Lynda’s question is:

quote:

Can I create a new tab on my dashboard that always shows a particular dashboard? I don't want users to switch away from that, just to always show one of those cool new gadgety dashboards there.

And our answer is:

Yes, you can launch a PMF dynamic dashboard as if it were a static page.
To do so does require you to get your hands a little dirty. But you expect that here, no?
So here’s how.

Get the GADGET_PAGE_ID of the dynamic dashboard you want to launch. You will have to do a query against the PMF table GADGET_PAGES and get the number stored as the GADGET_PAGE_ID for the dashboard you want to launch. If you are a developer, you can use the WebFOCUS Server Console to do this against your PMF data mart.

Let’s supposed you want to run Operational Dashboard – 05, and its GADGET_PAGE_ID turns out to be 26.

Now go to MRE. In the Performance Management Framework domain, create a new Standard Report. Let’s call it sttcpage.fex and name it “Operational Dashboard – 05 static launcher.” Go into the Editor and code these lines:

-MRNOEDIT -SET &PAGE_ID=26;
-MRNOEDIT -INCLUDE GADGET_PAGE_SHELL

Save and close it. Note you won’t be able to really test it until it is launched from inside the PMF environment. Log off of MRE.

Now log in to BID ViewBuilder and create a new page for the Group View you want to have this “second dashboard.” Give the new page a name (how about “Dashboard 5?”). Create a new Launch Block and point it at the new Standard Report you created in the Performance Management Framework domain (it was called “Operational Dashboard – 05 static launcher.”)

Exit and save the page and the group view, and click Done, so you are back at the login page.

Now log in to PMF as a user that uses that Group view. There’s your new page, and there’s the content.

Users will be able to save their preferences for that new dashboard, but they won’t be able to switch it to point at a different dashboard.

Important: Do not replace the PMF Today page with this static page in the Group View! It will not work properly and will break PMF. The Today page must run additional application logic and must point to "Today Page bounce report." It must be the first page users view.

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