Enhance Your Sisense Dashboard with a Search Box for Filters
Navigating filters in Sisense dashboards can be cumbersome for users. To improve user experience, implementing a search box allows for quick access to specific filters, eliminating the need for extensive scrolling. This article provides a straightforward script to integrate a search feature into your dashboard, enhancing functionality and usability. The script includes creating a customizable search input and button, which filters visible items based on user input.Pivot Table - Combine values with arrows
Hello Community, Recently I had the thought of combining a value with an arrow (or anything else I suppose!) within a pivot table. After getting inspiration from some links to the community https://community.sisense.com/t5/widget-dashboard-scripts/pivot-and-table-widget-scripting-for-replacing-values-with/ta-p/25842 https://community.sisense.com/t5/add-ons-plug-ins/pivot2-quot-add-image-indicator-to-a-pivot-table-quot-re/ta-p/9077 I mixed them up with some additional help and I ended up with a template script that: Based on the pre-defined targetColumns on a pivot table returns both the value & the arrow (example below) The script is: widget.on('initialized', function (ev, se) { // List of target columns by title var targetColumns = ['']; // add your column names here var colorGreen = 'green'; var colorRed = 'red'; var colorOrange = 'orange'; widget.transformPivot({ type: ['value', 'member'] }, function (metadata, cell) { if (metadata.measure && targetColumns.includes(metadata.measure.title) && metadata.rowIndex !== 0){ var originalValue = cell.value; var numericValue = (originalValue === null || originalValue === '') ? NaN : Number(originalValue); var arrowChar = '━'; // Default arrow var arrowColor = colorOrange; // Default color if (!isNaN(numericValue)) { if (numericValue > 0) { arrowChar = '▲'; arrowColor = colorGreen; } else if (numericValue < 0) { arrowChar = '▼'; arrowColor = colorRed; } else { arrowChar = '━'; arrowColor = colorOrange; } var percentage = (numericValue * 100).toFixed(1) + '%'; cell.content = percentage + ' ' + arrowChar; } else { cell.content = arrowChar; } cell.style.color = arrowColor; } } ); }); Notes: The arrows are included when exporting in PDF Hope you will find this helpful!!Views bookmarking: Use case of a financial technology company
Introduction FlexTrade is a global provider of multi-asset execution and order management systems, supporting trading workflows across asset classes, venues, and strategies. Their platforms generate large volumes of highly detailed data that users rely on for day-to-day analysis and decision-making. Companies like FlexTrade operate in an environment where users need deep, flexible analysis across a wide range of dimensions: asset class, venue, strategy, region, client, trader, time, and more. Pivot tables are a natural fit for this kind of detailed, highly dimensional analysis. However, as the number of dimensions grows, teams quickly hit a trade-off: Putting all dimensions into a single widget becomes expensive to query and difficult to interpret. Creating separate widgets for every dimension (or combination of dimensions) leads to bloated dashboards, slower load times, and a poor user experience. This use case focuses on how BloX was used to solve this problem by introducing view bookmarking, a flexible way for users to switch between different slicing configurations (in this example, a set of four dimensions) within a single widget. It also highlights how BloX can be used not just for custom visualizations, but also for building small, purpose-driven mini apps directly inside a dashboard. What the solution does This solution uses BloX to manage view bookmarks for a pivot table. Instead of permanently adding all dimensions to the widget, BloX acts as a control layer that lets users select dimensions to include in the pivot at a time. Each selected combination can be saved as a view bookmark, representing a specific slicing configuration of the same underlying pivot. With this solution, users can: Select up to four dimensions to apply to the pivot table Save the selected combination as a personal bookmark Load and reuse previously saved bookmarks Delete bookmarks that are no longer needed Up to 20 bookmarks are supported out of the box, and all bookmarks are user-specific, allowing each user to maintain their own set of preferred analytical views. The solution also includes basic validation and error handling, such as preventing empty and duplicate