Dashboard Item Caption

• Oct 21, 2020
• 3 minutes to read

Each dashboard item has a caption that is displayed at the top of this item. The caption contains static text and command buttons.

View Example: How to add custom buttons and menu elements to dashboard item captions

The dashboard item caption contains the following information and buttons:

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Names

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Dashboard Item Name - the DashboardItem.Name property value.

• Data Item Container Name - the name of the data item container. Use the NamedDataItemContainer.Name property to specify this name in code. For more information, refer to the Providing Data topic in the particular dashboard item section of the Dashboard Item Settings chapter.

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Interactivity Information

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Drill-Down value - displays a value or values from the current drill-down hierarchy. For more information refer to the Manage Interactivity Capabilities topic.

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Command Buttons

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Export to button - allows you to print or export a dashboard item. To learn how to print individual dashboard items, see the Printing and Exporting topic.

• Values button - invokes a drop-down menu that allows you to switch the data layer. The button can be shown for the PieDashboardItem, CardDashboardItem, GaugeDashboardItem and MapDashboardItem. For more information, refer to the Providing Data topic in the particular dashboard item section of the Dashboard Item Settings chapter.

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