Logging In and Using Dashboard

Now you can explore Dashboard features. Certain features are not available because the example project is a simple one.

  • The example charts don’t use filter parameters, so the Quick Edit feature is not available.
  • The example charts don’t use Related Charts list, so the Related Charts feature is not available.

Procedure

  1. In the Dashboard login window, enter the username admin and password admin. You see two blank charts.

    When a backing store is in use, any data from earlier sessions would be saved to the database, and would display in the charts when you log in again.

  2. Open the readme.html file provided with the TickerTracker example:

    TIBCO_HOME/examples/views/TickerTracker/readme.html

  3. Click the form to send the data for TIBCO stock through the HTTP channel to the Ticker event.

    The Ticker event triggers the OnTicker rule. The rule creates an instance of the M_TickerTracker metric. The DS_TickersSortedByPrice data source executes the query that sends M_TickerTracker metric data to the client (Dashboard) which displays the data in its charts.

  4. Fill in the form with new prices for the same ticker, and also add some other companies’ details to send more messages to the engine. If you use actual ticker symbols, the external URL link will take you to a valid page.
  5. To see the external URL link in action, left-click on a table row or chart bar and select Links > Financial info:

    When you click the link, the Yahoo Finance page for the symbol opens in a new tab, as configured in Adding URL Links to Metric Fields.

  6. Left-click on any row or bar and select DrillDown. You see the search page showing the drill-down information for the row you selected.
  7. In the Drilldown Results section, expand the row to see more details from the metric instance that provided the chart data.

    You can change the Group By field value to see the effect on the display, and expand the row groupings again. In this limited example, the results are not interesting, because for all fields except Ticker there is only one row in a group.

  8. The Ticker and CompanyName fields are both hyperlinks, because you defined an external URL link for Ticker and an internal URL link for CompanyName. In the CompanyName column, click TIBCO.

    You see the details of the Company concept you configured in Adding URL Links to Metric Fields.

    Expand the drilldown results to see the related concept you configured, Employees.

  9. In the Query Manager panel, you can define an ad-hoc query. You can then click Execute to view the data in the Drilldown Results panel, or Export to export the data. You can see various export options on the Export dialog.

Result

You have completed the TIBCO BusinessEvents Views Getting Started tutorial.

You can extend the tutorial example to explore more features. For example you can add data sources that use parameters, multi-page views, and so on. See TIBCO BusinessEvents Views Developer’s Guide for details.