Global tab

The Global tab contains general settings of dashboard catalogs. When you create a dashboard catalog, the settings have default values. To change a setting, click the cell in the Value column and change the value. The check box in the Default column is cleared. To reset a setting to the default value, select the check box in the Default column.

On the Global tab, you find these general settings:

General	Description
Auto-hide toolbar	Specifies whether the toolbar is hidden after a short time when not used.
Content language	Locale ID (LCID) of a language that is used to display dashboard content. LCIDs support language cultures and sub-cultures. For example, specify 09 as the locale ID for English or 1033 for English (USA). Select the Default check box or specify 0 to automatically detect and use the language of the Dashboards application system.
Default dashboard height	Default height for newly created dashboards. The value 0 = auto-size automatically fits the dashboard height to the available space in the browser or iPad application. You can specify other values in pixels. Negative numbers are not allowed. If either the dashboard height or the dashboard width is set to 0, then both values are treated as 0 = auto-size.
Default dashboard width	Default width for newly created dashboards. The value 0 = auto-size automatically fits the dashboard width to the available space in the browser or iPad application. You can specify other values in pixels. Negative numbers are not allowed. If either the dashboard height or the dashboard width is set to 0, then both values are treated as 0 = auto-size.
Show helper lines	Specifies whether helper lines are shown in the dashboard edit mode. Helper lines make it easier to arrange widgets relative to the dashboard or to other widgets.
Start screen	Unique name of the start screen that is shown after you log in to Dashboards. The dashboard that you specify here will be opened automatically as start screen in the content area of Dashboards after every log on.
Startup mode	Specifies the startup mode of Dashboards: Open empty: Starts Dashboards without opening a dashboard in the content area. Open a dashboard: Starts Dashboards and opens the dashboard that you specify in Startup Dashboard.
Use snapping	Specifies whether snapping is active between widgets in edit mode. If snapping is active, a dragged widget sticks to another widget or dashboard when it is in a certain distance range.
User interface language	Locale ID (LCID) of a language that is used to display Dashboards user interface components. LCIDs support language cultures and sub-cultures. For example, specify 09 as the locale ID for English or 1033 for English (USA). Select the Default check box or specify 0 to automatically detect and use the language of the Dashboards application system.
Widget margin for new widgets	Specifies whether to use widget margin for newly created widgets.
Widget margin size	Size of widget margin in pixels.
Widget header for new widgets	Specifies whether to use widget header for newly created widgets.

These settings are for BI Dashboards mobile app:

BI Dashboards mobile app	Description
Allow mobile access to this project/application	Specifies whether users of BI Dashboards mobile app can log on to this project/application.
Allow saving offline views	Specifies whether users of BI Dashboards mobile app can save offline views of the application content.
Offline data validity in days	Specifies in days how long offline data persists in the application, until it is removed automatically by the application. The value 0 means no expiry of data. Saving of offline views must be activated.