topic Re: Configuring a dashboard in ArcGIS Dashboards Questions

Configuring a dashboard

SLouq — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:44:45 GMT

Let me preface this thread by saying I have never created a dashboard before.

In googling and browsing the ESRI forums and such, I came across the Capital Project Tracking solution dashboard that does basically what I am trying to accomplish. So, I started messing around with it and getting used to how it works. Now I have decided to use this as a template for the dashboard I want to do and have been configuring it with my information. But in configuring it, I have noticed that when I select a category from the Type section, the Active Project section quit updating based on the Type category I selected. This was updating when I first started configuring it.

So, my question is what configuration setting in the Type pane controls what Active Project shows up?

Ex. If I select Facilities, all the Project with a Project Type of Facilities should display.

Re: Configuring a dashboard

EllieHakariAK — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 22:13:08 GMT

Hi there! I'm not familiar with the Capital Project Tracking solution but I'll try to help based on what you wrote. It sounds like you need to go to the settings for the Type selector, go to Actions, and under "Filter" turn on a filter for the Active Project section. Let me know if this helps or if you need further guidance!

Re: Configuring a dashboard

SLouq — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:39:17 GMT

Hi EH_Alaska,

Thanks for the rply! I've solved the issue that led to this thread but I've encountered some other issues concerning getting one element to read data from another element and update based on the number of projects displayed. Such as the Project Count element displaying the number of Current Projects for a specific category. It seems to be displaying the number of projects in the field of view of the web map. I'm sure I'm having these issues bc it's my first time creating a dashboard.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Configuring a dashboard

EllieHakariAK — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:10:00 GMT

No problem! Dashboards have a million different configuration options and it took me a long time to figure out how to get things to talk to each other properly. 😅

For the issue of projects being counted in the extent vs filtered based on your selection:

Go to your map configuration settings in the dashboard, Map Actions tab, and under "When map extent changes" deselect any filters that you don't want.

Re: Configuring a dashboard

SLouq — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:21:37 GMT

Thanks a ton!

Your suggestion just opened my eyes to some new things to try!

Thanks

Re: Configuring a dashboard

SLouq — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 19:12:37 GMT

Is there a way to hide an element within a dashboard? For example, in the Capital Projects Tracking dashboard, the Projects Details element contains the same information shown in the popup. Therefore, the Project Details element is not needed in the dashboard. But if I delete it then the popup disappears so deleting this element is not what I want. So I am looking for a way to hide it.

Is this possible?

Re: Configuring a dashboard

EllieHakariAK — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:24:08 GMT

It's puzzling that deleting the Project Details element is causing the pop-ups to stop showing up. Almost sounds like a glitch! If you're worried about repetitiveness, you could always go into the Capital Projects map and turn off pop-ups. That way the information will only appear in the Project Details element.

There isn't a way to hide elements, but you can just resize them until they're 99% invisible. I've seen people do this, although keep in mind that people who are GIS-aware may notice and be able to make it visible again. But that would only be on their end.