bookmark names. From a technical perspective, BloX dynamically updates the pivot’s metadata. From a user perspective, it feels like switching views within a single widget. This keeps the analysis flexible while the dashboard structure remains simple and performant. Why it’s useful Scales to 10+ dimensions without UI overload Multi-asset trading analysis often requires exploring many dimensions, but not all at the same time. This solution allows FlexTrade users to work with 10+ dimensions while only surfacing the few that matter for the current question, resulting in less visual noise, lower cognitive load, and faster insights. Maintains dashboard performance and keeps dashboards clean and maintainable By avoiding massive pivots with every dimension enabled or dozens of near-duplicate widgets, the solution keeps queries efficient and dashboards responsive, even as analytical depth increases. One widget with dynamic views replaces an entire grid of narrowly focused widgets, resulting in dashboards that are easier to navigate, faster to load, and easier to maintain. Attachments BloX-ViewDimensionBookmarks.dash.txt (example dashboard using the Sample ECommerce cube) BloXActionsForBookmarks.zip (BloX actions' scripts) ViewsBookmarkV2-2025-12-29.json (BloX template for the view bookmark widget, also included in the .dash file above). Note: Remove the .txt extension before importing the dashboard (.dash) file. The BloX widget also includes a script that automatically populates the dropdown menus with the available dimension names and existing bookmarks based on the widget’s metadata. Here is the script: // Dropdown classes used in the BloX code const dropdownClasses = [ "dimensionDropdown", //dropdowns for selecting the four dimensions "bookmarkDropdown" // dropdown for selecting existing bookmarks ]; const valueToDisable = "Select"; // placeholder value to disable widget.on('ready', function() { dimensions = widget.metadata.panels[0].items; dimensionTitles = dimensions .map(i => i.jaql.title); // Add each dimension title to the dimension dropdowns dimensionTitles.forEach(function(title, index) { $('.dimensionDropdown', element).append( '<option value="' + (index + 1) + '">' + title + '</option>' ); }); bookmarks = widget.metadata.panels[1].items; bookmarkTitles = bookmarks .filter(i => !i.disabled) // keep only not disabled .map(i => i.jaql.title); // extract title // Add each existing bookmark title to the bookmark dropdown bookmarkTitles.forEach(function(title) { $('#bookmarkDropdown', element).append( '<option value="' + title + '">' + title + '</option>' ); }); // Disable placeholder values from selection dropdownClasses.forEach(cls => { $(`.${cls}`).each(function () { let $select = $(this); if (!$select.is("select")) { $select = $select.find("select"); } if ($select.length === 0) return; $select.find("option").first().prop("disabled", true); }); }); });A Guide to Creating Bullet Charts
Instructions: Create a Bar Chart Add your main Category (ex. 'Company') Add your three required measures: Actual Value: This is the primary metric you are measuring. It's the "what happened" value. (ex. YTD Revenue, Actual Spend, Units Sold) Target Value: This is the goal or benchmark you are comparing against. It's the "what should have happened" value. (ex. Sales Quota, Budget, Last Year's Revenue) Qualitative Value (Forecast): This is a secondary comparative point, often used to show a projection. It's the "what we think will happen" value. (ex. Forecasted Spend, Projected Sales, Pipeline Value) Navigate to the widget's script editor: Paste the script into the widget's script editor and follow instructions: */ widget.on('processresult', function(widget, args) { // ======================================================== // CONFIGURATION // ======================================================== // --- Step 1: Field Names --- // These names MUST EXACTLY MATCH the names in your widget's Values panel. const actualValue_FieldName = 'Actual Value'; const targetValue_FieldName = 'Target'; const qualitative_FieldName = 'Qualitative'; // --- Step 2: Chart Labels --- // These are the clean names that will show up in the legend and tooltips. const actualValue_DisplayName = 'Actual Value'; const targetValue_DisplayName = 'Target'; const qualitative_DisplayName = 'Qualitative'; // Used for the marker line // --- Step 3: Color Palette --- // Define the colors for your chart elements. const color_ActualValue = '#3682ff'; // Blue for the main 'Actual Value' bar. const color_TargetValue_Fill = '#d3d3d3'; // Light