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Widget types

Updated in 2024

Alloy Navigator supports many types of widgets for different purposes. The following types of widgets are supported:

  • Announcements: Displays a list of Announcements and allows opening each Announcement in a separate window for viewing. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring an Announcements widget.

  • Chart: Displays a chart or graph based on a shared view or SQL query to the Alloy Navigatordatabase. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Chart widget.

  • Counters: Displays values and trends of numeric data. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Counters widget.

  • Create Actions : Displays a list of Create Actions for creating various Alloy Navigatorobjects and allows creating new objects using these Actions directly from the dashboard. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Create Actions widget.

  • Latest Activities: Displays a list of most recent activities performed on Alloy Navigatorobjects and allows opening those objects directly from the dashboard. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Latest Activities widget.

  • Links: Displays a collection of links to internal and external resources. This widget can include both pre-configured links, such as a link to the Alloy Software Web page, and custom links, such as links to files (including shortcuts to applications), folders, hyperlinks to HTML pages on the Internet or Intranet. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Links widget.

  • Report List: Displays a list of reports and allows opening these reports for viewing, printing, or exporting directly from the dashboard. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Report List widget.

  • System Information: Displays information about the current Alloy Navigatordatabase and logged in user. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a System Information widget.

    NOTE: System Information widgets are available only in the Desktop App, which is currently being deprecated.

  • Table: Displays a portion of Alloy Navigatordata. This widget allows users to view important data (for example, overdue Incidents) on the dashboard and easily open the details of any Alloy Navigatorobject this widget contains. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Table widget.

  • Views: Displays a list of shared views for various Alloy Navigatordata grids and allows opening these views directly from the dashboard. For details on configuring widgets of this type, see Configuring a Views widget.

Each subsection of the General > Dashboard Management > Widgets section corresponds to the particular type of widgets and displays widgets of this type only. Moreover, widgets are classified by their type in the Dashboard Designer window, which is opened when you are creating or modifying a dashboard.

To view widgets of a particular type:

  • In the General > Dashboard Management > Widgets section, open the [Widget Type] subsection corresponding to the necessary type of widgets. The opened subsection displays all widgets of the selected type.

NOTE: If you want to open or modify a particular widget, you can open its properties directly from the Dashboard Designer window during dashboard creation or modification.