Dashboards concepts

The dashboard framework is used to write dashboard-specific data to and from a station for a specific user.

For example, say you have a Px page with a Web Chart on it. Another user (possibly not trained to use PxEditor) would like to add more data to the chart and save those changes so that when the user navigates to the page again, the saved chart modifications are visible. Also, if that user logs on from a different device those saved chart modifications are visible.

Note when other users log on, if they have not made changes they see the web chart in the original form. They do not see another user's customized chart data.

Also note, dashboard widgets update with live data.

When a dashboard WebWidget is modified and saved, a dashboard file is created to store the data since it cannot be stored within the Px file. If a dashboard file does not exist, one is created. The dashboard file is stored within the station's protected space, with the .json file extension.