BloX Metadata Changer List
BloX actions allow for a user to attach a script to be executed on a click of a button. A popular use case that has gained a lot of usage recently, has been meta data changing with BloX actions. These actions change an existing widget’s panel items, panel granularity when items are dates, filters, or general settings. In short, these actions modify an existing widget’s metadata.
Metadata Context
These are the panels that are referenced in the solutions below:
Panel 1:
Includes categories for the visualization
Includes categories for the visualization
Panel 2:
Includes the values for the visualization
Includes the values for the visualization
Panel 3:
Includes the column or break-by of a chart
Includes the column or break-by of a chart
Panel 4:
Usually refers to the widget filter
Usually refers to the widget filter
Date Granularity:
If items in panel 1 or 3 include dates then date granularity - in the example Y stands for the years granularity.
If items in panel 1 or 3 include dates then date granularity - in the example Y stands for the years granularity.
Solutions
Panel 1 - Category Modification
Swap dimensions that go into panel 1 of any number of widgets
Change what the values that go into a pivot's rows from a predefined list
Panel 2 - Value Modification
Changing Value Measures in the entire Dashboard using Blox User Interface
Display several related values (KPIs/Measures) in multiple widgets in the dashboard based on the user selection
Display several related values (KPIs/Measures) in multiple widgets in the dashboard based on the user selection
Panel 3 - Column / Break-by Modification
Break-By Changer Drop Down
Swap dimensions that go into panel 3 of any number of widgets
Swap dimensions that go into panel 3 of any number of widgets
Panel 4 - Filter Modification
Date Granularity Modification
Using either a drop-down or button list change the date granularity of specific widgets
Updated 10-13-2023
