Marquee
The Element type Marquee allows you to display scrolling text on the dashboard. This element is useful for presenting announcements, alerts, or other dynamic textual content.
This feature is deprecated by most webbrowsers and will also be removed from Business Portals soon.
Configuring a Marquee
To configure a marquee, follow these steps:
- Click on the search icon in the top-right corner .
- Search for Business Portals - Dataset List and open the page.
- Select the dataset you want to configure the element for.
- On the newly opened dataset page, execute the action Dashboard Groups.
- Create a new line or select an existing one. For more info about how to set up a dashboard, follow this documentation.
- To assign the element the marquee type, select it via the Element View Style field.
- To assign a dataset, select one via the Dataset Table Code field. If there are none visible, refer to this documentation on how to set up dataset tables.
- There is a fact box called Web Content on the page. If it's not visible, click on the info icon in the top-right corner.
- Execute the Edit action of the fact box.
- Here you can define all properties of your marquee.
Tip
The Marquee element is ideal for displaying continuously updating information or important notifications.
Metadata for Marquee
In the General section, you can define the basic properties of the marquee:
- Caption: Defines the label shown for the marquee element.
- CSS Class - Header: Specifies a custom CSS class for styling the header.
- CSS Class - Content: Specifies a custom CSS class for styling the content.
Marquee Settings
In the Text section, you can configure the scrolling content:
- Text: Defines the message that will be displayed in the scrolling marquee.
Styling a Marquee Element
You can style the marquee element using custom CSS classes defined in the CSS Class - Header and CSS Class - Content fields. This allows for better integration with the overall dashboard design.