Design Options and Tools

The dashboards design top bar contains the following options:

• Save: Save the current dashboard configuration. Asks for name and description at the first time;
• Save as: Save (duplicate) the current dashboard configuration with a different name and description;
• Undo: Undo the last actions/modifications done in the design;
• Redo: Redo a previous undone action/modification;
• Duplicate Object(s): Duplicate the selected object(s);
• Copy Object(s): Copy the selected object(s) to the clipboard;
• Paste Object(s): Paste the previous copied object(s);
• Remove Object(s): Delete the selected object(s) and its properties;
• Color Menu: Open the background and border color options;
  • Background Color: Change the selected object(s) background color (for objects that have this property);
  • Border Color: Change the selected object(s) border color (for objects that have this property);
• Alignment Options: Open the object(s) alignment options;
  • Align Left: Align all selected objects to the left edge of the first selected object;
  • Align Center: Align all selected objects to the horizontal center of the first selected object;
  • Align Right: Align all selected objects to the right edge of the first selected object;
  • Align Top: Align all selected objects to the top edge of the first selected object;
  • Align Middle: Align all selected objects to the vertical middle of the first selected object;
  • Align Bottom: Align all selected objects to the bottom edge of the first selected object;
• Order Options: Open the object(s) z-order (depth position) options;
  • Send to back: Send the object(s) to the deepest position (behind all others);
  • Retreat: Send the object(s) one position to the back;
  • Advance: Send the object(s) one position to the front;
  • Bring to front: Bring the object(s) to the shallowest position (in front of all others);

• Preview: Run a preview of the dashboard. This is the same as executing a dashboard but allows to check the results directly from the design environment;
• Settings: Configure if the design will display and automatically align the objects to a grid and if it will display Combo (Filter) linking arrows;
• File:Appexit.png Exit: Exit the design environment and return to the main page. Asks for name and description if not saved.

The top bar also contains the objects bar used to add objects to the dashboards.