EspressDashboard User's guide

Welcome to the EspressDashboard Online User's Guide.

Here you will find information about all the functions and features in EspressDashboard. For additional API resources, please refer to the API JavaDoc for both the Report API and EDAB API.

EspressDashboard Users guide consists of several elements:

QuickStart

This is a good starting point for EspressDashboard first time users. It explains some of the most commonly used features, and provides examples of administration, report and chart design, and publishing.

Administration

This section provides an overview of EDAB along with installation instructions, and information for administering the reporting environment.

Organizer

This section explains how to use the Organizer interface, security features, and provides information about using and connecting to different data sources.

Designing Reports & Charts

This section explains how to use all the design tools including the Chart Designer, thin-client QuickDesigner Reports and QuickDesigner Charts.

Designing Maps

This section explains how to use Map Builder interface for creating Google and Bit maps.

Designing Dashboards

This section explains how to use Dashboard Builder interface to create and deploy dashboards as well as migrating Dashboards from one EDAB Server to another.

Publishing (Menus & URLs)

This section covers the built-in publishing features available with EDAB.

Programming

This section explains how to use the EDAB API to manage users and groups, customize the menu page, call the Organizer, and create a menu page listener.

Configuration

This section explains how to configure EspressDashboard to run with different application servers and databases.

Internationalization

Explains how to set EDAB to create dashboards in virtually any language and locale-specific formating.

Alerts

Explains how to monitor your KPI (Key Performance Indicator) alerts.

If you upgraded from an older EDAB version, you might be interested in seeing the list of V7.0 new features.

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