Dashboards Add-On: ComboBox – Multiple Select

Click here to download the add-on.

You can install this Add-on in Dashboards 4.0 or higher via the ‘Add-On Manager’.
After this Add-on is installed, you will find a new component in the Add-Ons folder called:

Dragging this component to your canvas will display a button:

Selecting this button will give you an option to set the following properties:

General

In this section we have an option to open the combo box with preselected values. The user can save their selections and use the same when opening through a backend table or set default values in the master data area itself.

> Source

Select the array which contains the data for selection (exclude headers in selection).
It should consist of 3 columns; Label, Selected, Key.
The example above would open the combo Box in default selection as Europe and USA:

Selections can be written back based on the positions or keys in a table or in a single cell.

> Selections

> Customer Key

If you do not want the Just-BI BV banner to show up when using this combox you have to enter a valid customer key.
To get your free Customer Key please contact Chris Halder.
Behavior

The dynamic visibility property can be set in this tab. Please note if you plan to use this property the status value cannot be blank, you will have to give any default value to it.
Appearance

There is a vast range of setting to adjust the look and fill of the dropdown list and tooltip which we can use.

If you have any questions or remarks, please leave a comment in the comment section below or contact Chris Halder.