Linking to Other Information by Adding Static Content

Overview

You can include content in a dashboard that is not an indicator. This content is called static content. SAS BI Dashboard provides two types of static content objects: image and label. Both of these objects can link to other information. By using static content, you can create menus and other ways to navigate from a dashboard to other types of information.
Tip
You can improve the performance of your dashboard if you provide links in the dashboard that display other dashboards in the same instance of SAS BI Dashboard viewer. Creating a menu in a dashboard is way to provide such links. See the following example for more information.

Example: Add a Menu to a Dashboard by Using Labels

This example uses the static content label type to add a menu of Web pages to a dashboard. In this example, the Web page menu provides the product pages associated with the products that are on the dashboard.
To add a menu to a dashboard, complete the following steps:
  1. Open a dashboard in which you want to add a menu of links.
  2. In the Objects pane, expand the Static Content section.
  3. Click and drag the Label object onto the dashboard.
  4. In the dashboard, click the label object. The label properties appear in the Properties pane.
  5. In the Name field, enter a name for the menu item, for example, Orion Star Golf Clubs.
  6. (Optional) In the Options group, you can specify the font to use for the label. For more information, see Specify the Font to Use for Static Label.
  7. In the Link Setup group, you can specify the link that the label opens. For example, if you are specifying a menu of product Web pages, you can specify the Web address for golf clubs. For more information, see Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
  8. If you want to adjust the position and size of the label, you can change the property settings in the Position and Size groups, or you can drag the label object in the dashboard and size the label by adjusting its border. For more information, see Specify the Position of the Object and Size the Object in the Dashboard.
  9. To add more menu selections to the dashboard, repeats steps 3 through 8.

Example: Add a Contact List to a Dashboard by Using Images

This example uses the static content image type to add a contact list of salespeople to a dashboard. The contact list provides the salespeople associated with the products that are on the dashboard.
To add a contact list to a dashboard, complete the following steps:
  1. Open a dashboard in which you want to add a contact list.
  2. In the Objects pane, expand the Static Content section
  3. Click and drag the Image object onto the dashboard.
  4. In the dashboard, click the image object. The image properties appear in the Properties pane.
  5. In the Name field, enter a name for the object (for example, the name of one of the salespeople).
  6. (Optional) In the Options group, specify the Web address location for the image file (for example, a picture of the salesperson). For more information, see Specify the Image to Use for Static Image.
  7. In the Link Setup group, set up the link that the image opens (for example, the telephone number for the salesperson). For more information, see Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
  8. If you want to adjust the position and size of the label, you can change the property settings in the Position and Size groups, or you can drag the label object in the dashboard and size the label by adjusting its border. For more information, see Specify the Position of the Object and Size the Object in the Dashboard.
  9. (Optional) In the Zoom group, you can enable zooming for the image. For more information, see Enabling Zoom for an Indicator or Static Content.
  10. To add more salespersons to the contact list, repeats steps 3 through 9.
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