{"id":185321,"date":"2014-04-03T23:06:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T23:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=185321"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:23:14","slug":"operations-dashboard-in-a-browser","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/ops-dashboard\/decision-support\/operations-dashboard-in-a-browser","title":{"rendered":"Operations Dashboard in a browser"},"author":3651,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141,24371,37121],"tags":[24551,23331],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36671,36551],"class_list":["post-185321","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","category-public-safety","category-real-time","tag-mobile-gis","tag-situational-awareness","product-apps","product-ops-dashboard","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"In March we rolled out quite a few updates to Esri products and the Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS was no exception.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

\"\"<\/a>In March we rolled out quite a few updates to Esri products and the Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS was no exception. A lot of exciting new features were added and you can find a full list of updates on our\u00a0doc site<\/a>\u00a0or a preview of them from this\u00a0blog article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most sought after request that we added this release is to extend the reach of Dashboard beyond Windows Desktops and laptops and add support for tablets (iPads and Android tablets) so that more people within the organization can use it. With the 10.2.2 release, we have done just that by building Dashboard into the browser so it can run across platforms.<\/p>\n

This blog article will describe how you can author operation views that target the browser and highlight capabilities within the browser app itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authoring an Operation View for the browser Dashboard in a web browser<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dashboard browser app targets the consumer of an operation view. The Windows app is still required \u2013 it is the publisher of an operation view but now you can use either the Windows app or your web browser to open and use an Operation View.<\/p>\n

First, only single display Operation Views are supported in the browser. The single display operation view type defines the user experience for the browser. It makes it simple and easy to understand.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you have existing operation views you can save it as a single display operation or create a new one from scratch but you will need to use the Windows app to do it. The Save As and New dialogs include the ability for you to set the Operation View type. So if you have an existing view that is a multi display view, you can save a copy of it to a single display view and then use it in the browser.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Single display operation views organize widgets into a series of panels that you can either swipe through or display side by side. They are docked together and alongside of your map widget. Each panel has a set of layout options that you can choose from to build your operation view.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Once you have authored a single display operation view you can share it inside of your ArcGIS organization via groups so that others have access to open and use it. Within the Windows Dashboard you can also share a link directly and embed it in a web page or send it by email.<\/p>\n

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Using Operations Dashboard in a browser<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tapping on the link either from within your ArcGIS organization or from an email will open the operation view in your browser. If you are using a Windows desktop or tablet and you click on the item from within your organization\u2019s web site it will ask you if you want to open it in either the Windows app or the Browser app. Quite often you will be opening the link on your iPad though and here the Dashboard will immediately open in a browser. If not already signed in to your organization it will ask you to do that first as Dashboard requires you have a named user to use it.<\/p>\n

You will find that the look and feel of Operations Dashboard in a browser is very familiar to using Windows. Panels are located in the same place, you can tap through each of the panels or expand to see multiple, the map is to the right and the map tools are located in the top left of the map widget.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are some differences between the two due to the nature of running in a web browser and design for touch screen tablets. Here is an example of where you right click to access feature actions in a list when in Windows but you will tap a button to access feature actions in the browser.<\/p>\n

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One of the optimizations made in the Browser app comes when looking at graphical widgets like the Gauge widget. Here you can view the gauge just as you can within the Windows app but you can also tap on the gauge to view textual details about the information being reported.<\/p>\n

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Things you should know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There are a few things about the browser app you should know:<\/p>\n