Designing dynamic enterprise Report Services (RS) dashboards

A Report Services (RS) dashboard is a special type of document. An RS dashboard is commonly only one page long, is intended to be viewed online, and usually provides interactive features that let analysts change how they view the RS dashboard's data. By being only one page long, an RS dashboard makes it easy to view the entire document at the same time and see all the information. An RS dashboard allows interactivity from users, so each user can change how they see the data, within the limits of what the controls allow them.

The designer can create more flexible data presentations with RS dashboards than with documents, since more users can be served with a single RS dashboard. Each user can choose to see only the subset of data they are interested in (using panels and selectors) or can choose to see only specific attribute elements or metrics (using a selector). Panels and selectors are described in detail in Layering data in RS dashboards: Panels and panel stacks and Providing interactivity to users: Selectors.

This section assumes that you understand the various MicroStrategy controls (such as Grid/Graphs, text fields, and so on) discussed in Designing and creating documents; understanding these controls is important to understanding panels and selectors in RS dashboards.

For more information about RS dashboards and how to create them, see:

• Basic information about RS dashboards

• What is a Report Services (RS) dashboard?

• Adding interactivity to RS dashboards

• Creating RS dashboards

• Organizing interactivity features on an RS dashboard

• Design ideas and examples

• Designing the right RS dashboard

• Best practices for designing effective RS dashboards

• Creating an RS dashboard: the Blank Dashboard template

• Exporting RS dashboards to Flash for stand-alone use

• Formatting RS dashboards

• Selecting available display modes for MicroStrategy Web

• Enabling transition animations for Grid/Graphs and panel stacks in Flash Mode (Web)

• Uncluttering the RS dashboard display: Full Screen mode

• Layering data in RS dashboards: Panels and panel stacks

• Providing interactivity to users: Selectors

• Enabling Grid/Graphs to control other Grid/Graphs

• Providing Flash-based analysis and interactivity: Widgets

• Viewing data related to widgets: Using widgets as selectors

Flash Player version 10.1 is required to interact with RS dashboards.