BloX actions allow for a user to attach a script to be executed on a click of a button. A popular use case that has gained a lot of usage recently, has been meta data changing with BloX actions. These actions change an existing widget’s panel items, panel granularity when items are dates, filters, or general settings. In short, these actions modify an existing widget’s metadata.
Metadata Context
These are the panels that are referenced in the solutions below:
Panel 1: Panel 2: Panel 3: Panel 4: Date Granularity: |
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Solutions
Panel 1 - Category Modification
Dimension Changer Drop Down
Swap dimensions that go into panel 1 of any number of widgets
Switch Multiple Rows in a Pivot / Multi-Category Chart
Change what the values that go into a pivot's rows from a predefined list
Panel 2 - Value Modification
Display several related values (KPIs/Measures) in multiple widgets in the dashboard based on the user selection
Panel 3 - Column / Break-by Modification
Break-By Changer Drop Down
Swap dimensions that go into panel 3 of any number of widgets
Panel 4 - Filter Modification
Date Granularity Modification
Changing Date Granularity
Using either a drop-down or button list change the date granularity of specific widgets