Using dashboard scenarios

If your dashboard has a typical what-if scenario setup with a number of variables, it would be a nice option for the dashboard user to save a scenario with some particular settings to be reviewed or compared later. The Local Scenario Button component delivers this functionality.

Getting ready

Create a new dashboard file.

How to do it...

1. Drag a Vertical Slider component into the canvas.

2. Drag a Local Scenario Button component from the Other category into the canvas.

3. Hit the Preview button.

4. Set the slider value to 50.

5. Now click on the Scenario button. A menu with four new buttons will appear. Click on the Save button and name it Scenario 1 as shown in the following screenshot:

   

6. Set the slider to value 75 and click on the Scenario button again.

7. Click on the Load button and select the scenario you just saved. The value of the slider will now be set to 50.

How it works...

The Local Scenario Button component enables the user of a dashboard to save the exact state a dashboard is in...