Working with a subscribed dashboard

A dashboard is either a subscribed dashboard or a personal dashboard. Multiple users can monitor the same charts and analyze data by interacting with existing gadgets of subscribed dashboards. Users build and manage personal dashboards for their own use or to share with other users.

Dashboard and gadget files use the same file access privileges as other Actuate files in Information Console. Users either open dashboard files from the My Documents file explorer or subscribe to dashboards and gadgets using the Dashboard and Gadget Gallery.

All users can view a dashboard file by opening it from the Information Console file explorer. Users can add, change, delete, and share personal dashboards if they are a dashboard business user or dashboard developer, as defined in their Information Console account.

The following types of dashboard users define what a user can accomplish with a dashboard file:

n	All users can refresh dashboards, interact with data selector gadgets and maximize gadgets for access to browser-based tools such as BIRT Interactive Viewer and BIRT Data Analyzer. The dashboard file or gadget is reset each time it is viewed.

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Business users are the same as basic users but also use report and extras gadget types to create, change, and share dashboards. This user can subscribe to shared dashboard files, copy shared dashboards, and use shared gadgets in personal dashboards. Business users can also share their personal dashboards for access by other users.

n	Dashboard developers are the same as business users but also create gadget scripts, use data visualization gadgets, and use data selection gadgets.

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