Using web map services as operational indicators in Dashboards
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For a quick glance "is this on?" indicator, consider using the "No Selection" or "No Data" label. The contents of this text box will render when there is no data, such as when the service is down.
You could set the contents to an SVG item by clicking the Source button and entering the following code:
<p style="text-align:center"><svg height="200" width="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="100" cy="100" fill="#ff8888" r="98" stroke="#fd0000" stroke-width="4"></circle> </svg></p>Which would render as:
Feel free to turn that to an SVG of an exclamation or an X or what have you.
Then for the indicator itself, remove any text and just turn on an icon that will render any time the layer is connected to.
It's also likely that when the service is down, you might see a little yellow warning symbol and a message about the layer being inaccessible. But hey, that works at a glance, too! The important thing is, the "No Data" label you have configured will still work when the layer is down.
For a quick glance "is this on?" indicator, consider using the "No Selection" or "No Data" label. The contents of this text box will render when there is no data, such as when the service is down.
You could set the contents to an SVG item by clicking the Source button and entering the following code:
<p style="text-align:center"><svg height="200" width="200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="100" cy="100" fill="#ff8888" r="98" stroke="#fd0000" stroke-width="4"></circle> </svg></p>Which would render as:
Feel free to turn that to an SVG of an exclamation or an X or what have you.
Then for the indicator itself, remove any text and just turn on an icon that will render any time the layer is connected to.
It's also likely that when the service is down, you might see a little yellow warning symbol and a message about the layer being inaccessible. But hey, that works at a glance, too! The important thing is, the "No Data" label you have configured will still work when the layer is down.
Hmm. This does not work as expected for me. I have configured the way you have suggested but if the service for that indicator is down, all the other indicators, lists, etc. also go down and show Data source error. None of the other indicators are using the service that I am trying to track with your suggested workflow. My map still shows up but that is it.
