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Action buttons for dashboards

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Action buttons for dashboards

About action buttons

Action buttons are customized buttons that you can add at the top of a dashboard.

You can choose between different types of actions:

  • Open an internal link

    An internal link within your Dashboard Server instance. For example, when you want to link from one dashboard to another dashboard.Internal links use only the part of the URL that comes after .../SquaredUpv[version number]/. For example, if the full URL to a dashboard is https://mysquaredup.com/SquaredUpv5/page/dashboard-enterprise-applications, you need to use /page/dashboard-enterprise-applications.

  • Open a web link

    A link to any URL. For example, when you have a dashboard for monitoring a website or application, you can add a link to that website or application. Web links have to include the http:// or https:// prefix. These links will open in a new tab by default.

How to add an action button to a dashboard

  1. Go to the dashboard where you want to add the action button.

  2. Click on the edit button to go into edit mode.

  3. Click on the Edit actions button.

  4. Under Actions, click on the add button.

  5. Enter a name for your new action button.

  6. Select the type of action you want to create:

    • Open an internal link

      An internal link within your Dashboard Server instance. For example, when you want to link from one dashboard to another dashboard.Internal links use only the part of the URL that comes after .../SquaredUpv[version number]/. For example, if the full URL to a dashboard is https://mysquaredup.com/SquaredUpv5/page/dashboard-enterprise-applications, you need to use /page/dashboard-enterprise-applications.

    • Open a web link

      A link to any URL. For example, when you have a dashboard for monitoring a website or application, you can add a link to that website or application. Web links have to include the http:// or https:// prefix. These links will open in a new tab by default.

  7. Click done to save the action button.

  8. You can add more buttons or click done to finish adding buttons.

  9. Click publish to make the changes live.

    You can now see your newly added action button.