Working with global resources
Globals are resources that can be used by all the pages of a visual report or all the scenes of a visual dashboard.
About this task
You can use globals for computing object properties. All
global resources are displayed in the Globals folder
of the Project Explorer. You can choose to
have one or more of the following globals available to the entire
visual project:
- Parameters
- Parameters are available to your entire visual project and enable you to use variable values when specifying object properties.
- Color Maps
- A color map can be used to vary the color of a visual project object depending on a value associated with the object.
- Color Sequences
- A color sequence can be used to modify the color properties of a visual project object based on an index value.
- Security lists
- Security lists can be used to tailor visual report or dashboard content to the security level of the user who is viewing the report or dashboard.
- Images
- A stock image enables you to store your image resources with your visual project. Storing image resources with your visual project increases the portability and performance of the project.
- Expiration Schedules
- Expiration schedules can be set up to dictate when given data expires.
- JavaScript Modules
- JavaScript Modules enable you to use custom JavaScript functions in visual projects.
- Translation Tables
- Translation tables enable dashboard designers to publish a single visual dashboard that can be viewed in multiple languages.