Input Parameters using BloX for What-If AnalysisThis is an alternative to the paid or community Input Parameter plugins.This new BloX Input Parameter custom action:supports multiple levers (input parameters) with just one Apply buttonsupports all wid...
Interactive Time Period Comparison with BloX & Custom ActionsHere is a use case on how to leverage BloX widgets in Sisense to create an interactive dashboard for comparing any KPI between two different periods. This solution allows users to select tw...
Using Native Javascript Date Calculations To Modify Sisense Date Filters Sisense natively supports various types of date filter functionalities. However, there are instances where a dynamically updating date filter is desired based on dynamically ch...
Advanced Pivot Widget Scripting - Combining Custom JAQL and the Pivot 2.0 API While the Pivot Table Widget Type is a highly customizable and flexible Sisense widget for representing data in tabular form, certain use cases may be best achieved through...
Quickly Add Unique Identifier to Blox Action Buttons Without Modifying Blox Template A customer recently had the unusual request for a method to select and distinguish, via a CSS selector used within a custom Javascript action, for specific Blox but...
This article will explain how to create reset to default filters button in BloX This helps in case you want to provide this icon functionality on the dashboard and not just in the Filters panel. Create a new custom action with the below code: *...
Expanding on Using Native Javascript Date Calculations To Modify Sisense Date Filters Sisense offers native support for various types of date filter functionalities and also allows users to create and modify dynamic filters entirely using dashboard...
Question How to show the values selected in the dashboard filter as a Blox widget? Answer Our example uses a filter / field called "Fake Names"First, in your BloX widget's Editor tab: 1. Set "showCarousel" to "true", but add the following option t...
BloX Template: Home PageIntroductionThe Blox Home Page template allows the dashboard designers to incorporate KPIs as a card widget. Each card can be treated as a visual summary of the dashboard it is referring to.As an example, the TOTAL AMOUNT card...
Question I want to use the Date picker for filtering, however, the dates selected are not getting preserved by the date picker and might be confusing for the end users whether the date is selected or not. Answer You can use the script to keep the ...
Migrating Blox Custom Actions When relocating Sisense resources from one server to another, the Sisense Rest API is a possible method for transferring Sisense components and objects like dashboards, users, groups, and data sources. Similarly, Blo...
Sisense doesn't currently support filtering on timestamps natively. This article shows how we can leverage BloX to work around this limitation and allow users to select a date and timestamp range to filter their dashboards. (This is an updated versio...
How to use JumpToDashboard in a Blox widget This article explains how to use a JumpToDashboard within a Blox widget. We’ll use a default template “Indicator Right” as an example to implement the JumpToDashboard action within the button. First, let...
Sync Blox Input Element with Current Filter State When creating a Blox widget and altering a filter within a dashboard or widget, it is sometimes advantageous to modify the default behavior, so that upon activating a Blox action, the Blox widget in...
Animating Sisense Title Elements and Widgets Using CSS Animations Animating Sisense widget elements and dashboard/widget titles is a possible way to enhance the visual appeal and user experience of a Sisense dashboard or highlight a particul...
Dynamic Timeframe in Sisense BloX Analytical Need Understanding the timeframe scope of the data is crucial for contextualizing the dashboard, or report, accurately. Sisense generally accomplishes this by reflecting the timeframe scope within the fil...
BloX Template - Search box to filter 2 dimensions This article provides a BloX template for the use case when you need a search box to be able to filter 2 dimensions at once. This solution is based on a custom action developed. See the guide for re...
BloX Write Back Form to a Source Database Sisense BloX Database Writeback This guide demonstrates setting up a simple BloX widget to enable front-end users to write data back to the database. While this guide specifically uses AWS lambda to execute ...
Adding Custom Fonts to BloX Widgets Introduction BloX can import custom fonts to allow more design customization of the widget. A single or multiple custom fonts can be used in a widget. This article explains the steps to add custom fonts to a B...
“Production line” Status Indicators - Dynamic BloX Widget Introduction This article explains how to set up and use an example Blox widget that creates a dynamic visual representation of a "production line". This widget was developed for a manuf...
