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Data Explorer

Article • 02.08.2022 • 2 minute(s) to read
Data Explorer

The Data Explorer enables Users to browse though Entities of a specific Entity Type.

The Data Explorer views multiple Entities at the same time, use the Data Viewer to show only one Entity at a time.

Control properties

  • Title - Caption rendered above the Form Control thus identifying it to the users.
  • Help text - Explanation of the Form Control shown below the Form Control.
  • Condition type - Allows you to hide the Form Control based on a Form Control Expression evaluating to true or false:
    • Display condition - Hides the Form Control when the Form Control Expression evaluates to false and shows it when the Form Control Expression evaluates to true.
  • Source - The Entities of this Entity Type are loaded into the Form Control.
  • Filters - Only those Entities of the selected Entity Type matching these filters are shown on the Form Control. If no filters are set, all Entities are shown.
    • Add filter - Creates a new filter
    • Attribute - Selects the Attribute this filter is applied on.
    • Value - Only Entities with a matching value in the selected Attribute will pass the filter. The value can be entered directly or as a Form Control Expression.
    • - Delete filter
  • Columns - All Attributes of the Entities that should be shown in the Form Control have to be configures as column:
    • Add column - Adds a new column to show an Attribute
    • Attribute - Select what Attribute this column shows
    • … - Configure the shown Attribute and the order:
      • Attribute - Select what Attribute this column shows
      • Display Order - Numerical display order of the columns. I.e., columns with a lower display order are to the left of columns with higher display orders.
      • Link to dashboard? - Creates a link to a Dashboard for all rows of the current column.
        • Value attribute for link - The value of this Attribute is send to the Dashboard as the value of the URL parameter. This can be different to the Attribute displayed by the column.
        • Dashboard - Target of the link, i.e., the Dashboard that will be opened
        • Url parameter name - Identifier of the URL parameter accepted by the Dashboard
    • - Deletes the column
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