts record, select the View Container component from the Component field.
- Select the Properties tab.
- Enter a caption in the Caption field. The caption is the text that will display with the part in the dashboard area.
- In the Entity field, enter the service whose records you want to display in the view.
- Select a View Type:
- Link to Existing View: Use this option to display an existing view in the part.
- Custom SQL View: Advanced users can use this option to specify their own SQL statements.
- Do one of the following depending on which option you selected for View Type:
- In the View field, enter the view (any view type) that you want to display in the part.
- In the SQL View tab, enter your SQL statement to define a temporary list view. (This option applies to list views only.)
- If you are displaying a list view, click the New Record Parameters tab and specify any field information that you want to automatically populate when a user opens a new record from the view (for advanced users only).
- This option only applies to list views.
To specify default parameters for new records opened from the view, use this syntax:
No Format nopanel true PARAMS(Field1=Value|Field2=Value)
- For example, to automatically populate a new Persons record's Title and Ranking fields with Purchasing Manager and 5, enter PARAMS(Title=Purchasing Manager|Ranking=5)
- For example, to automatically populate a new Persons record's Title and Ranking fields with Purchasing Manager and 5, enter PARAMS(Title=Purchasing Manager|Ranking=5)
- Click OK to save the Dashboard Parts record.