Slideshows

Slideshows are a presentation of dashboards/widgets that can rotate them with regular intervals.

Manage Slideshows

This section explains on how to add, view, share, update and delete slideshows in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server.

Slideshows that are accessible by the user depending on the user’s permission will be displayed in the slideshows page.

Add Slideshows

This section explains on how to add slideshow in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server. Slideshow can be added in the Dashboard Server only when you have Create permission All Slideshow.

Steps to add a Slideshow

1. Click on the Create button in the menu and select Slideshow to add a slideshow.

   

2. Fill the form with Name and Duration for slideshow and click on the Add Dashboards & Widgets in the Create Slideshow dialog box.

   

3. Select the required type Dashboards or Widgets from dropdown.

   1. Dashboards - If the Dashboards type is chosen, after that select the category from Select Category dropdown and corresponding dashboards under that selected category will be displayed in the Select Dashboards dropdown.

      

      

   2. Widgets - If the Widgets type is chosen, after that select the widgets from Select Widgets dropdown.

      

4. After selecting the dashboards, widgets from Select Dashboards and Select Widgets dropdown respectively Add button will enable. In the Select Dashboards, if All option is chosen, it will add all dashboards in that category. In the Select Widgets, if All option is chosen, it will add all widgets to the slideshow.

   

5. Click on the Add button.

   

6. Multiple dashboards or widgets can be added for creating slideshow. It will display the added dashboards/widgets for slideshow as shown below,

   

7. After adding dashboards/widgets for slideshow. Click on the Create button, it will add the slideshow into Syncfusion Dashboard Server.

   

NOTE

Read Write Delete permission for that Specific Slideshow will be added for the user who created the slideshow.

View Slideshows

This section explains on how to view slideshows in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server.

Created slideshows can be viewed by clicking on either the Actions button in the slideshow grid context menu and select Open or the name from slideshow listing page.

Once it is opened, selected dashboards/widgets are viewed as presentation, changing one another in given time interval like below,

Options to view the previous dashboard/widget in presentation, to pause the presentation, to view the next dashboard/widget in presentation and to view the presentation in full screen are provided.

Share Slideshows

Slideshows must be shared for users or groups, so that it can be accessed by them.

If the slideshow contains public dashboards, anyone with this link will be able to view its contents, only if the slideshows are shared to them.

If the slideshow contains private dashboards, only users who have access to that slideshow can navigate to it using the link, but users with appropriate permissions alone will be able to view the items in slideshow.

This section explains on how to share slideshows with the other users in the Dashboard Server.

Steps to share a Slideshow

1. Click the Actions button in the slideshows grid context menu and select Manage Permissions option.

   

2. Select the permission access from the Select Access dropdown and select the users or groups to share the slideshow.

   

3. After selecting the access and users or groups, click on the Add Permission button.

   

NOTE

Only the user who created the slideshow and the administrator can share the slideshow with other Dashboard Server users.

Remove Permission

The user who created the slideshow and the administrator can remove the shared slideshow permissions using the Remove option in the Actions column of the each permissions.

Link to Slideshows

This section explains on how to get link to the slideshows in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server.

These links are used to navigate to the slideshow and can be shared with others.

Get Link option is available for all the slideshows in the grid.

Follow the below steps to get the link of a slideshow.

1. Click on the context menu of the respective slideshow and choose Get Link option.

   

2. The Get Link dialog will be opened. Click on Click to Copy to get the get link.

   

Update Slideshows

This section explains on how to modify existing slideshows in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server.

Steps to update a Slideshow

Name, Duration and the Dashboards/Widgets listed for slideshow can be changed in the Edit Slideshow dialog box.

1. Click on the Edit option in the context menu of the respective slideshow.

   

2. Dashboards/Widgets for the slideshow can be added or removed.

   1. To remove the listed Dashboards/Widgets added for the slideshow, click on the icon as shown below,

      

   2. To add the dashboard/widget for the slideshow, click on the Add Dashboards & Widgets in the Edit Slideshow dialog box.

      

   • Select the required type Dashboards or Widgets from dropdown.

     Dashboards - If the Dashboards type is chosen, after that select the category from Select Category dropdown and corresponding dashboards under that selected category will be displayed in the Select Dashboards dropdown.

     

     

     Widgets - If the Widgets type is chosen, after that select the widgets from Select Widgets dropdown.

     

   • After selecting the dashboards, widgets from select dashboards and select widgets dropdown respectively Add button will enable and click on the Add button.

     

3. After making changes to the Name, Duration and Dashboards/Widgets listed for slideshow, Click on the Save button in the Update Slideshow dialog box .

   

Delete Slideshows

Slideshow can also be deleted from the Dashboard server when they are no longer required.

Click the Actions button in the slideshows grid context menu and select Delete to delete the slideshow.