gray for the background 'Target' bar. const color_TargetValue_Border = '#a9a9a9'; // Darker gray for the border. // --- EDIT MARKER COLORS HERE --- // Control the colors for the forecast marker based on your goal. // By default, OVER target is red and UNDER is green (good for tracking costs). // To make OVER target green (good for tracking revenue), just swap the color hex codes below. const color_Marker_Over = '#e45c5c'; // Color for when Forecast > Target const color_Marker_Under = '#4dbd33'; // Color for when Forecast < Target Add this directly underneath the script you just customized: if (!args.result || !args.result.series || args.result.series.length === 0) { return; } const result = args.result; const categories = result.categories; // Helper function to read data from your widget. const getDataBySeriesName = (name) => { for (let i = 0; i < result.series.length; i++) { if (result.series[i].name === name) { return result.series[i].data.map(point => typeof point === 'object' ? point.y : point); } } console.warn('Field not found in widget data:', name); return new Array(categories.length).fill(0); }; // --- DATA RETRIEVAL --- const actualValueData = getDataBySeriesName(actualValue_FieldName); const targetValueData = getDataBySeriesName(targetValue_FieldName); const qualitativeData = getDataBySeriesName(qualitative_FieldName); // Clear the default chart series to build our custom one. result.series = []; // --- PLOT OPTIONS --- result.plotOptions = { bar: { stacking: null, grouping: false, pointPadding: 0, groupPadding: 0.25, // Space between each bullet chart. borderWidth: 1, borderRadius: 3, // Rounded corners for the bars. dataLabels: { enabled: false } } }; // --- SERIES CONFIGURATION --- // 1. A hidden series to hold the raw qualitative data for the tooltip. result.series.push({ name: qualitative_FieldName, type: 'bar', data: qualitativeData.map((val, index) => ({ x: index, y: val })), visible: false, showInLegend: false }); // 2. Legend item for "Over Target". result.series.push({ name: 'Over Target', type: 'line', color: color_Marker_Over, marker: { symbol: 'line', lineWidth: 4, radius: 5 }, data: [], showInLegend: true }); // 3. Legend item for "Under Target". result.series.push({ name: 'Under Target', type: 'line', color: color_Marker_Under, marker: { symbol: 'line', lineWidth: 4, radius: 5 }, data: [], showInLegend: true }); // 4. The wide, background bar representing the Target value. result.series.push({ name: targetValue_DisplayName, type: 'bar', data: targetValueData.map((val, index) => ({ x: index, y: val })), color: color_TargetValue_Fill, borderColor: color_TargetValue_Border, pointWidth: 30, // Thickness of the background target bar. zIndex: 0, states: { hover: { enabled: false } }, showInLegend: true }); // 5. The narrower, foreground bar representing the Actual value. result.series.push({ name: actualValue_DisplayName, type: 'bar', data: actualValueData.map((val, index) => ({ x: index, y: val })), color: color_ActualValue, pointWidth: 15, // Thickness of the main actual value bar. zIndex: 1, showInLegend: true }); // 6. The thin vertical line that marks the Qualitative/Forecast value. result.series.push({ name: 'Qualitative Marker', type: 'bar', data: qualitativeData.map((val, i) => ({ y: val, color: (val - targetValueData[i]) >= 0 ? color_Marker_Over : color_Marker_Under })), pointWidth: 3, // Thickness of the marker line. zIndex: 2, showInLegend: false, enableMouseTracking: false }); // --- CHART & AXIS CONFIGURATION --- if (!result.chart) result.chart = {}; result.chart.inverted = true; // Flips chart to be horizontal. if (result.yAxis.title) result.yAxis.title.text = ''; // Hides Y-axis title. if (result.xAxis.title) result.xAxis.title.text = ''; // Hides X-axis title. // --- LEGEND & TOOLTIP --- result.legend = { ...result.legend, enabled: true, reversed: true }; result.tooltip = { enabled: true, shared: true, useHTML: true, backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)', borderWidth: 1, borderColor: '#E0E0E0', formatter: function() { try { if (!this.points || this.points.length === 0) return false; const pointIndex = this.points[0].point.index; const categoryName = this.x; const chart = this.points[0].series.chart; const actualVal = chart.series.find(s => s.name === actualValue_DisplayName).data[pointIndex].y; const targetVal = chart.series.find(s => s.name === targetValue_DisplayName).data[pointIndex].y; const qualitativeVal = chart.series.find(s => s.name === qualitative_FieldName).data[pointIndex].y; const percentOfTarget = (targetVal === 0) ? 