Two tabs are available on the dashboard’s summary page: Edit Dashboard and Edit Query.
Edit query tab
Use the Edit Query tab to craft a query to pull and dynamically display any data point on the dashboard.
Select the Edit Query tab within the dashboard’s summary page.
Configure the Exports area to select the data points to display.
If desired, configure the Filters area to limit the displayed records.
Double-click each export and give it a computer-friendly name (lower case, with no spaces or special characters other than underscores or hyphens). Alternately, you can hover over the export name and click the pencil icon to edit the export.
✨ Tip: Keep it Simple
While dashboards can display any data point, be careful not to fill them with so much information that it detracts from quick digestion of high-level details. A simple test is to ask the question, “If the student walks into the office, what information would I need to know immediately?” Often, it’s only a handful of critical data points.
Edit dashboard tab
Use the Edit Dashboard to craft the dashboard’s appearance. The dashboard editor uses the same what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor used in other areas of Slate.
Select the Edit Dashboard tab to change how the dashboard appears.
The selected query exports appear on the right side of the page. Drag them onto the editor and add styling.
Click the Source icon on the WYSIWYG editor’s tool bar to add and apply CSS styling.
Click Preview Dashboard. A Preview Dashboard popup appears. Enter a name in the Record field. The dashboard appears as it would on that person's record.
✨ Tip
Person record dashboards can also include iframe elements. Any embedded portal from an external system can appear dynamically on the record. This includes other dashboards, videos, data tables, and more.
Sample dashboard element provided in this example
Example: Display Staff Assigned on Dashboard
To make an export for staff assignedname:
On the dashboard summary page, select the Edit Query tab.
Add an exportfor Staff Assigned name.
Rename the export from “Person Staff Assigned” to a computer friendly name, such as “staff_assigned.”
Click the Edit Dashboard tab on the dashboard’s summary page.
Click the Source icon on the WYSIWYG editor’s tool bar. The Source popup appears.
Replace the code in the source editor with the following code (this example uses the “staff_assigned” export), which renders as a block displaying the person’s assigned staff member.