There are two ways to present Visualizer and Designer reports in dashboards:
Dashboards 2.0 provides a contemporary HTML-based alternative to the original Dashboards module. Built on leading technology and modern design principles, Dashboards 2.0 gives you a streamlined and intuitive user experience.
Original Dashboards (1.0, Flash-based) is the original version of Dashboards.
Enabling Dashboards 2.0
An Account Administrator must enable Dashboards 2.0 for you and others who will access them. In addition, some features require user or group privileges. See Access and Privileges for Dashboards 2.0.
Converting Old to New Dashboards
Birst can copy existing original dashboards to the new Dashboards 2.0 framework. The import operation handles a large part of the conversion. See Converting to New Dashboards.
Comparison with the Original Dashboards Module
Dashboards 2.0 does not support all features of the original version, and it supports additional features. The following sections list the similarities and differences.
User Interface
The Dashboards 2.0 user interface is completely different. See Business User Guide to Dashboards 2.0 and Getting Started with Dashboards 2.0.
Terminology
Terminology is slightly different:
Dashboards tabs are now collections. A collection is a set of dashboards. Dashboards have vertically scrollable pages, where you place dashlets.
Filters correspond to prompts.
Dashlets are the same concept, a single report container.
Similarities
The following features exist in both original and in Dashboards 2.0:
Basic operations: create, edit, copy, delete
Bookmarks
Multiple dashlets (report containers)
Dashboard filters (prompts)
Export options at the dashlet/report level
Designer reports: CSV, Excel, PDF, and Powerpoint in original Dashboards, Excel and PDF in Dashboards 2.0
Visualizer reports: Excel and PDF
Drill down, drill to dashboard/page at the dashlet/report level
Drag-select filtering on charts and tables (also called Visual Filtering)
Refresh
Bing maps from Designer reports
Creating and managing report schedules (run, edit and delete).
Search
View selectors for Designer reports
Parent/child prompts are parent/child filter groups in Dashboards 2.0
Column selectors for Designer and Visualizer reports
Private/public access settings for dashboards and dashboard collections
Enhancements
Dashboards 2.0 includes the following enhancements over the original version:
Adaptive design supports tablet devices in addition to standard computer displays
Advanced drilling - drill across links to other dashboard pages
Auto-layout menu
Collections for grouping dashboards together
Dashboards have scrollable pages
KPI widgets
Theme Editor
Search on the Report Catalog
Images
Text boxes
Buttons
Universal filters across the space
Embedded web pages
Visualizer Geomaps
Embedded HTML
Embedding API for JavaScript
Differences
Dashboards 2.0 filters apply across the entire space. You can create one and use it across multiple dashboards. When you edit a filter, the changes apply to all instances of the filter on any dashboard in the space.
Dashboards 2.0 saves dashboards and dashboard collections to the shared directory in the report catalog.
Dashboards 2.0 automatically re-scales Visualizer chart reports when the size of the dashboard screen changes. Visualizer tabular reports show scroll bars.
The following features are not supported in Dashboards 2.0:
Pivot control
Undo
Sticky notes
Radar charts
Flex grids
Chart animation
3D rendering of 3D Designer charts
Tree prompts
Rectangle objects