Add content to panes in your navigation items

Once the panes layout and navigation items are configured, add content to the panes in the navigation items.

Note the following:

• Each pane can display a different content item.

• Each navigation item can display different content in its panes.

• The layout and pane properties are set by the root navigation item.

• Navigation items that are automatically populated children from the parent's asset reference cannot have customized content in their panes. Their panes are automatically populated.

Automatically populate a pane with a dashboard based on content type

A pane can automatically populate with a dashboard based on the asset reference and content type. The advantage of this is that if an experience has multiple navigation items that each reference a different asset, you can set the content type on the parent navigation item, and each child item automatically displays the relevant dashboard for its asset. For example, an experience might include separate navigation items for Turbine1, Turbine2, and Turbine3. Each represents a different wind turbine on a wind farm. If a pane automatically fills the Maintenance/Predictive content type, it fills with the predictive maintenance dashboard for each turbine in its respective navigation item.

This must be configured on the root navigation item.

In order to display a dashboard automatically:

• In the pane settings:

  • At least one content type must be selected in the Content types property.

  • Follow asset context must be enabled.

• For the navigation item, an asset reference must be assigned.

• There must be a dashboard associated with the selected content type and asset reference. Note that if multiple dashboards match the content type and asset reference, the first match is automatically selected.

Add content to a pane

Rather than automatically populating a pane, you can manually select content to display in it. You can add a content item, graphic, or existing dashboard.

When content is manually added to a pane, it overrides the auto-fill settings for the pane.

To add content to a pane:

1. Select the pane you want to add content to.

2. Select Add content near the top of the page.

3. Select the content you want to add, then select Select.

4. Configure the properties. The properties that appear depend on the type of content:

   • Content items and graphics: While most properties are the same as when adding content to a dashboard, the following properties are unique to adding content to an experience:

     • Follow asset context: This is enabled by default. The content uses the navigation item's referenced asset as its data source. If you have an experience with navigation items that reference different assets, this allows you to add and configure content for one navigation item, then auto-fill it for the other navigation items. For each navigation item, the content shows data for the asset referenced by that particular navigation item.

       For content items in the Visualization category (for example, a column chart or line chart), this applies to asset stream ref data sources. Stream data sources are not affected by the asset context.

       For graphics, the asset context applies to any property fields that are configured with an asset stream ref data source.

     • Follow time context: This is enabled by default. The content uses the time set by the time selector content item. See Add a time selector for details about adding a time selector to the experience.

       For details about the other properties, see Add content to an experience or dashboard

       Note: If you swap content, streams or assets added to the previous content are not saved.

   • Dashboards: The following properties can be configured for a dashboard added to an experience.

     • Follow asset context: This is enabled by default. The dashboard uses the navigation item's referenced asset as its asset context. This affects any content in the dashboard that is configured to follow the asset context. If you have an experience with navigation items that reference different assets, this allows you to add a dashboard for one navigation item, and then its content will automatically update based on the navigation item. For each navigation item, the dashboard's content shows data for the asset referenced by that particular navigation item.

     • Follow time context: This is enabled by default. The dashboard uses the time set by the time selector content item. This affects any content in the dashboard that is configured to follow the time context. See Add a time selector for details about adding a time selector to the experience.

     • Show original background: This appears for canvas dashboards. The background color or image configured for the dashboard displays.

     • Show card background: This appears for grid dashboards. The card background displays for the content items in the dashboard.

     • Show card outlines: This appears for grid dashboards. The card outlines display for the content items in the dashboard.

About dashboards in experiences

Note the following about dashboards in experiences:

• If a grid dashboard has a canvas dashboard embedded in it, using it in an experience is not supported. It may not respond to the asset context or time context.

• If Follow asset context or Follow time context are disabled for the dashboard, buttons appear at the top of the pane to set the asset context or time context for the dashboard manually.

• You can interact with content within a grid dashboard, but cannot interact with content in a canvas dashboard. This limitation only applies in the experience designer. Viewers running the experience can interact with content in either dashboard type.

Hide pane names

It can be helpful to hide the pane names when adding or modifying content in an experience. To hide the pane names, select Hide pane names from the experience dropdown at the top of the page.

This setting only affects the current session. It doesn't affect viewers; pane names are not shown when viewing a dashboard.