0 : (actualVal / targetVal); const varianceVal = qualitativeVal - targetVal; const varianceColor = varianceVal >= 0 ? color_Marker_Over : color_Marker_Under; let s = `<div style="padding: 10px; font-family: 'lato', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">`; s += `<div style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: 700;">${categoryName}</div>`; s += `<table style="width: 100%;">`; s += `<tr><td style="padding: 4px 2px;"><span style="background-color:${color_ActualValue}; width: 12px; height: 12px; border-radius: 2px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px;"></span>${actualValue_DisplayName}</td><td style="text-align: right; font-weight: 700;">${Highcharts.numberFormat(actualVal, 0, '.', ',')}</td></tr>`; s += `<tr><td style="padding: 4px 2px;"><span style="background-color:${color_TargetValue_Fill}; border: 1px solid ${color_TargetValue_Border}; width: 12px; height: 12px; border-radius: 2px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; box-sizing: border-box;"></span>${targetValue_DisplayName}</td><td style="text-align: right; font-weight: 700;">${Highcharts.numberFormat(targetVal, 0, '.', ',')}</td></tr>`; s += `<tr><td style="padding: 4px 2px; padding-left: 24px;">% of Target</td><td style="text-align: right; font-weight: 700;">${Highcharts.numberFormat(percentOfTarget * 100, 0)}%</td></tr>`; s += `<tr><td style="padding: 4px 2px;"><span style="background-color:${varianceColor}; width: 3px; height: 12px; border-radius: 2px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 8px; margin-left: 4px;"></span>${qualitative_DisplayName}</td><td style="text-align: right; font-weight: 700;">${Highcharts.numberFormat(qualitativeVal, 0, '.', ',')}</td></tr>`; s += `<tr><td style="padding: 4px 2px; padding-left: 24px;">Variance</td><td style="text-align: right; font-weight: 700; color: ${varianceColor};">${Highcharts.numberFormat(varianceVal, 0, '.', ',')}</td></tr>`; s += `</table></div>`; return s; } catch (e) { return 'Error creating tooltip.'; } } }; }); Save script and refresh the widget. You're done!
Add presets to a Blox date filter widget
We have some dashboards that have widgets as filters. One of these is a Blox widget that functions as a date filter, which I created with help from the community here. I recently added presets to the date filter to make it easier and faster to apply date filtering. Create a Blox Widget Paste the script below in the script editor section. { "style": ".blox-slides button:hover{background-color:#014E66 !important;} .date-input-container { position: relative; } .date-input-container input[type='date'] { cursor: pointer; } .date-input-container::before { content: ''; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; z-index: 1; cursor: pointer; } .date-input-container input::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator { opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 10px; width: 20px; height: 20px; cursor: pointer; z-index: 2; }", "title": "", "showCarousel": true, "carouselAnimation": { "showButtons": false }, "script": "setTimeout(function() { const fromInput = document.getElementById('SelectVal_from'); const toInput = document.getElementById('SelectVal_to'); function formatDate(date) { const year = date.getFullYear(); const month = String(date.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); const day = String(date.getDate()).padStart(2, '0'); return year + '-' + month + '-' + day; } function setDates(fromDate, toDate) { if (fromInput) fromInput.value = formatDate(fromDate); if (toInput) toInput.value = formatDate(toDate); } function getDateRanges() { const today = new Date(); const currentYear = today.getFullYear(); const currentMonth = today.getMonth(); const currentQuarter = Math.floor(currentMonth / 3); return { last30days: { from: new Date(today.getTime() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000), to: today }, quarter: { from: new Date(currentYear, currentQuarter * 3, 1), to: new Date(currentYear, (currentQuarter + 1) * 3, 0) }, ytd: { from: new Date(currentYear, 0, 1), to: today }, lastyear: { from: new Date(currentYear - 1, 0, 1), to: new Date(currentYear - 1, 11, 31) } }; } const ranges = getDateRanges(); document.querySelectorAll('[data-filter-type]').forEach(function(btn) { btn.addEventListener('click', function() { const filterType = this.getAttribute('data-filter-type'); if (ranges[filterType]) { setDates(ranges[filterType].from, ranges[filterType].to); } }); }); if (fromInput) { fromInput.addEventListener('click', function(e) { if (e.target.tagName === 'INPUT') { e.target.showPicker ? e.target.showPicker() : e.target.click(); } }); fromInput.style.cursor = 'pointer'; } if (toInput) { toInput.addEventListener('click', function(e) { if (e.target.tagName === 'INPUT') { e.target.showPicker ? e.target.showPicker() : e.target.click(); } }); toInput.style.cursor = 'pointer'; } }, 1000);", "body": [ { "type": "Container", "width": "90%", "style": { "margin": "0 auto" }, "items": [ { "type": "ActionSet", "actions": [ { "type": "date-preset", "title": "Last 30 Days", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterType": "last30days", "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } }, { "type": "date-preset", "title": "This Quarter", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterType": "quarter", "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } }, { "type": "date-preset", "title": "Year to Date", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterType": "ytd", "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } }, { "type": "date-preset", "title": "Last Year", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterType": "lastyear", "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } } ] }, { "type": "Container", "style": { "display": "flex", "flexDirection": "row", "justifyContent": "space-between", "marginTop": "20px", "gap": "10px" }, "items": [ { "type": "Container", "style": { "width": "48%" }, "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "From", "weight": "lighter", "color": "black" }, { "type": "Container", "style": { "position": "relative" }, "items": [ { "type": "Input.Date", "id": "SelectVal_from", "placeholder": "mm/dd/yyyy", "calendar": true, "style": { "width": "100%", "padding": "14px", "background-color": "#F4F4F8", "border-radius": "8px", "border": "1px solid #ccc", "font-size": "16px", "cursor": "pointer" } } ] } ] }, { "type": "Container", "style": { "width": "48%" }, "items": [ { "type": "TextBlock", "text": "To", "weight": "lighter", "color": "black" }, { "type": "Container", "style": { "position": "relative" }, "items": [ { "type": "Input.Date", "id": "SelectVal_to", "placeholder": "mm/dd/yyyy", "calendar": true, "style": { "width": "100%", "padding": "14px", "background-color": "#F4F4F8", "border-radius": "8px", "border": "1px solid #ccc", "font-size": "16px", "cursor": "pointer" } } ] } ] } ] }, { "type": "ActionSet", "style": { "marginTop": "20px", "text-align": "center" }, "actions": [ { "type": "DateX", "id": "submit_btn", "title": "Apply", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } }, { "type": "filter-date-clear", "title": "Clear", "style": { "color": "white", "background-color": "#007FAA" }, "data": { "FilterFields": [ "[Dm_dates.date_data (Calendar)]" ] } } ] } ] } ] } Create the necessary actions for the buttons to work: date-preset const filterType = payload.data.FilterType; const filterDims = payload.data.FilterFields; const dash = payload.widget.dashboard; const now = new Date(); const yyyy = now.getFullYear(); const mm = String(now.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); const dd = String(now.getDate()).padStart(2, '0'); const today = `${yyyy}-${mm}-${dd}`; let fromDate = ''; let toDate = today; //Year to date if (filterType === 'ytd') { fromDate = `${yyyy}-01-01`; //Quarter } else if (filterType === 'quarter') { const q = Math.floor(now.getMonth() / 3); const startMonth = q * 3 + 1; fromDate = `${yyyy}-${String(startMonth).padStart(2, '0')}-01`; //Last Year } else if (filterType === 'lastyear') { fromDate = `${yyyy - 1}-01-01`; toDate = `${yyyy - 1}-12-31`; // Last 30 days: from 30 days ago to today } else if (filterType === 'last30days') { const pastDate = new Date(now); pastDate.setDate(pastDate.getDate() - 30); const pastY = pastDate.getFullYear(); const pastM = String(pastDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); const pastD = String(pastDate.getDate()).padStart(2, '0'); fromDate = `${pastY}-${pastM}-${pastD}`; } else { console.log('Unknown FilterType:', filterType); if (typeof sendResponse === 'function') sendResponse(false); return; } let newFilter = {}; $('#SelectVal_from').val(fromDate); $('#SelectVal_to').val(toDate); newFilter = { jaql: { dim: "", filter: { from: fromDate, to: toDate } } }; filterDims.forEach(function(dim) { newFilter.jaql.dim = dim; dash.filters.update(newFilter, { refresh: true, save: true }); }); Datex -- Apply button var today = new Date(); var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0'); var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0! var