Widgets
Types of widgets
Widgets help you organize a big scope of data in the most convenient and informative way. Use them to view items in the lists, group and visualize statistics, and control the workload.
Types of widgets
There are six types of widgets available in the dashboard:
- List: Displays the selected information as a configurable table with columns and rows.
- Donut chart: Displays the selected information as a ratio between the defined data groupings in a donut diagram.
- Bar chart: Displays the selected information as a ratio between the defined data groupings in a bar chart.
- Time line: Displays the selected information in a chart with the time along the X-axis.
- Counter: Displays the selected information in a list as a single number.
- Speedometer: Displays the selected information in a list as a single number with a visual depiction of the placement of the number within a particular predefined range of values.
Adjusting a widget in the dashboard
- To toggle the size of a widget (maximize/minimize) in the dashboard, click in the upper-right corner of the widget.
- To open the full list of items on a separate tab, click the widget title.
- List widgets can be sorted by ascending or descending order by clicking the heading of the column you want to sort the data by and you can add or remove columns (fields) by right-clicking a column heading and selecting the field to add or remove. Finally, you can filter the list by clicking the filter in the heading of the column you want to filter the list by and then defining a filter value.
The Widgets
List is the most traditional way to view items. Select list when you want to see basic information such as title, type and other details about each item.
- To view full information about an item on its detail page, double-click the item.
- To sort a list by values in a column, click the column heading. To sort the list in the opposite order, click the heading one more time.
- To show only those list items that meet specific criteria, click on the relevant column heading and define the criteria.
Select the donut chart when you want to view the ratio between different groups in a list. You can select a parameter for grouping when you apply the donut chart type to a widget.
You can select the following display options for the donut chart widget:
- To group the donut sections in the chart, select a grouping in the Group by field.
- To display a description of the selected grouping, select the Display legend check box. Select the Use short labels to display the code of the selected grouping instead of the name.
Codes and labels are defined in by a system administrator in WorkZone Client > Taxonomy > Classification Scheme.
You must also select Display Legend in order to display the short labels. - To view the group name and number of items in it, hover the mouse cursor over it.
- To view a group list on a separate tab, click the related piece of donut chart.
- To set how often the chart is recalculated and the widget is refreshed, select the relevant refresh rate from the list in the Refresh Interval field. The default value is none.
- To display an aggregated value, select the aggregate function and the field the aggregation is to be applied to.
Bar chart represents different groups in a list in the alternative to the donut chart way. The bar chart provides an additional functionality - setting a threshold. Thresholds are convenient way to visually control the workload. When a specific bar exceeds the threshold, the background color above this threshold becomes pink. For example, you can add a widget with cases grouped by responsible unit. If the number of cases for a specific unit exceeds the set threshold, you can easily see it and allocate some cases to other units.
You can select the following display options for the bar chart widget:
- To display the bars by grouping, select a grouping in the Group by field.
- To display a threshold area in the chart, set a value in the Set threshold field.
- To display a description of the selected grouping, select the Display legend check box. Select the Use short labels to display the code of the selected grouping instead of the name.
Codes and labels are defined in by a system administrator in WorkZone Client > Taxonomy > Classification Scheme.
You must also select Display Legend in order to display the short labels. - To view the group name and number of items in it, hover the mouse cursor over it.
- To view a group list on a separate tab, click the related bar.
- To set how often the chart is recalculated and the widget is refreshed, select the relevant refresh rate from the list in the Refresh Interval field. The default value is none.
- To display the bars by ascending or descending aggregate values going from left to right, select Order by values, ascending or Order by values, descending respectively from the Data ordering field. If no value is selected in the Data ordering field, the bars will be displayed by the rank of the displayed items.
Ranks are defined in the WorkZone Configurator, for example for case categories, case types, case states, document groups, and document types. - To display an aggregated value, select the aggregate function and the field the aggregation is to be applied to.
Time line is a valuable functionality that makes it possible to control and evaluate workflows by time. For example, you can easily check how many documents you must reply during the current week or you can evaluate efficiency of a certain unit for a specific period.
To configure a time line, select a parameter to group the values by and specify a time period:
- To specify a certain period, enter the dates or select them from the calendar, for example, 25/05/2018.
- To specify a relative period, for example the previous week, enter the relative dates:
Tip: See more options on How to set a relative date.
- By default, the time line presents a time period that was set during its configuration.
If you want to view a line chart for a smaller period, in the bottom time line, click and drag to select a time period to be displayed in the top graph. - To view all items for a specific date on a separate tab, click the related point on the graph.
- To display an aggregated value, select the aggregate function and the field the aggregation is to be applied to.
Counter displays the number of items in a list, allowing you to quickly gain an overview of the status of the list. The color of the number indicates where the counter value lies within a predefined range of values.
Counter thresholds
There are three ranges: Red, Yellow and Green which you can define threshold values for.
- Green: The counter value is less than the threshold value defined for the red color. The green color is classified as Safe in the widget configuration. The default value is 0-5.
- Yellow : The counter value is between the threshold value defined for the green color and the threshold value defined for the red color. The yellow color is classified as Warning in the widget configuration. The default value is 5-30.
- Red : The counter value is greater than the threshold value defined for the green color. The red color is classified as Danger in the widget configuration. The default value is 30-100.
Drag the sliders for each color to define the threshold values during the counter configuration.
Length of Scale
You can define the scale length in the Length of Scale field which determines overall range of the counter value in the widget. The default Length of Scale value is 100.
Refresh Interval
To set how often the counter is recalculated and the widget is refreshed, select the relevant refresh rate from the list in the Refresh Interval field.
Reverse thresholds
If higher counter values are preferred and lower counter values are candidates for warnings or require attention, select Reverse thresholds which associates the green color with higher threshold value and the red color with the lower threshold value.
Display aggregated values
To display an aggregated value, select the aggregate function and the field the aggregation is to be applied to.
The Speedometer widget enables you to display the number of items in a list (a counter value) with a visual depiction of where the counter value is placed within a particular predefined range of values.
Counter thresholds
There are three ranges: Red, Yellow and Green which you can define threshold values for.
- Green: The counter value is less than the threshold value defined for the red color. The green color is classified as Safe in the widget configuration. The default value is 0-5.
- Yellow : The counter value is between the threshold value defined for the green color and the threshold value defined for the red color. The yellow color is classified as Warning in the widget configuration. The default value is 5-30.
- Red : The counter value is greater than the threshold value defined for the green color. The red color is classified as Danger in the widget configuration. The default value is 30-100.
Drag the sliders for each color to define the threshold values during the counter configuration.
Length of Scale
You can define the scale length in the Length of Scale field which determines overall range of the counter value in the widget. The default Length of Scale value is 100.
Refresh Interval
To set how often the counter is recalculated and the widget is refreshed, select the relevant refresh rate from the list in the Refresh Interval field. The default value is 2 minutes.
Reverse thresholds
If higher counter values are preferred and lower counter values are candidates for warnings or require attention, select Reverse thresholds which associates the green color with higher threshold value and the red color with the lower threshold value.
Display aggregated values
To display an aggregated value, select the aggregate function and the field the aggregation is to be applied to.
See Also
The aggregation function in dashboards