Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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numeric indicators on system usage, can also be useful media to present in
the widget.
You can configure the Media widget to play a media file based on the
attribute, dashboard, or dataset report selected in the dashboard. For
example, select a quarter in the dashboard, and a manager's video about the
revenue for that quarter is displayed. Similarly, you can choose a region to
play a video about the performance of the stores in that particular region.
You can export a dashboard containing a Media widget into a Flash file, so
that users can view the widget and interact with it off-line, without a
connection to Intelligence Server or your web server.
Prerequisites for the Media widget
• If your machine is running Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 (R2) and
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6, you must add .flv files
to the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) types in IIS
Manager:
a From the Start menu, select Control Panel, then Administrative
Tools.
b Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
c Expand the (local computer) folder, expand Web Sites, then expand
Default Web Site.
d Right-click MicroStrategy and select Properties.
e On the HTTP Headers tab click MIME Types. Then click New.
f In the Extension field, type flv.
g In the MIME Type field, type video/x-flv.
h Click OK until the MicroStrategy Properties window closes.
i Restart IIS.
• To ensure that the Media widget can play the media file off-line, the file
name for the media file must be specified without a path. The media file
must be stored in the same folder as the Flash file. When specified this
way, the media file is not accessible when the dashboard is viewed online.
For background information about Flash files and how to export
dashboards, see the MicroStrategy Document Analysis Guide or the
Desktop Help.
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