Enabling the Display of a Default Dashboard

You can enable the display of a default dashboard for your users. When this feature is enabled by configuring the bid.DefaultDashboard property, users who log on to SAS BI Dashboard will always see the default dashboard. The following guidelines apply:
  • If a user navigates from the default dashboard to a different dashboard, and logs on to SAS BI Dashboard, the last dashboard that was visited is displayed.
  • If a user deselects the Open the Previously Viewed Dashboard by Default option in the View menu, the default dashboard is displayed.
To enable the display of a default dashboard for all users, follow these steps:
  1. In SAS Management Console on the Plug-ins tab, navigate to Application Managementthen selectSAS Application Infrastructurethen selectConfiguration Managerthen selectBI Dashboard 4.3 and right-click to display the BI Dashboard 4.3 Properties dialog box.
  2. Click the Advanced Tab.
  3. Click Add to display the Define New Property dialog box.
  4. Enter the property name as shown and specify the property value:
    Property Name: bi.DefaultDashboard
    Property Value: Fully_Qualified_URL
    Here is an example a fully qualified URL:
    SBIP://METASERVER/Orion/DefaultDashboard.dcx
  5. Click OK to exit the Define New Property dialog box.
  6. Click Add in the BI Dashboard 4.3 Properties dialog box.
  7. Click OK to exit the BI Dashboard 4.3 Properties dialog box.
  8. To enable the property to take effect, restart your Web application server.