Working with scenes

A visual dashboard consists of one or more scenes that will display data to users.

About this task

Upon creating a new visual dashboard, you are given one default scene. You can choose to have only one scene in your visual dashboard or you can add additional scenes. Within each scene of your dashboard you can add objects to display data and information to visual dashboard users and you can set up the navigation necessary for users to move from one scene or object to another.
This topic describes the following operations:

The following steps outline the tasks that you can complete when working with scenes:

Procedure

  1. To add a scene to a dashboard, from the Project Explorer view, use the New Scene wizard.
    You can open the New Scene wizard in one of the following ways:
    • Right-click the Scenes folder for the visual dashboard to which you want to add the scene and select New Scene from the pop-up menu.
    • Double-click the Scenes folder for the visual dashboard to which you want to add the scene.

    The New Scene wizard opens.

    1. Specify a unique name for this scene in the Scene Name field.
    2. Click Finish.

    The Project Explorer view lists the new scene in the visual dashboard project. A new scene canvas opens in the editor.

  2. To rename a scene, perform the following steps:
    1. Select the scene that you want to rename using one of the following methods:
      • From the Project Explorer view, right-click the scene that you want to rename and select Rename from the pop-up menu.
      • With an active scene in the editor window, select Edit > Scene > Rename
    2. Type the new name for the scene in the highlighted edit box. The scene is renamed and the new name is displayed.
    3. Click outside the edit box in the Project Explorer view.
    The scene is renamed and the new name displays.
    Note: Any references to the scene by its original name are not updated.
  3. To delete a scene, complete either of the following steps:
    Note: You cannot delete the scene if it is the last scene remaining.
    1. From the Project Explorer view, right-click the scene that you want to delete and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
    2. With an active scene in the editor window, select Edit > Scene > Delete.
    The scene is deleted from the visual dashboard project.
    Note: Any references in the dashboard to the deleted scene are not updated.