Viewing Legacy Dashboards

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This section refers to legacy dashboards, those created in JasperReports Server version 5.6.2 and earlier.

Dashboards created prior to JasperReports Server version 6.0 open in their respective versions of the Dashboard Designer. The following procedure shows you some of the features of legacy dashboards. For more information about the features available for legacy dashboards, see the edition of the JasperReports Server User Guide corresponding to the version of JasperReports Server where the dashboards were created.

To view a legacy dashboard:

Open your dashboard for viewing. This example uses the SuperMart Performance dashboard, one of the samples in an earlier version of JasperReports Server. Although this dashboard may not be available in your version of JasperReports Server, other legacy dashboards are similar.

The SuperMart dashboard includes three reports:

SuperMart Dashboard Example

When you hover over a report, controls appear for that report:

Select new values from the Start Month and End Month drop-downs and click Submit to change the data displayed. All three reports update to display data for the months you indicate.

Click Reset to set the input controls to the last values saved and return the dashboard to its initial view.

When done, click View > Repository to go to the repository page.

Keep these points in mind when viewing a dashboard that has input controls:

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An input control may appear as a text field, a drop-down, a check box, a multi-select list box, or a calendar icon.

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If one of the frames in a dashboard does not refer to an input control, that frame does not update when you change that input control’s value. Only reports that refer to the input control reflect the change.

If a dashboard includes a Print View button, click it to display the dashboard without JasperReports Server's header and footer. Depending on your web browser, this may also open your browser's Print window.