Dashboard with Images

This chapter will cover the following:

• Adding an Image element to the dashboard;

• Download image from a local storage;

• Using the icon in the Image element;

• Download image via hyperlink;

• Disabling aspect ratio.

Adding Image

Step 1: Run the report designer;

Step 2: Create a dashboard or add it to a current report;

Step 3: Select the Image element in the toolbox of the report designer or on the Insert tab;

Step 4: Place the item on the dashboard panel;

Step 5: If the element editor does not open, double-click on the image;

Step 6: Download the image from the local storage, select the icon or specify a hyperlink to the image.

Loading an image from a local storage

Step 1: Double-click on the Image element to call the editor;

Step 2: Click the Open button;

Step 3: Select an image from the local storage, and click the Open button in the dialog box;

Step 4: Close the element editor;

Step 5: Go to the Preview.

An icon in the Image element

Step 1: Double-click on the Image element to call the editor;

Step 2: Click the Browse button in the Icon field, and select the icon in the drop-down list;

Step 3: Using the color palette element, you can change the color of the icon;

Step 4: Close the element editor;

Step 5: Go to the Preview.

An image by a hyperlink

Step 1: Double-click on the Image element to call the editor;

Step 2: Specify a link to the image in the Hyperlink field;

Step 4: Close the element editor;

Step 5: Go to the Preview.

Aspect ratio

By default, aspect ratio is enabled when loading an image. To disable the aspect ratio, you should do the following:

Step 1: Select the Image element;

Step 2: Set the value to False for the Aspect Ratio property.