The View Container component displays a view of any type in the dashboard part. (The Entity List View Component only supports list views.) Note that to maximize the space available for list views on a dashboard, the Status Bar is only displayed for list views that have paging enabled and exceed the page size.
Info: You can drag and drop an existing view into any personal dashboard without having to open the Dashboard Options dialog. See "Adding a View to a Dashboard" on page 436 for details.
- 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.)View Container Properties
- 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:
- 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)
- Click OK to save the Dashboard Parts record.