Use the New Dashboard Wizard in Configuration Manager 2007 to
create a new dashboard, which displays multiple reports on a single
page. You can create dashboards to monitor information about
related hardware or software or to group the reports you use most
frequently. The user creating a dashboard must have Read permission
for the Reports security object class to add reports to the
dashboard.
The New Dashboard Wizard contains the pages and associated
elements as described in the following table.
Name |
Description |
General
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Configure the following settings for the dashboard:
- Name: Specifies the name for the
dashboard. This setting is required and must be unique.
- Comment: Specifies the description for
the dashboard. This setting is optional.
- Limit cell height: Specifies whether
to limit the height of the dashboard display. When this element is
selected, type the maximum height, in pixels, in the Height
text box. The default value is 250.
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Reports
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Configure the following settings for the dashboard:
- Dashboard dimensions: Specifies the
dimensions for the dashboard in rows and columns. By default, the
dashboard is made of two rows and two columns. When the dimensions
are modified, click Set to change the number of positions
listed in the Dashboard reports section.
- Dashboard reports: Specifies the
reports that will be displayed at the given position in the
dashboard. The positions are identified by the row and column
combination.
- To add a report to a position, double-click
anywhere on the row for the position or select a position. Click
the Select Report icon, select a report from the Select
Report dialog box, and then click OK. When there are no
reports defined for a position, the Report column displays
-Blank-. For more information, see How to Add Reports to a
Dashboard.
- To remove a report from a position, add the
-Blank- report to the position. To remove groups of reports
from a dashboard, the dimensions can be modified. For more
information, see How to Remove Reports
from a Dashboard.
- Use the Move Up and Move Down
icons to change the dashboard position for a highlighted
report.
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Progress
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Provides information about the progress for creating the
report.
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Confirmation
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Provides a confirmation that the report was created
successfully. When the wizard fails to create a report, an error
will display on this page.
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