yyyy = today.getFullYear(); today = yyyy + '-' + mm + '-' + dd; const filVal_from = payload.data.SelectVal_from == '' ? '1800-01-01' : payload.data.SelectVal_from; const filVal_to = payload.data.SelectVal_to == '' ? '2100-01-01' : payload.data.SelectVal_to; const filterDims = payload.data.FilterFields; const dash = payload.widget.dashboard; let newFilter = {}; console.log(filVal_from); console.log(filVal_to); newFilter = { jaql: { dim: "", filter: { from: filVal_from, to: filVal_to } } }; filterDims.forEach(function (dim) { newFilter.jaql.dim = dim; dash.filters.update(newFilter, { refresh: true, save: true }) }) Clear dates var today = new Date(); var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0'); var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0! var yyyy = today.getFullYear(); today = yyyy + '-' + mm + '-' + dd; const filVal_from = "1800-01-01" const filVal_to = '2100-01-01' const filterDims = payload.data.FilterFields; const dash = payload.widget.dashboard; let newFilter = {}; newFilter = { jaql: { dim: "", filter: { from: filVal_from, to: filVal_to } } }; $('#SelectVal_from').val(''); $('#SelectVal_to').val(''); filterDims.forEach(function (dim) { newFilter.jaql.dim = dim; dash.filters.update(newFilter, { refresh: true, save: true }) }) Save everything and try it out.Disabling navigation hover UI for viewer users in Sisense
What the Solution Does The RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu plugin simplifies the Sisense navigation for viewer users by: Hiding the three-dots “more” menu in the left navigation. Hiding the dashboard metadata tooltip that appears on hover. Preventing hover-triggered UI behavior, so menus and tooltips do not activate. Leaving the default navigation fully intact for admins and authors. The plugin automatically detects the user’s base role (prism.user.baseRoleName) and applies these changes only for viewers. It uses scoped JavaScript and CSS to remove the unwanted hover interactions without modifying Sisense core files or affecting navigation performance. How it works: Viewer-only condition: Runs only for viewer users (where prism.user.baseRoleName === "consumer"). Hover interception: Capture-phase event listeners block hover tooltip appearance Scoped CSS: Injects a short style block to hide hover UI elements and remove tooltip styling. Installation: Download RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu.zip. Extract the folder RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu into your Sisense plugins directory:/opt/sisense/storage/plugins/Alternatively, upload it through Admin > System Management > File Management to the plugins folder. Refresh dashboards or restart Sisense to activate the plugin. Verification: Log in as a viewer user. Hover over dashboards or folders in the left navigation. Confirm the three-dots menu and metadata tooltip no longer appear. Log in as an admin and confirm the navigation behaves normally. Files included: RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu/plugin.json RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu/main.6.js RemoveNavigationHoverAndMenu/README.md Why It’s Useful Simplifying the Sisense interface for viewer users creates a cleaner, more focused environment that emphasizes content rather than controls. By removing hover-based menus and tooltips for viewers while preserving them for admins, this plugin improves usability without compromising functionality. This approach also supports governance and user-experience goals: Governance: Viewers no longer see or interact with features they do not need. Consistency: Admins and authors retain their full toolset for management tasks. Stability: The plugin modifies only the UI layer and requires no changes to data models or access permissions. With this small enhancement, organizations can deliver a more streamlined viewing experience while maintaining full control for those managing dashboards and content. Outcome After installation, viewer users experience a simplified left navigation that shows only essential content. The three-dots menu and dashboard metadata tooltip are removed, and hover-based interactions no longer trigger any UI overlays. Admins and authors retain the complete navigation behavior, ensuring full functionality for management and editing tasks. The result is a cleaner, more predictable interface for viewers and a consistent, role appropriate experience across the Sisense environment. Hover Before Change (for viewers): Hover After Plugin (for viewers): Three Dot Menu Before Change (for viewers): Three Dot After Plugin (Is not visible, for viewers): Side-by-Side Comparison Before and After Comparison:Comprehensive framework for menu item removal in Sisense
