Possible to create dashboards that can be linked to each other?

Hello,

I am building some dashboards with BIRT onDemand and I am curious if there is a way to have the dashboards be navigated through like hyperlinks or some method. Or is there a way to have the dashboards content dynamically change what gadgets are being displayed etc. I am trying to do a drill through and I want my dashboard to start with a general overview of all departments and then drill down into department level information and then into project level. Currently I do not see a way to really do this with the dashboard framework but maybe I am missing something?

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averma

Hi gdittmar,
You can use Actuate JSAPI to load and display dashboards, provide access to gadgets contained within the dashboard in your own page through some hyperlinks. Here is the link to JSAPI documentation, specifically look into actuate.Dashboard class can help you achieve what you want.
Different gadgets within the dashboard could also be linked to each other for data analysis, take a look at my blog, it has some examples with videos to help you get started:
http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/blog/3/entry-252-link-up-birt-reports-in-your-dashboard/
Chapter 4 in the following documentation has more information on this topic:
http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/Manuals11SP3/building-dashboards.pdf

gdittmar

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'averma'" data-cid="98859" data-time="1334172381" data-date="11 April 2012 - 12:26 PM">
Hi gdittmar, 
You can use Actuate JSAPI to load and display dashboards, provide access to gadgets contained within the dashboard in your own page through some hyperlinks. Here is the link to JSAPI documentation, specifically look into actuate.Dashboard class can help you achieve what you want. 
Different gadgets within the dashboard could also be linked to each other for data analysis, take a look at my blog, it has some examples with videos to help you get started: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/blog/3/entry-252-link-up-birt-reports-in-your-dashboard/'>http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/blog/3/entry-252-link-up-birt-reports-in-your-dashboard/</a> 
Chapter 4 in the following documentation has more information on this topic: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/Manuals11SP3/building-dashboards.pdf'>http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/Manuals11SP3/building-dashboards.pdf</a> </blockquote>
 
So to get the functionality I am looking for I would need to build my dashboards in an external site and then call the gadget through that API in js? Right now I have an onDemand account so is there a way to call this stuff from the cloud hosted service or does this all need to be hosted on my own hardware for that to work? Currently I am trying to make some drill downs's which I can only see doing now by having a main dashboard that will need to use components from a report I made to then drill down into the the next "dashboard" which is a report that has all the information I need given certain parameters. I was hoping there would be a way to build multiple dashboard tabs and then be able to link them in the cloud service through some hyper-linking.

Chezy

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'gdittmar'" data-cid="98900" data-time="1334257711" data-date="12 April 2012 - 12:08 PM">
So to get the functionality I am looking for I would need to build my dashboards in an external site and then call the gadget through that API in js? Right now I have an onDemand account so is there a way to call this stuff from the cloud hosted service or does this all need to be hosted on my own hardware for that to work? Currently I am trying to make some drill downs's which I can only see doing now by having a main dashboard that will need to use components from a report I made to then drill down into the the next "dashboard" which is a report that has all the information I need given certain parameters. I was hoping there would be a way to build multiple dashboard tabs and then be able to link them in the cloud service through some hyper-linking. </blockquote>
 
Using JSAPI is one way to do the integration. You can also use this URL to link to different dashboards. This isthe url syntax: 
http://<bodaccounturl>/iportal/dashboard?__design=/myhome/mydashboard.dashboard 
 
You can do this in cloud hosted service.