To meet the needs for convenient and efficient chart creation, you can quickly create dashboards in the toolbar configuration area and configure chart styles. This topic describes how to operate in the toolbar configuration area.
Quick BI supports nearly 40 types of data charts, each including a toolbar configuration module with two areas: top menu bar and toolbar.
In the top menu bar, you can perform global basic operations such as favoriting, undoing, configuring global parameters, and replacing datasets. For more information, see Top menu bar in this topic.
In the toolbar configuration, you can quickly create dashboards. For more information, see Toolbar configuration in this topic.
Top Menu Bar
Configuration Area Introduction
The configuration area includes 12 operation items: 1. Return, 2. Edit title, 3. Favorite, 4. Undo and redo, 5. Switch between PC/mobile, 6. Lock, 7. Replace dataset, 8. Global parameters, 9. Page settings, 10. Preview, 11. Share, 12. More operations after editing.
Edit Dashboard Title
You can click the dashboard title to edit it and enter the name you want to set.
Favorite Chart
You can favorite the current dashboard on the editing page. After favoriting, organization administrators can view and maintain it on the Management of Favorites page in the backend.
The favorite feature is supported only when the dashboard is in the published state.
Undo and Redo
When you need to go back to the previous operation during dashboard creation, you can click the Undo Button in the top menu bar to undo the current operation. If you want to revert this undo operation, you can click the Redo Button in the top menu bar.
Mobile Layout Configuration
On the dashboard editing page, you can click the top menu bar to switch to Mobile mode. After ensuring that the mobile layout lock is unlocked, you can adjust the layout of charts on mobile devices.
Replace Dataset
On the dashboard editing page, you can click in the top menu bar to display all datasets of the current dashboard. The system supports global dataset replacement. For more information, see Create a Dashboard > Replace Dataset.
Used datasets When a dataset in the list (①) needs to be replaced, you can directly select an existing dataset (②) in the same workspace from the Replace dataset section on the right. After selection, you need to perform field matching between the two datasets (③).
The field types must be consistent when performing field matching.
Global Parameters
Global parameters can be set only after the dashboard is created and you click Save.
On the dashboard editing page, you can click the icon in the top menu bar. In the Parameter Items dialog box, configure global parameters. For detailed configuration, see Configure Global Variables.
Page Settings
On the dashboard editing page, you can click Page settings in the top menu bar to set parameters such as dashboard theme, filter interaction control, cascade conditions, and global parameters.
On the Theme tab, you can set the dashboard theme template, global theme template, and custom dashboard background. For more information, see Theme design.
On the Advanced tab, configure Basic Settings, Interaction Control, Cascade Conditions, and Global Parameters:
Basic Settings: Set Show Watermark, Allow Download, Allow Copy Content, Allow Generate Audience, Enable Real-time Query, Enable Report Comments, and Enable Transparent Bottom Canvas.
NoteAfter selecting Allow Download, you can select Hide Global Download Button.
After enabling Real-time Query, dashboard chart queries will have no delay instead of the default one-minute cache delay, but this will increase pressure on the data source.
After selecting Enable Transparent Bottom Canvas, the bottom canvas will be transparent, which is suitable for report embedding scenarios.
Filter Interaction Settings: Enable global automatic filter interaction and support setting the filter interaction mode for specific chart types. For more information, see Filter Interaction.
Cascade Conditions: Configure the relationships between query conditions. For more information, see Configure query control cascade.
Global Parameters: When configuring reports, you can support scenarios that require parameter changes by referencing global variables. For more information, see Configure Global Variables.
Preview
After clicking the Preview option, the dashboard enters preview mode. In preview mode, both PC and mobile preview modes are supported, along with operations such as Save, Copy Preview Link, and Republish. Click "Continue Editing" to return to the editing page.
Copy Preview Link
Copy preview link is mainly used for scenarios where you want others to verify content that has been saved but not published.
Private preview link
After clicking the private preview link option, users with view permission can view the most recently saved report content.
Public preview link
After clicking the public preview link option, anyone who obtains the link can view the most recently saved report content. Each shared link is valid for 24 hours, and during this period, it always displays the last saved content.
You need to enable this feature at both organization and workspace levels to allow public works.
The copy preview link feature can be used only after selecting Allow Copy Preview Link in the report configuration.
More Operations After Editing
After you complete editing the dashboard, you can click the icon in the top menu bar to access the More Operations dropdown list box and perform the operations you need.
Auto Save
After turning on the Auto Save switch, the system will automatically save the dashboard every 5 minutes during continuous editing.
You can also turn on the Auto Save switch when creating a new dashboard.
NoteThe system retains up to 5 published versions and 15 saved versions from the last three months.
Restore Historical Version
You can find the corresponding version in the historical version list and click Restore.
The system retains up to 5 published versions and 15 saved versions from the last three months.
Collaborative Authorization
After you have completed editing and saved and published the dashboard report, click the icon in the top menu bar, select Collaborative Authorization from the More Operations dropdown list to configure it. For detailed configuration, see Globally Configure Collaborative Authorization.
