Widget

Widget defines dashboard tiles: their type, look, query, criteria, columns and drill-down.

Where

Application Configuration › Reports and Widgets (ACWD)

Who uses it

ABS consultants

When

When the product’s configuration is changed

Needs first

Nothing

What it is for

These are configuration screens: they change the product for every client that shares the configuration, so they are worked by ABS consultants, normally on the development system. Boards are made from these tiles on Dashboard Boards. A board’s standard layout is changed on development only.

Every field in plain words

General

Field	What it means	What to put
Widget Group	The widget group.	Required. A short code; it cannot be changed once the record exists.
Widget Index	Order.	Optional. A number.

Basic Data

Column	What it means	What to put
Widget Type	Kind of tile.	Optional. Pick from the list.
Widget Control type	How the tile draws.	Optional. Pick from the list.
Icon	Icon.	Optional.
Color	Colour.	Optional.
Section	Section.	Optional.
Query	The tile’s query.	Optional.
As On Today	Values as on today.	Optional.
Widget	The tile.	Optional.
Insight	An insight tile.	Optional.
Dashboard	A dashboard tile.	Optional.
Widget Index	Order.	Optional.
Processcode	The screen it opens.	Optional. Pick from the list.
Columns	Opens its columns.	Optional.
Drill Down	Opens its drill-down.	Optional.

Criteria

Column	What it means	What to put
Help Object	The lookup list.	Optional.
Criteria Field	The criteria field. Required.	Required.
Criteria Role	Role of the criteria.	Optional. Pick from the list.
Widget	The tile.	Optional. Pick from the list.
Order	Order.	Optional.
Table Alias in Query	Table alias in the query.	Optional.
Column in Query	Column in the query.	Optional.
Default Value	Default value.	Optional.
Mandatory	Required.	Optional.
Several Values	Several values allowed.	Optional.
Choose Condition	User may choose the comparison.	Optional.
Add to WHERE	Added to the query’s WHERE by itself.	Optional.
Lookup	Lookup for the value.	Optional. Pick from the Help Object list.
Help Where	Extra condition on the lookup.	Optional.

How to configure it

These are configuration screens: they change the product for every client that shares the configuration, so they are worked by ABS consultants, normally on the development system.

What it is connected to

If something looks wrong

• “Widget - only one widgetobjecttype can be Label”
• “A board's standard layout is configuration: it is changed on development only.”