When the
SAS BI Dashboard draws the indicators within a dashboard, the indicators
are wrapped into rows based on the width specified for the individual
indicators. For example, if a dashboard has ten indicators with a
width of 180 pixels each, the total required width for the dashboard
portlet is 1800 pixels. If the dashboard portlet is only 1000 pixels
wide, then two rows of indicators appear. If the first indicator is
900 pixels wide, then three rows of indicators appear.
The dashboard
portlet width is specified when you personalize a dashboard.
For more information,
see Personalize a Dashboard.The indicator
width is specified when you define the display for an indicator.
For more information,
see Define the Display.There
are two more sizing factors that affect the display of a dashboard.
All of these factors interact in different ways to determine how a
dashboard is laid out. All of the factors are described in this table:
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Where to Specify
the Values
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Dashboard portlet
dimensions
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This factor specifies
the dimensions of the dashboard portlet.
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Never ignored.
If the content is larger than the portlet’s dimensions, scroll
bars appear.
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The dimensions
are specified when you define the display for an indicator. For more information,
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This factor specifies
the preferred dimensions of the indicator.
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The width is
ignored when a graph display type specifies the Output type as Image
or a gauge width is larger. For example, if a KPI display contains
more than one gauge, the gauges are wrapped into rows according to
the width of the indicator. The height is ignored.
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Graph display,
gauged graph display, and range map display dimensions
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This factor specifies
the dimensions of a graph inside of an indicator.
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Never ignored.
If a graph display type specifies the Output type as HTML and there
is more content than the dimensions allow, scrollbars appear.
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This factor specifies
the dimensions of a dynamic gauge. A dynamic gauge grows to fill the
space as long as the gauge image scaling remains 1:1. The gauge is
always centered in the available space. For example, a dynamic gauge
that is 100x200 does not grow, and white space is added around the
gauge until the dimensions are at least 200x400.
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Based
on these factors and how they control the appearance of a dashboard,
here are some guidelines that are important to good dashboard layout:
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With a dynamic gauge, you can use
disproportionate dimensions to create extra white space around a gauge.
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A single KPI display that contains
multiple gauges will manage the horizontal alignment correctly. But
if there are several different indicators, each with just one dynamic
gauge, then you might need to manipulate the heights of the various
dynamic gauges to correctly align the indicators.
This problem often
occurs when the title of one indicator has two lines of text and the
adjacent indicators have only one line of text. The extra line of
text causes the indicator to be positioned farther down the page than
the rest of the indicators in the row. By setting the height for that
one indicator to less than the heights of the others, you can get
the whole dashboard properly aligned.
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An indicator width that is less
than the dynamic gauge width or graph width causes scroll bars to
appear in the dashboard portlet. If you want everything to wrap nicely,
ensure that the indicator width is larger than the dynamic gauge width
or the graph width.
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Use the width of an indicator to
create extra white space to the left and the right of a graph.
For example, a graph
400 pixels wide within an indicator 500 pixels wide provides 50 pixels
to the left and right of the graph.
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To vertically align several graphs,
specify the same width for all of the indicators in the column.