Choosing to display a parameter as a new selector for a gadget, launches the Data Selector Gadget Wizard. This wizard builds a data selection gadget using the parameter choices in the BIRT file as a data source.

Other gadgets on the same dashboard can link to the new data selection gadget, to receive user selected values. When users change the selected data in the data selection gadget, linked report gadgets update to display the new information.

For example, a chart and a report gadget can link to the same data selection gadget. Changing the value in the data selection gadget updates the data displayed in the linked chart and the report gadgets.