Overview

Text widgets are great for adding labels or titles to your dashboards. You can include text formatting, links, and even rotate them.

Links

To add a link, select some text and click the “Create Link” button in the text toolbar. Enter the “URL”, and then choose where the link opens under “Open In”. Use “Same Window” for links to other screens in Spider Impact, like another dashboard, so that people can move between screens without leaving a trail of open windows behind them. Use “New Window”, the default, for everything else.

Outlines

You can choose an outline color for your text widget as well as the outline thickness.

Text Variables

You can use the following variables in text widgets:

• [today]
• [calendar]
• [calendar-period]
• [dashboard]
• [organization]

When you view the dashboard, these variables will be automatically replaced.