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Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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Dashboard Tutorial <strong>Dashboards</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Widgets</strong> <strong>Creation</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

To add a panel stack<br />

1 From the Insert menu, select Panel Stack. When you move the cursor to<br />

the Layout area, the pointer becomes crosshairs.<br />

2 Click in the Layout area to add the panel stack.<br />

3 Right-click the panel stack <strong>and</strong> select Properties. The Properties dialog<br />

box opens.<br />

4 On the Layout tab, position <strong>and</strong> size the panel stack by setting the<br />

following options:<br />

• Left: .15 inches<br />

• Top: .35 inches<br />

• Height: 5.7 inches<br />

• Width: 10.1 inches<br />

To resize the height of the title bar<br />

5 Set Title height to .2 inches.<br />

6 Click OK to return to the dashboard.<br />

To add panels to the panel stack<br />

7 Next, add a panel to the panel stack. Right-click the panel stack, point to<br />

Panels, <strong>and</strong> select Add.<br />

8 Add a third panel by repeating the previous step.<br />

To rename a panel<br />

Panel names are displayed in the title bar <strong>and</strong> in the selector associated<br />

with the panel stack, so it is important to make them meaningful.<br />

9 Right-click the panel stack, point to Panels, <strong>and</strong> select Manage. The<br />

Panels tab of the Properties dialog box opens.<br />

10 Select Panel1 in the list of panels.<br />

11 Click Rename.<br />

382 Creating the Daily Order Count panel © 2012 <strong>MicroStrategy</strong>, Inc.

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