Spotfire® Web Client User Guide

Changing page navigation method in an analysis

You can add many pages to an analysis, each of them containing one or more visualizations. There are different methods to handle how to navigate between the pages.

About this task

The methods are:
  • Titled tabs
  • Step-by-step
  • History arrows
  • Off

Titled tabs


Titled tabs

The pages are indicated by titled tabs at the bottom or top of the analysis, and you click these tabs to switch pages. Use this method when you want to see the titles of the pages and be able to easily locate a certain page by its title.

If the analysis contains too many tabs to be shown at the same time, a double arrow is shown next to the plus sign. Click the double arrow to get a drop-down list of all pages in the analysis, from which you can select the wanted page. With the left and right arrows you can scroll horizontally through the pages.

If you want to change the order of the pages, drag the tab to a new position.
Note: The Titled tabs navigation must be used when you want to add a new page to an analysis.

Step-by-step



The pages are shown as numbered links, supplemented with Next and Previous links. This method can be useful when the order of the pages is important, and you want to present the analysis in a step-by-step flow.

History arrows



An analysis that is created in the installed client might be configured to guide the user through the pages via various action controls like buttons or links in text areas and certain visualizations. When the navigation is handled this way, the History arrows method might be suitable to use. You see only the name of the current page, and proceed to another page via an action control. However, the page history arrows next to the page title makes it possible to return to a previously visited page.

Off

You can also switch off all navigation, meaning that no tabs, links, or arrows will be available. In that case, the analysis workflow must be handled using action controls in the same way as described in History arrows (the analysis must have been created in the installed client). You get a cleaner look, which might be beneficial when, for example, there is only one page in the analysis, or you want less cluttered dashboards.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the navigation area at the bottom or top of the analysis.
  2. Select Page navigation, and the navigation method you want to use.