idea Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators in ArcGIS Dashboards Ideas

Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

LaurenLee — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:01:50 GMT

If gauges or indicators update based on a selection in a list, it would be a beneficial option for the gauges/indicators to start by showing "no data" until a selection is made. Non-technical users may find it confusing for the gauge/indicator to be showing data from the first listing by objectid (or by whatever method the list is sorted upon startup) before they have selected something from a list to view. For example, if I have a dashboard that includes a sales information list and sales ratio gauge for Assessors, the sales ratio gauge on opening of the application shows the first sale sorted in the list. I believe it would be more user-friendly if the option to show no data was available.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

TomSchwartzman — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:29:52 GMT

I agree this is a useful thing to have an option for widgets to only show data when a selection is made (as opposed to showing all records on first load etc)

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

MegHoole — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:35:26 GMT

I agree too. We have users who would benefit from this. In addition please make it so that author can control the indicator "text" when there is no selection to trigger the users to make a selection... i.e. "make a selection"

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

JamieLambert — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:26:17 GMT

Very useful. Would also be good to see this functionality applied to Filters (date/category) as well as Lists - data is not populated UNTIL the filter is selected. At the moment we have people confused at seeing all this data before they even make a selection!

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

AngeloTaylor2 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:34:02 GMT

Agreed.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

NoamRaffel — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:09:13 GMT

I agree. This could speed of loading times as well. Any update on this idea?

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

OSACAfrica — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 01:16:01 GMT

David Nyenhuis‌ Any update on this?

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

AaronLeese1 — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:56:47 GMT

I'd like to have this implemented too! so I could stop explaining to users why they see details of something when they haven't picked anything yet. and don't forget about embedded content widgets too my Survey123 forms displaying when the user hasn't selected anything is confusing

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

GarethBaker1 — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:10:40 GMT

Just to echo the comments above I think this would be really useful from both a performance and user friendliness point of view. In our case I'd like to be able to use three linked category selectors to browse through a nested geographical hierarchy and then update various lists once a selection has been made in the third selector.

The features associated with each level are:

Level 1: 30 zones
Level 2: 700 zones
Level 3: 2000+ zones

So once the user selects one of the 30 zones from the first level only then does the level 2 list get populated and so on. The way it currently works is that all 2730 features get loaded in when they don't really need to be.

I think I did try apply a predefined filter to levels 2 or 3 which would initially return no results but that doesn't get overwritten by the selection of a feature at level 1, so they always end up showing no results.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

Andrew-Bowne — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:35:33 GMT

Definitely have a great need for blank widgets especially when they are cascading/dependent on other widgets. For instance, one list displays information as a result of a filter from another. By default it can be confusing for users to see information that is not relevant until something is chosen.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

GayleNeufeld — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:42:12 GMT

Biggest source of confusion for my users is that they see data displayed in charts when they open the dashboard. They have no idea what it is because nothing is selected. This needs to happen for not only guages and indicators but for charts and the details element as well.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

NicholasCarroll — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:59:22 GMT

Yes! For charts as well. Any updates or work-arounds?

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators - Status changed to: In Product Plan

patrickb — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:56:18 GMT

This is something we are actively working on and will be available to try when ArcGIS Dashboards Beta is refreshed early in 2021.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

Carlode_Stefano — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:11:54 GMT

@patrickb any update on the topic? I still can't see this option in the Dashboard Beta version.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

Ted_Gambill — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:10:30 GMT

Is this feature currently available in Dashboard Beta?

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

asmith_tssw — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:31:14 GMT

Yes, please. I would like this option to show a blank (or custom) details window until a selection is made.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

mdun — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:13:42 GMT

Strongly need default values management... It is impossible to use the dashboard if on the first page load it displays non sense data 😕 We can't present this to our users.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

MetralAlexis — Thu, 13 May 2021 17:41:12 GMT

+ 1. It should be possible to manage the default value when no data is returned by the indicator.

For example, we monitor water release and data is logged only when there is released water. No Data = No water released but the user sees "No Data" and has no ideas about the true situation.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

Carlode_Stefano — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:29:29 GMT

Hello there,

just a little update: as workaround i found useful to add a fake-raw at the top of the the dataset i was using within the dashboard.

By setting in this fake raw all the default attributes i wanted , i was able to visualize "No Data" and all the others default values i was looking for in the dashboard opening page.

I understand this could not be a workaround for all the situations, but in my case was very useful.

Hope this could help some of you.

Re: Allow "No Data on Opening of Dashboard" Option for Gauges/Indicators

cpenling — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:29:56 GMT

I see that there is an option to have the indicators, gauges and charts only render when there is a selection but if I want my allow my user the ability to use the filters as well as selecting from the map then I can't set either to only render when selected (that would only lead to more clicking and confusion). Therefore they see all the records upon opening the application which looks very messy and can be confusing. I don't want to have to limit them to only selecting via filters. Is there any progress on this topic?