The Label Widget is a custom dashboard widget intended to display label text, such as headings, descriptions, or instructions, within a FlowWright dashboard.
Navigate to the Manage > Dashboards page.
Click the Actions > Create menu option on the Manage Dashboard page to create a new dashboard. Provide the dashboard name and display order number.
The dashboard designer canvas opens on a new page. Drag the Label widget from the toolbox onto the designer canvas. Click the Edit icon to configure it.
The Configure Widget UI properties are shown in the pop-up window below. Choose between the STATIC and SQL label types. For the Static type, enter the label text. At runtime, when the label is clicked, the action can be None or Hyperlink. Choose None in this example. Select the label background and text colors from the color palette. Select the label style from bold, italic, underline, and border. Select the label alignment: left, center, or right. Select the font size from the drop-down list. Click the Save button.
On the dashboard designer canvas, choose the UI > Preview menu to view the dashboard.
The Label widget dashboard appears on the new page.
In the example below, the label type is Hyperlink, and the URI points to one of the application pages. Click the Save button. Note: URI paths to external sites do not work.
On the dashboard designer canvas, choose UI > Preview to view the dashboard. The Label widget dashboard opens on the new page. Click the hyperlink to navigate to the configured page.
In the example below, the label type is configured as SQL. Select the database connection from the drop-down list. Provide the correct SQL SELECT syntax for the Label widget algorithm. Use the $dateFilter (wildcard syntax) in the WHERE condition and an appropriate date column reference. Click the “Test Query” button to validate the SQL SELECT syntax. Select the label type as Hyperlink, and set the URI to point to one of the application pages. Click the Save button.
On the dashboard designer canvas, choose UI > Preview to view the dashboard. The Label widget dashboard opens on the new page. Click the hyperlink to navigate to the configured page.
The pop-up window displays the page content as configured.
To view the dashboard in the menu pane, select Utils > Show/Hide on the dashboard designer canvas.
Refresh the FlowWright Dashboard page to see the updated dashboard in the left pane, as shown below.
