Click on “New Panel” in the fPanels Designer home page to add a new panel.

Select the type of panel you wish to create. There are many types to choose from and the page offers thumbnails and brief descriptions either by clicking on the icon next to the select list, or clicking through the select list. The options are:

• Table - grid of data
• Details - values for one row of data
• Indicator - icon to indicate positive/negative/no change
• Chart - many different styles of grid based charts
• Text List - free text list of each row of data
• List View - formatted list of limited values
• Image - panel with just an image
• Narrative - text, optional containing live placeholders
• Gauge - single value dial format
• Scatter - scatter chart
• Timeline - date/time based data presented proportionately on a single line
• Gantt Chart - project task style data with completion levels
• Network Graph - displays multi-level data relationships
• Relationships - relationships between records
• Word Cloud - proportionately sized text
• Button - simple button to execute a command
• Map - points, areas, bubbles and heat maps
• Map Overlay Filter - select map items by area (only available if dashboard contains a map panel)
• Menu - a list of links, each of which is a command
• Filter Panel - filters other panels based on user-selected values
• Range Panel - filters other panels based on user-selected ranges of values

Select the data required from a data group in one of the DSD sets. You can leave this until later.

Depending on the type selected, some options will not be available

The Layout Box option lets you specify the box into which the panel is displayed. If you enter a box name (a default will be provided), fPanels will warn you if it is an existing box (which may be used already by other panels). If the name does not already exist, an appropriately sized box will be created to the right of all others when the panel is created.

Alternatively you can select a box by clicking on the icon to then right of the entry box; this will popup a representation of then layout. Click the box you wish to use.

Give the panel a unique Id. This may NOT be changed after the panel has been created.

You can also give the panel a heading at this stage although it may be changed in the Panels Texts page.

Some panel types require a “Referred Panel”. these are :

• Details
• Filter Panel
• Range Panel

Select the panel to which this panel refers.

Connected Map is required for a Map Overlay Filter panel. Select the map panel which this panel filters.

If the panel type is “Chart”, select the required chart type.

Click “Add Panel” to create the panel. You will be taken to an appropriate next page based on the type if panel created.