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Introduction

Tiles are visualisation of source data. For example, a table, a pie chart or a line chart. In order to use a tile, you need to create a data source. Many times, a raw data source does not come in the desirable format. In this situation, you need to create a data processor to transform the original data source. A tile can be added to one or more dashboards. You can perform all tile management (create, modify, remove, list) in the configuration panel while in the edit mode of main panel, you can resize, reposition, refresh a tile.

Tile Management​

Creating a tile​

Go to configuration panel -> click on "tiles" on the left menu -> click on "Add Tile" on the top right corner.

Modifying a tile​

Go to configuration panel -> click on "tiles" on the left menu -> Find the tile row you would like to modify -> Click on the gear icon to modify

Deleting a tile​

Go to configuration panel -> click on "tiles" on the left menu -> Find the tile row you would like to delete -> Click on the cross icon to delete

Using Tiles on Dashboards​

Adding tiles to Dashboard​

See here

Modifying (reposition, resize) Widgets on Dashboard​

See here

Previewing a Tile in the Admin Panel​

When you create/modify a tile in the admin panel, you can generate a preview. It works mainly on charts (line chart, bar chart, etc).

Auto Refreshing a Tile​

You can periodically refresh a tile. This is configured in the admin panel when you create/modify a tile. On the last page you will see an option "Enable Auto Refresh?". If it is selected, you then need to specify the refresh interval in seconds. This feature is useful when you need a near real-time visualization, of which the underlying data source changes frequently. If you need a real-time tile, consider using real-time data source with Websocket.

Tile types​

We offer a rich library of tiles on MyBoardToday. You can find reference guides on all of them under this page.

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We value your precious feedback. Please contact us when you find a bug or would like to request a new feature. (In the main panel, click on the bob logo on the top left corner, then in the Dropdown menu click on “contact for bugs or new features”). Every month we will select an “opinion leader” and reward him/her with $50 in cash.