Hi all,
Using the second-generation Operations Dashboard, we can now configure the visual elements in a dashboard to show and interact with related records.
To illustrate how it works, we prepared this dashboard which contains a hydrant layer and its inspection records. When a hydrant on the list at the top is selected, the list at the bottom will be updated to show the last 10 inspections of that hydrant. You can also click on an inspection record to see its detail.
The relationship/wiring between these visual elements was setup in the Actions menu of the “source” element (the hydrant list in this case). The screenshot below shows how the hydrant list was configured to update the inspection list: First, a “Filter” action was setup on the hydrant list, so that when a list item is selected, the list will use the “common field” (Facility ID) to wire up itself with the “target” element (Inspections List).
If you want to see how the configuration was made, you can make a copy of the dashboard by clicking on the following URL: http://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/new?id=5294afb250b942698f71cdebafb531dc, it will save a copy of the dashboard into your org under your account. You can then open the Actions menu of the Hydrant List to see the configuration.
If you have specific requirements that our current action framework cannot satisfy, or if you have ideas on how we can make the action framework better, please let us know your thoughts.
Thanks!
Tif