Performance Diagnosis
After clicking the Performance Diagnosis button, the performance diagnosis details of this report will be displayed on the right side of the dashboard. The Performance Diagnosis feature can help you identify and resolve performance issues in reports and data analysis operations. For detailed configuration, see Performance Diagnosis.
Unpublish
After clicking the unpublish option, a prompt "Are you sure you want to unpublish?" will appear. After selecting the confirm button, the report will no longer be viewable.
Shortcut Keys
During dashboard creation, you can use shortcut keys to operate charts and improve efficiency.
Help and Feedback
When you are just starting to work with charts, you can view beginner tutorials through the Beginner's Guide in the Help and Feedback feature.
Toolbar Configuration
Configuration Area Introduction
The configuration area includes 13 operation items: 1. Add chart, 2. Add query control, 3. Add storyline, 4. Tab, 5. Rich text, 6. Image, 7. Embedded page, 8. Filter interaction panel, 9. Reuse components from other dashboards, 10. Format painter, 11. Hidden charts, 12. Batch operations, 13. Page grid settings.
Reuse Other Component Resources
You can directly reuse components from other works in the same workspace or choose to reuse dashboard components from the template marketplace to quickly build reports, saving time and effort.
Reuse Limitations
You can only reuse components from published works.
When selecting components to reuse, cross-dashboard selection is not supported. You need to select and copy components within the same dashboard first, then select and copy them in another dashboard.
Currently supported component types for reuse include the following: Control-Tab components, Control-Rich Text, Control-Image, Chart components, and Custom components.
Operation Instructions
Click the
icon in the toolbar of the dashboard editing page.
In the Please select components to copy window, select the dashboard components you need to copy. You can quickly locate the dashboard you want to copy by entering keywords in the search box.
Under the From Current Workspace tab, all dashboards in the current workspace are displayed. You can select components from published works and copy them to your dashboard.
Under the From Template Marketplace tab, enterprise internal templates and marketplace templates are displayed. You can select components from template works and copy them to your dashboard.
After selecting the components you want to reuse, click Copy to Dashboard to see the reused components in your current dashboard.
Format Painter
You can use the format painter to quickly apply existing chart styles to other charts for efficient chart editing.
Apply Style to the Same Chart Type
Apply Style to Different Chart Types
You can apply the style to a new chart when the source chart and target chart have the same style configuration items. For example, if you use the format painter to apply the style of a ticker board to a gauge, the effect depends on the support of the two types of charts for the style parameters. The following table describes the details.
The effect after the operation is as follows.
Style | Configuration Item | Source Chart | New Chart | Sync Style |
Basic Information | Show Title and Description | Supported | Supported | Yes |
Remarks | Supported | Supported | Yes | |
Footer | Not supported | Supported | No | |
Show Link | Supported | Supported | Yes | |
Custom Background Color | Supported | Not supported | No | |
Visual Style | Not supported | Supported | No | |
Feature configuration | Min Value and Max Value | Not supported | Supported | N/A Note The format painter is used to synchronize only the style of a chart. The configuration items in this section are used for data configuration and do not involve style synchronization. |
Style Settings | Display of data metrics | Supported | Supported | Yes |
Show Metric Image and Alignment | Supported | Not supported | No | |
Block Color Configuration and Data Mapping Segments | Not supported | Supported | No | |
Conditional Formatting | Custom data styles | Not supported | Supported | N/A Note The format painter is used to synchronize only the style of a chart. The configuration items in this section are used for data configuration and do not involve style synchronization. |
Series Settings | Custom suffix and prefix of metrics | Not supported | Supported |
Component Splicing
During dashboard creation, click Batch Operations in the top menu bar, select the components you want to splice, and click Splice to generate a spliced component.
Only PC dashboards are supported. Mobile dashboards are not supported.
Feature Entry
Splicing Operation
Select the components you want to splice and click Splice to generate a spliced component.
The selected components need to form a square shape to be spliced.
Edit Spliced Component
You can perform the following editing operations on spliced components.
Configuration Item | Description |
Unsplice | Hover your mouse over the target spliced component, and in the toolbar displayed on the right, unsplice the components using either of the following methods:
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Full screen view | Click the |
Drag component | Hover your mouse over the target spliced component, click and hold the |
Adjust size | Spliced components can be resized as a whole, with internal content scaled proportionally. |
Hidden Charts
When you have hidden charts in your dashboard, you can view the hidden chart content by clicking the feature.
Click the button to restore hidden charts.
Configure the Style of Multiple Charts in a Dashboard at a Time
You can configure the style of multiple charts in a dashboard at a time in an efficient manner.
When multiple charts are selected, the system displays the same configuration items in the style by default. You can select the configurations according to your needs, as shown in the following figure.
Page Grid Settings
When you are configuring a report and need to achieve a layout with multiple cards in one row, you can adjust this in the Page Grid Settings.
Feature Entry
Configuration Operation
The width of each card is determined by the number of grid columns. When you set more grid columns, the card width can be set with finer granularity. After setting, you can achieve multiple cards in one row by dragging the card width. The column spacing between each card can also be adjusted.
You can also set the card unit height. In the grid layout, the height of each card is dragged in units of one unit. The smaller the unit height is set, the smaller the granularity when dragging to set the card height.