How to Disable the Mode of Automatic Layout of Blocks Used by Default?

By default, automatic dashboards are created in the mode of automatic layout of objects that enables the user to arrange objects in the working area without having to align, bind and resize created objects.

If it is required to create dashboards to manually locate objects in the working area in order to further align, bind and resize created objects, disable the mode of automatic layout of objects. It means that it is required to enable the mode of manual object layout for all created dashboards.

Solution for Web Application

  1. Open the PP.xml file for edit.

  1. In the PP.xml file add the following code before the </pp> tag:

<AppConfig>

  <Modules>

   <Dashboard>

    <ReportBox AutoLayoutByDefault="false"/>

   </Dashboard>

  </Modules>

</AppConfig>

  1. Save changes and close the PP.xml file.

  2. Restart the web server used by the web application, and BI server.

Example of the PP.xml File Containing Settings for Creating a Dashboard in the Mode of Manual Layout of Objects

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<pp>

      <service url="http://localhost:8080/PPBI_App_v9.0x64/axis2/services/PP.SOM.Som" timeout="120000" />

      <metabase id="PPRepository" ping="120000" recentObjects="false" />

      <shareSettings enabled="true">

            <shareItem name="GooglePlus" enabled="false" />

      </shareSettings>

      <cultures>

            <culture cultureName="ru" />

            <culture cultureName="en" />

      </cultures>

      <collaboration enabled="true" />

      <chart animation="true"/>

      <AppConfig>

        <Modules>

         <Dashboard>

          <ReportBox AutoLayoutByDefault="false"/>

         </Dashboard>

        </Modules>

      </AppConfig>
</pp>

Solution for Desktop Application

The user must have permissions to edit the system registry to disable the mode of automatic layout of objects in the desktop application.

  1. Open the registry for edit.

  2. Go to the registry branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foresight\Prognoz Platform\9.0\Dashboard.

  3. Find the AutoLayout parameter of the DWORD type. If the parameter is missing, create it.

  4. Set the AutoLayout parameter to 0.

  5. Close the registry after saving changes.

See also:

Questions and Answers | Selecting Dashboard Layout Mode