Overview Companies and organizations often wish to control which Sisense menu options are visible to different role types of users. Sisense administrators or software developers may require menu items such as Edit Script or Embed Code, while business users should potentially see a more streamlined interface with only the essential options visible in the menu. Customizing these menus can be an important part of both governance and usability, ensuring that users are not viewing nonrelevent menu items. Code modifying menu's in Sisense can be present in both widget and dashboard scripts, and plugins. Custom menu items, added by plugins and scripts, can also be removed for the relevant user types. Challenge Removing menu items in Sisense requires intercepting the beforemenu event and filtering items out before the menu is displayed. This can be straightforward for most options, but there are several complexities to account for: Menu items can be identified by different properties (caption, command.title, description, or tooltip). Simply reassigning menuArgs.settings.items to a new array does not always work, since Sisense components and other listeners may hold references to the original array. In some cases, items may be injected into the menu after it is already open. The dashboard co-authoring Hide option is an example of this edge case, requiring a second filtering pass to remove consistently. The requirement was to create a robust framework that could handle these variations, while also supporting conditional filtering based on user type. Sisense exposes the property prism.user.baseRoleName, which identifies the base role of the logged-in user. This allows developers to apply conditional logic when customizing menus. For example, users with the role "super" are administrators who may need access to advanced actions such as Export or Embed Code, while users with the role "consumer" are viewers who should only see a simplified set of options. By checking this property, menu filtering can be adapted to match governance rules and usability needs for each audience. For example, administrators (prism.user.baseRoleName = "super") may retain advanced options, while viewers (prism.user.baseRoleName = "consumer") see a simplified set of actions. Solution A comprehensive framework was developed with the following key techniques: Configuration-driven filtering: Administrators can specify which object properties to inspect for matching strings, and which menu items to hide, making the script flexible and maintainable. In-place mutation of the menu array: Instead of replacing the array, the script updates it in place with splice. This ensures all references across the Sisense application reflect the updated menu. Two-phase filtering: The filter runs immediately during the beforemenu event to catch standard items, and again with setTimeout to handle menu items injected later, such as the Hide option, which is an unusual case. Conditional visibility by user role: By checking prism.user.baseRoleName, the script can apply different filtering rules for administrators and consumers. This ensures the right balance of power and simplicity depending on the user type. Full Implementation /* * Hide specified Sisense menu items at both the dashboard and widget level. * All configuration is defined inside the beforemenu function for clarity */ prism.on("beforemenu", function (event, menuArgs) { // no menu items to process if (!menuArgs?.settings?.items) { return; } /** * Configuration * * fieldsToCheck: choose which object parameters to inspect on each menu item. * Set any field to false to skip it. * * itemsToHide: case-insensitive list of labels to remove from the menu. * Provide readable strings, such as "embed code" or "get url for embedding". */ const configuration = { fieldsToCheck: { caption: true, commandTitle: true, description: true, tooltip: true }, itemsToHide: [ "delete", "duplicate", "export", "edit script", "embed code", "get url for embedding", "simply ask (nlq)", "exploration paths", "widget filters indication", "widget affects dashboard filters", "dashboard settings", "hide widget header", "hide dashboard for non-owners", "featured on mobile app", "show dashboard in the featured dashboards list in the mobile app.", "navver.dashboard_menu_options.restore_dashboard", "switch to administrator view", "share the assistant", "change data source", "hide widget header", "hide" ] }; /** * Prepare a fast lookup set from the configured hide list. * Comparison is case-insensitive and ignores extra whitespace. */ const hiddenLabelSet = new Set( (configuration.itemsToHide || []) .map(formatLabelForComparison) .filter(Boolean) ); /** * Standardize a label for comparison: * - Trim whitespace * - Convert to lowercase * Returns undefined for non-strings or empty values after trimming. */ function formatLabelForComparison(rawValue) { if (typeof rawValue !