Viewing a Dashboard

The Dashboard Builder has two modes:

In configuration mode, you can create, change and delete dashboards, tiles and detail views.
In view mode, only one dashboard is displayed in one browser window. You cannot change configuration settings, or switch to another dashboard.

In this procedure, the view mode features for the business user of the Dashboard Builder are described.

You have opened a dashboard in view mode. There are two ways achieving this:

You open the dashboard in view mode via a URL. For example, dashboards delivered by SAP in the SAP Solution Manager Launchpad are opened that way.
After opening a dashboard in configuration mode, choose the view mode button at the upper right corner of the screen.

In the view mode, the following functions are available:

Choose a tile in the dashboard. Depending on the detail page implementation, one of the following screens are displayed:
- Drill-Down Views
  This detail view consists of tiles on the top, and drill-down views at the bottom of the screen. You can change between views (if implemented accordingly) by choosing an entry in the dropdown list box below the tile.
  
  For any of these entries, you can switch between chart types in the drill-down view by choosing the corresponding button.
- Panel Views
  This detail view is composed of several panels containing charts or tables.
- Generic analytics application
  This is a generic FPM-BICS (BI Consumer Service) template, which is an ad-hoc analysis tool based on the Floorplan Manager (FPM).
To return to the main view of the dashboard, choose the arrow button at the top left corner of the screen.
If a global filter is defined for the dashboard, you can set its value, as follows:
1. Choose the Global Filter button on the top right corner of the dashboard. The global filters are listed.
2. Choose a global filter. The screen Filter Dimension opens.
3. Specify the Filter Operator and the filter values.
4. Choose Apply.