Controls

Create controls for your dashboards

Create interactive filters on dashboards so people can apply filters to one or multiple questions in a dashboard quickly. This works for all questions in Zing created with natural language, or with the visual query builder.

Quick summary:

  • Have control widgets that apply to one, multiple, or all questions on a dashboard
  • Include control widgets:
    • Controls can be simple selections from a list, can be numerical comparisons, open text inputs, or specific dates
    • Allow/disallow:
      • Search of values within a filter
      • Default values for a filter
      • Showing Null values in a filter
      • Multi-select of values

Add a new control to a dashboard

Controls are basically filters, customized for dashboard purposes. With Zing’s dashboard controls you can navigate your data with

List

  1. Select the control type “List”
  2. Select a field
  3. Preview the new control with your data

Extra options:

  1. Uncheck “Drop-Down” to get a simple list vs a drop down menu
  2. Uncheck “Allow multiple selection” so a user can only select one item
  3. Check “Show Null option” if the data includes null and you want to make it available
  4. Uncheck “Show search box” if your list is really short and search is not really needed
  5. Uncheck “Show all option” if you don’t want that all items can be selected all at once

List with a second list (subfield)

Add a subfield if you want a second list in your dashboard. Example as shown above with Regions in first drop-down menu and Airlines in second drop-down menu

List with no drop-down

Example above is showing a list with “Drop-Down” unchecked. Great for short lists and quick access.

Text

  1. Select the control type “Text”
  2. Select a field
  3. Preview the new control with your data

Number

  1. Select the control type “Number”
  2. Select a field
  3. By default the number control is for a single value. Select “Min Max” to limit results in the selected range.
  4. Preview the new control with your data

Date Range

  1. Select the control type “Date Range”
  2. Select a field
  3. Preview the new control with your data

Please note: with date range people can select from “is, is not, after, greater than or equal, before less than or equal, is empty, is not empty, between, not between, relative date”

Date

  1. Select the control type “Date”
  2. Select a field
  3. Pre-select a date that will show up in the dashboard
  4. Preview the new control with your data