Simple Navigations

Simple navigation actions in Dash Studio enables basic user interactions and helps you to seamlessly navigate to any specific part of the product. The navigation actions allow you to drill down into complex and detailed information about a selected entity. You can utilize this capability as part of the troubleshooting processes and for root cause analysis.

Note: This feature is available only for Time Series, Pie, Label, Metric Number, and Image widgets.

Navigate with a Single Click

To perform navigation actions with just a click in the view mode, click the widget for which you want to set this action:

  1. Click Single Click Action option available under the Widget Properties panel. It displays the following options:
    • Destination Type- You can select one of the following:
      • Metric Browser - This option is selected by default. Click the widget in the view mode to navigate to the selected metric browser.
      • URL-Destination Link field displays, where you must enter the desired link. Click the widget in the view mode to navigate to the selected link.
      • Dashboard-Dashboard Name field displays when you select this option. Enter the name of an existing dashboard or select an option from the dropdown list. The following option displays if the selected destination dashboard contains variables:

        • Variable Passing 1- This option allows you to modify the default value of multiple variables in an existing Dashboard.

          Note: For example, if “Dashboard 1” has a variable named “Nodes 1” with value “Node_8000”, you can change the preset value of “Nodes” to any other desired Node value using Variable Passing 1. Similarly you can modify a second variable named “Nodes 2” in the same dashboard using the subsequent field, Variable Passing 2.

          Click the widget in the view mode to navigate to the selected dashboard.

    • Show In- Select Current page or New Window.
  2. Click the View icon at the top right after entering valid details. In the View mode, click the widget to navigate to the appropriate destination.