Saving a gadget to a gadget file enables other users to include the gadget in their dashboards. Shared gadgets can open as a file for viewing and interaction or display in external web pages using Actuate JSAPI.

For example, a dashboard developer can build a gadget displaying daily outgoing shipments. When this gadget is shared, other users can add it to their own user dashboard.

Users browse the Gadget Gallery to find gadgets to add to their dashboard. The Gadget Gallery appears when a user selects Add Content from the dashboard. Shared gadget files support Actuate file permissions and are located in the dashboard shared folder.

You can also save gadgets to a private folder. Saving gadgets to a private folder is useful for saving versions of a gadget in progress or to temporarily remove a gadget from your dashboards. When the gadget is in a private folder, you can open the gadget file with the Information Console file explorer or add the gadget back to a dashboard by using the gadget gallery to browse the folder named My Folders.