Hi,

I've built a gadget that my client is pretty happy with, but I feel it could still be better.

Specifically:

-one of my Sort By fields is Time, but I'd like to restrict the list of filters that are displayed in the combobox for that dimension
-picking "User Specified Dimension" is the only way I can have a dynamic dimension which varies by scorecard. It works well, except one of the options is Time, which is redundant to my other Sort By

I've spent a fair bit of time figuring out how PMF populates list boxes. See this post for details of my learning process:

http://forums.informationbuild...461084022/m/89910512

For the Time dimension combobox, I figure that it might be using the javascript function called populateTimeFilter() found in the pmf_lib.js file. The modifications I'd like to do to the gadget filter list would be 90% finished if I could switch the function to populateListBox() with a custom 'theFEX' variable. The only problem is that I can't figure out which html file actually calls these functions. I found gadget_class_form.htm, but I think that's the class builder on the manage tab. I found gadget_page_form.htm and gadget_page_shell_form.htm, but didn't find populateTimeFilter() in either of them. So, what file(s) builds that gadget preferences window?

For the second issue, I'm a little less hopeful that I can sort this one out. I believe that a_list_dimensions.fex is often responsible for figuring out what dimensions are in the system, but again, I am not sure of the page that builds the preferences window, so I haven't gotten anywhere with customizing this bit. The thing that I have working in my favour is that the Time dimension is always called TIME, so I may be able to write some dialogue manager code if I can find where to put it. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Joey

Hi Joey,

Let's see if we can point you in the right direction for these customizations.

The "my preferences for this gadget" are controlled in the gadget_personalize.js file. The time filter selection is populated by the PMF_FORM_GET_DIM_DROPDOWN ajax call. Be careful modifying this as there are multiple references to this throughout PMF.

Regarding the dimension control display it is controlled by the setInstance_Parms() method where the cls_type == 'F' and cls_subtype == 'DIM'. Be careful here as well with making changes as this will change the functionality of all gadgets in all dashboards.

Good luck!
Mike