Thanks Brad, that is something I have already done and should be done in conjunction with the Today (or Today-X) default. However, what we are after is getting a default date in the field so that without any user action the dashboard will filter for a reasonable dataset. We could then also enable the Auto Retrieve/refresh. We would like to remove actions required to query for the data that works 80% of the time.
-Rick
-Rick
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "brad_boes" <bboes@...> wrote:
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> Aside from Ted's suggestion, you could also go into the tracker properties and click the checkbox to make the search criteria required.
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> Then if you have a date search drop down the dashboard will not run unless a date is entered. this is good for those wide open quearies that can bring the system to its knees if nothing is entered.
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> Let me know if you need specifics on these.
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> Brad Boes
> Metalworks
> 9.05.700C P64
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> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "that_guyy" <rbird@> wrote:
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> > Does anyone have any suggestions or step by step on how to do what Ted is suggesting for Tracy's question? We would like to do this too on most of our dashboards to be something like today-60 so that a lot of our dashboards would automatically have a filter so that the user would not have to select one and this could prevent a dashboard from pulling too much data by default.
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> > -Rick
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> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Ted Koch <tkoch77@> wrote:
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> > > In tracker customization you should be able to use the script editor to set the value.
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> > > ________________________________
> > > From: tracy.tmat <tracy.smith@>
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 10:21 AM
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Dashboard Tracker - Default Dashboard Prompt to Today
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> > > Is it possible to set up a dashboard with a filter on a date field to default to today? We're on Vantage 8.03.409a - Thanks.
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