Dashboard Overview

Dashboards provide an overview of pre-defined metrics relevant to a particular goal or process. Associated metrics are displayed using graphs, charts, or other visual elements.

Basic implementation

To build a dashboard simply create a class that implements the IDashboard interface.

There are two interface members that must be implemented:

• string Title The dashboard title as it will be listed in the sidebar.
• IList<IMetricDefinition\> MetricDefinitions Defines the list of metrics to be displayed on the dashboard. See Building Metrics for more details.

A dashboard implementation might look like this:

using Linkerion.Centias.Displayables.Metrics;
using Linkerion.Centias.Pages.Dashboards;

public class CustomDashboard : IDashboard
{
    public string Title { get; } = "My Dashboard";
    
    public IList<IMetricDefinition> MetricDefinitions => 
        [
            // Add metrics here
        ];
}

Dashboard Metrics

There are currently four types of metrics available in Centias:

Distribution Metric

Displays the distribution of values across various categories using a pie chart. See Distribution Metrics for more details.

Progress Metric

Visualizes the progress towards a pre-defined target value in the form of a progress bar. See Progress Metrics for more details.

Trend Metric

Shows the development of values over time in a line chart. See Trend Metrics for more details.

Value Metric

Displays an absolute value at the current point of time. Enables users to view values from 30, 60, and 90 days ago along with their percentage changes. See Value Metrics for more details.

Authorization

Dashboards can be protected with the [Authorize] attribute, allowing only logged-in users that fulfill the authorization requirements to access them. This feature only works in combination with Authentication.

using Linkerion.Centias.Displayables.Metrics;
using Linkerion.Centias.Pages.Dashboards;

[Authorize(Roles = "Manager")] 
public class CustomDashboard : IDashboard
{
    public string Title { get; } = "My Dashboard";
    
    public IList<IMetricDefinition> MetricDefinitions => 
        [
            // Add metrics here
        ];
}