== "string") { return undefined; } const trimmedLowercase = rawValue.trim().toLowerCase(); return trimmedLowercase.length ? trimmedLowercase : undefined; } /** * Gather all label values from the menu item according to the configuration. * Returns an array of standardized, non-empty strings. */ function getLabelsForMenuItem(menuItem) { const labels = []; if (configuration.fieldsToCheck.caption) { const captionLabel = formatLabelForComparison(menuItem.caption); if (captionLabel) { labels.push(captionLabel); } } if (configuration.fieldsToCheck.commandTitle) { const commandTitleLabel = formatLabelForComparison(menuItem.command?.title); if (commandTitleLabel) { labels.push(commandTitleLabel); } } if (configuration.fieldsToCheck.description) { const descriptionLabel = formatLabelForComparison(menuItem.desc); if (descriptionLabel) { labels.push(descriptionLabel); } } if (configuration.fieldsToCheck.tooltip) { const tooltipLabel = formatLabelForComparison(menuItem.tooltip); if (tooltipLabel) { labels.push(tooltipLabel); } } return labels; } /** * Decide whether a menu item should be hidden. * If any menu item parameter matches an entry in the hidden label set, the item is removed. */ function shouldHideMenuItem(menuItem) { const labels = getLabelsForMenuItem(menuItem); return labels.some(function (label) { return hiddenLabelSet.has(label); }); } /** * Recursively filter menu structures: * - Remove items that match the hide list. * - If an item has children (sub-menu), filter those sub-menus as well. */ function filterMenuItemsRecursively(menuItems) { return (menuItems || []) .filter(function (menuItem) { return !shouldHideMenuItem(menuItem); }) .map(function (menuItem) { if (Array.isArray(menuItem.items)) { menuItem.items = filterMenuItemsRecursively(menuItem.items); } return menuItem; }); } // Apply the filtering to the base array of menu items (function runFilter() { const filteredItems = filterMenuItemsRecursively(menuArgs.settings.items); // replace the contents of the original array so any existing references see the filtered result menuArgs.settings.items.splice(0, menuArgs.settings.items.length, ...filteredItems); })(); // Run the filter again after other beforemenu listeners finish setTimeout(function () { const filteredItems = filterMenuItemsRecursively(menuArgs.settings.items); menuArgs.settings.items.splice(0, menuArgs.settings.items.length, ...filteredItems); }, 0); }); Outcome With this framework, companies and organizations can reliably hide sensitive or unnecessary menu items while keeping the interface clear and consistent for end users. Because it mutates the menu array in place and applies filtering twice, it covers both standard and rare late injected menu items. By using prism.user.baseRoleName as a condition, administrator users can still view all menu items where needed, while viewer or designer level users see only the options relevant to them. This makes the solution comprehensive, flexible, and aligned with the exact organization requirements for menu items.Group values are on the column chart by day of the week.
Transform your column chart into a week-based revenue visualization with this guide! Learn how to group data by day of the week (Monday to Sunday) using custom code in Sisense. Follow our step-by-step instructions to edit your widget, implement the script, and display total revenue for each day. Perfect for users looking to enhance their data analysis and insights. Note: Test the solution in your environment to ensure compatibility.Blox with drop-down and All values in it
Add an "All Values" option to your BLOX dropdown menu with this simple guide! Perfect for when you first open your dashboard and want to filter all items. Follow our step-by-step instructions to edit your widget, implement the provided script, and easily customize your target dimension. Enhance your user experience with this quick solution. Note: Test the code in your environment to ensure compatibility.
