dashboard-116521-basic-concepts-and-terminology-dashboard-items.md
The DevExpress Dashboard provides elements that display visual or textual information in a dashboard - dashboard items. For instance, the Chart displays data using interactive graphs; the Grid displays data in a tabular form; Maps allow you to place callouts, bubbles or pies on the map using geographical coordinates, etc.
Dashboard items can be divided into the following groups:
Data visualization items represent UI elements used to display data in the dashboard.
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Dashboard Item
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Image
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Description
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API
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Chart
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Displays data graphically using bars, lines, points, etc.
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DashboardCommon.ChartDashboardItem
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Scatter Chart
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Allows you to visualize relationships between numeric variables.
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DashboardCommon.ScatterChartDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.ScatterChartItem
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Grid
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Allows you to display data in tabular form.
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DashboardCommon.GridDashboardItem
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Pies
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Displays a series of pies or donuts that represent each value’s contribution to the total value.
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DashboardCommon.PieDashboardItem
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Cards
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Displays a series of KPI elements (cards), each illustrating the difference between two values.
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DashboardCommon.CardDashboardItem
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Gauges
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Visualizes data with KPI elements (gauges). Each gauge measures progress toward a goal / KPI.
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DashboardCommon.GaugeDashboardItem
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Pivot
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Displays cross-tabular reports and allows you to analyze multi-dimensional data.
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DashboardCommon.PivotDashboardItem
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Choropleth Map
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Allows you to colorize areas in proportion to the provided values.
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DashboardCommon.ChoroplethMapDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.ChoroplethMapItem
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Geo Point Map
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Allows you to place callouts on the map using geographical coordinates.
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DashboardCommon.GeoPointMapDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.GeoPointMapItem
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Bubble Map
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Displays bubbles on the map using geographical coordinates.
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DashboardCommon.BubbleMapDashboardItem
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Pie Map
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Allows you to place pies on the map using geographical coordinates.
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DashboardCommon.PieMapDashboardItem
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Range Filter
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Allows end-users to apply filters by dragging selection thumbs along the argument axis.
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DashboardCommon.RangeFilterDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.RangeFilterItem
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Images
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Allows you to add static images or use images located in a data store.
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DashboardCommon.ImageDashboardItem
DashboardCommon.BoundImageDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.BoundImageItem
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Text Box
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Displays rich text in a dashboard.
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DashboardCommon.TextBoxDashboardItem
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Treemap
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Allows you to visualize data in nested rectangles.
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DashboardCommon.TreemapDashboardItem
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Custom Item
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Allows you to implement and embed any additional items into the Web Dashboard.
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DashboardCommon.CustomDashboardItem
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Filter elements are used to apply filtering to other dashboard items.
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Filter Element
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Image
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Description
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API
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Combo Box
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Allows end-users to select a value(s) from the drop-down list.
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DashboardCommon.ComboBoxDashboardItem
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List Box
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Allows end-users to select a value(s) from the list.
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DashboardCommon.ListBoxDashboardItem
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Tree View
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Displays values hierarchically and allows end-users to filter other dashboard items by selecting parent/child values.
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DashboardCommon.TreeViewDashboardItem
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Date Filter
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Allows end-users to filter other dashboard items by date-time values.
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DashboardCommon.DateFilterDashboardItem
Dashboard.Model.DateFilterItem
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Containers are used to arrange items and manage dashboard items interaction within and outside the container.
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Container
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Image
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Description
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API
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Dashboard Item Group
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The Dashboard item group arranges dashboard items and allows you to manage interaction between dashboard items within and outside the group.
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DashboardCommon.DashboardItemGroup
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Dashboard Tab Container
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The Dashboard Tab container enables you to split the dashboard layout into several pages.
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DashboardCommon.TabContainerDashboardItem
DashboardCommon.DashboardTabPage
Dashboard.Model.TabContainerItem
Dashboard.Model.DashboardTabPage
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