Working with Slides

A slide is a single dashboard page that contains various blocks and visualizes particular information. Consequent viewing of slides enables the user to provide a full description of an object.

NOTE. Working with slides is available if a dashboard is created in the web application. If a dashboard with slides is opened in the desktop application, only the first slide contents is available.

A slide will be added to the end of dashboard. Slide formatting settings will be applied from the previous slide.

TIP. To add a slide to the specific location, select the Add Slide item in the slide's context menu, after which add the slide.

Basic Operations with Slides

To set up slide formatting, use the Slide side panel tab. To display the tab:

Make sure that the side panel is displayed.
Select the Slide radio button on the side panel.

The Slide tab is displayed:

Set the following slide parameters:

Fill. Specify slide fill mode. Fill modes:

None. Background fill is not used. Default.
Solid Fill. Background is filled with one color. An additional parameter is available to specify the fill color.
Gradient Fill. Background is filled using a two-color gradient. There are advanced parameters to specify the gradient angle and its start and end colors.

To apply filling settings to all slides, click the Apply to All Slides button. The feature is available only in the desktop application.

Paddings. It determines whether internal paddings are used on the slide. The checkbox is deselected by default, and paddings are not used. If the checkbox is selected, additional boxes are displayed to enter the paddings' size. Range of available values of paddings: [0; 100].
Custom Size. The parameter is available only in dashboard manual layout mode. To set custom slide size:

Select the Custom Size checkbox.
Set working area size in pixels in the Width and Height boxes. To set working area size to fit the screen, click the Fit to Screen Size button.
Set blocks layout. By default, blocks layout is fully determined by the user. If the After Each Other checkbox is selected, blocks are located as follows:

Blocks do not overlap each other.
Blocks size does not change.
Blocks are located horizontally starting from the left corner of the table. Each subsequent block, which is out of the series, is wrapped lower to the nearest available position by height.
On resizing the workspace, and on hiding or removing blocks, the position of displayed blocks changes according to the principles listed above.

If the After Each Other checkbox is selected, the In Line additional checkbox, which determines block layout mode, is displayed. This checkbox is deselected by default. If the checkbox is selected, all blocks are located in a vertical line.

To create a slide copy:

Make sure that the slide panel is displayed.
Select the item:

Duplicate in the slide's context menu.
Slides > Duplicate in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.
Duplicate slide in the Actions group on the Slide ribbon tab.

The copy of slide will be added after the copied slide.

To change slide order:

Make sure that the slide panel is displayed.
Select the required slide. To move the slide:

One position up. Select the item:

Bring to Front > Bring Forward in the slide context menu.
Slides > Bring to Front > Bring Forward in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.

One position down. Select the item:

Send to Back > Send to Back in the slide context menu.
Slides > Send to Back > Send to Back in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.

To the dashboard beginning. Select the item:

Bring to Front > Bring to Front in the slide context menu.
Slides > Bring to Front > Bring to Front in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.

To the dashboard end. Select the item:

Send to Back > Send to Back in the slide's context menu panel.
Slides > Send to Back > Send to Back in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.

To expand a slide to fit the working area, click the By Window button on the Slide ribbon tab.

To display a slide according to dashboard paper size settings, release the By Window button.

To navigate between slides:

Click on the required slide on the slide panel.
Use buttons on the Slide ribbon tab:

. To move to the previous slide.
. To move to the next slide.

NOTE. If the or button is not available, the end or start of dashboard is reached.

The working area will show the slide, to which the user is moved.

To delete the slide:

Make sure that the slide panel is displayed.
Select the item:

Delete Slide in the context menu of the required slide.
Slides > Delete Slide in the working area context menu. The command is available only in the web application.
Delete slide in the Actions group on the Slide ribbon tab.

A confirmation dialog box opens.