ADVIZOR Server Dashboards

ADVIZOR Server Dashboards are multi-tab analytical applications built with ADVIZOR charts. These are presented in a web using the Microsoft Silverlight plugin on PCs or using an application on Apple iPad tablets. All of the ADVIZOR charts are available, and they provide most of the Visual Discovery capabilities that make the ADVIZOR Analyst client application so useful. An ADVIZOR project in a browser looks like this; charts are arranged on tabs, corresponding to the tabs in the original ADVIZOR Analyst project. Each tab has a tool bar providing access to Visual Discovery and data export functions. Charts also have context menus, identical to those in ADVIZOR Analyst client.

A dashboard supported by ADVIZOR Server is accessed via the URL "http://<YourServername>/adv", where "YourServerName" is your web server.

The operations supported by ADVIZOR Server dashboards are:

• Choose a tab with a set of charts.

• Sweep with the mouse in a chart to select a subset of the items in the chart, which is reflected in all charts by sweeping a rectangle with the left mouse button depressed.

• Focus on an item to label it by clicking the left mouse button with the ALT key depressed.

• Access the standard context menu with the right mouse button.
• Command bar buttons and controls are:

  • Reset: return charts to initial condition.

  • Share as ADOBE PDF: download a static view of the dashboard as an ADOBE PDF file.

  • Share as Microsoft Word Document: download a static view of the dashboard as a Microsoft Word document.

  • Share as Web Archive: download a static view of the dashboard as a web archive, containing HTML and images.

  • Select All: select all items in charts.

  • Unselect All: unselect all items in charts.

  • Toggle Selection: reverse selection for all items in charts.

  • Exclude Selected: exclude the selected items.

  • Exclude Unselected: exclude the unselected items.

  • Restore Excluded: restore all excluded items.

  • Undo: undo the last operation.

  • Redo: redo the last undone operation.

  • Show Color Legend: show the Color Legend on the page.

  • Help: display help on dashboards.

  • Color By: choose a field to color the display by.

  • Measure By: choose a field to use to weight categorical views (e.g., bar charts).

• For charts with Zoom Bars, use the Zoom Bar to pan or zoom the chart.

Visual Discovery provided by ADVIZOR Server dashboards is quite close to the capabilities of ADVIZOR Analyst, but there are differences imposed by the web environment:

Function	ADVIZOR Analyst	ADVIZOR Server Dashboard
Focus	Hover over item in chart	Hover over item in chart
Selection Operations	Replace (default), Toggle (with CTRL key depressed), Add, Subtract, and Intersect	Replace (default) and Toggle (with CTRL key depressed) only
Selection Modes	Rectangle, Lasso, Circle	Rectangle only
Panning/Zooming	Via zoom bar, keyboard, and mouse	Via zoom bar only
Keyboard commands	As defined here	Same set, but browser typically intercepts commands so they are not received

ADVIZOR Server Portal

The ADVIZOR Portal is a web page provided by the URL "http://<YourServername>/adv" (where "YourServername" is the name of your server) that lists the ADVIZOR projects available from that server. It gives details about the projects, and may be used to launch a project by clicking on the name, which is a link. Here is an example of a portal:

Fields in the table are: 1. Dashboard Name: the name of the project for the dashboard; clicking this link launches the dashboard. 2. Location: subfolder the dashboard is published into. 3. Data: Whether data is embedded in the project ("Static") or accessed dynamically from a data source when the dashboard is accessed ("Dynamic"). 4. Creator: Who published the dashboard. 5. Created: When the dashboard was published.

Implementation Constraints

ADVIZOR Server dashboards are supported in any browser that support Microsoft Silverlight on PCs and on Apple iPads via an application. Supported browsers on PCs include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on both Microsoft Windows and Apple OS/X. Apple Safari is NOT supported on Apple IOS devices, however: ADVIZOR Server must be accessed via an application. See the Implementation Guide (located in the installation directory for ADVIZOR client software and the "bin" subdirectory of the ADVIZOR Server installation directory).

See Also:

• Publishing to ADVIZOR Server