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Dashlets

A dashlet is a small window that appears in the user's dashboard. The purpose of a dashlet is to show useful informations about the user's activities inside the system.

Each user can customize his dashboard by placing a set of dashlets made available by the system and configured in Administration > Settings > GUI Settings > Dashlets.

By default you find a set of default dashlets you cannot change but clicking on Add dashlet you can create a new custom one. Double click on a row to edit the dashlet:

  • Title: the title of the dashlet shown to the user
  • Type: type of content
  • Max: maximum number of displayed records(valid only if you specify a query)
  • Query: query for the data retrieval(not valid for custom content dashlets)
  • Content: dynamic content written using the automation syntax(valid only for custom content dashlets)
  • Columns: the list of metadata to show in the display grid
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Columns

To confirm your changes click on Save

Different types of Dashlets

You can count on different types of dashlets:

  • documents: you must use a query to retrieve a list of documents(use the automation syntax to make the query dynamic)
  • document events: you must use a query to retrieve a list of events(use the automation syntax to make the query dynamic)
  • notes: you must use a query to retrieve a list of notes(use the automation syntax to make the query dynamic)
  • custom content: you must write an automation script

Inside the query or content specification your can count on the $user variable that specifies the currently logged in user.

Check here a list of sample dashlets.