See the references to a Parameter

There are many ways to use a Parameter (see the following chapters).
To see a summary of all p laces where a Parameter is used, click on the Parameter name under the “Parameters Bindings” list :

Parameter select

The list at the bottom of the dialog shows all the references to this Parameter :

Parameter references

Each reference is described as :

  • Item Type : type of item referencing the Parameter
  • Item Name : name of the item referencing the Parameter
  • Description : description of the reference

The types of references can be :

  • Binding master (FieldName) : the Parameter is receiving values from the field “FieldName” of a Master Widget
  • Binding listener : the Parameter is sending filter values to a Listener Widget
  • Custom query parameter/value : the Parameter is being used inside a Custom Query
  • Programmability parameter : the Parameter is being sent as argument to a Stored Procedure
  • Expression argument/value : the Parameter is being used as a value inside an Expression
  • Data main filter : the Parameter is being used as a filter value for a Data Source
  • Widget main filter : the Parameter is being used as a filter value for a Widget
  • Query time parameter : the Parameter is being used for the time settings of a Historian Query
  • Column conditional formatting : the Parameter is being used as a comparison value in a Grid Widget’s conditional formatting
  • Label content : the Parameter is being used as a text value to replace text inside a Label Widget, or to replace part of the URL of an Embed Widget
  • Widget header : the Parameter is being used as a text value to replace part of a Widget’s header
  • PDF document selection the Parameter is being used to select one of multiple PDF files inside the PDF Widget

See the binding to a Parameter

To see which Widgets are connected to a Parameter, click on the Parameter name under the “Parameters Bindings” list :

Parameter view links

List of Parameters

To the middle is a list of dashboard Parameters.

Master binding

To the left are the links to Master Widgets : this is the Widgets that can send a value into the Parameter.

Listener binding

To the right are the links to Listener widgets : this is the Widgets that will receive a value from the Parameter.

See Parameter-Listener relationship

To see how a Listener Widget will become filtered, click on the Listener Widget :

Parameter Listener view links

The link to Parameters is displayed in the middle.

At the bottom, is displayed a list of all filter actions configured for each Parameter :

  • on the left : the field name from the Data Source
  • on the middle : a boolean comparison operator
  • on the right : the Parameter name
  • at the bottom left : a checkbox to disable this filtering
  • at the bottom right : an optional formatting applied to the Data Source field
Last modified: Aug 26, 2020

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