Dashboards can become even more vivid with image widgets. You can add anything you want to be more expressive: logo, illustration, picture - you choose.
Single image
in EDIT mode, click on the 'image' icon
and upload an image;now you have a new widget that contains the image;
you can resize and replace it on the dashboard.
Image Bundle
To add several images put them in zip folder (up to 10 Mb) and upload it the same way as a single image.
Tags
The linking of images and control buttons is done through tags. Each image is assigned one or more tags that must exactly match the control. When a specific control option is chosen, the corresponding image will be displayed.
Auto-tagging while uploading
Before archiving images, you can organize them in folders. DataTile reads all hierarchies and finds images. During this process, auto-tagging begins. All names of files and folders become tags.
You can create additional tags by using hashtags '#' in the names of images or folders. For example, an image with the name: '#lays#blue#chips.png' will get tags 'lays', 'blue', and 'chips' after uploading.
Matching between a control and a tag is case-insensitive and space-tolerant. Ex., 'Vector Cola' and 'vector cola ' in DataTile are considered as the same tag.
The tagging mechanism is designed for convenience in international tracking services, where the same product may have localized logos for different countries. In such cases, images with the same name are typically stored in country-specific folders and can be uploaded to DataTile in this format.
Managing tags afterloading
If some tags were missed during uploading or you need to create a new control, you can add tags manually.
click on 'Image Bundle' in the widget menu
get to the list of pictures and, going to each one separately, add tags to the search box, click the '+' button
. If the control and the widget are already linked, the system will prompt you when searching.existing tags can be deleted, but not edited.
Linking an image to a control
After uploading an image widget appears on the dashboard. To link widgets and controls choose a control and assign it as a 'tag' to the image widget. You can link the widget to several controls, in this case, the condition of image appearance becomes more complicated.
If the image tags and the names of the control buttons are different, you need to add new tags that will match the control.
There is an option Default State - it is an image that is displayed when nothing else is selected or no image corresponding to the state of the controls is found.
Replacing a single image in the Image Bundle
Go into the Image Bundle, select the picture you want to replace, click on the 'upload' icon and load a replacement picture.
Adding images to existing ones
Go into the Image Bundle, make sure nothing is selected, click on the 'upload' icon and upload an image or zip-archive of no more than 10 megabytes.