How to add Custom Date Range Picker widget in a Bold BI dashboard

Follow these steps to publish the custom widget into the Bold BI application and use it to filter data based on the date along with the year.

1. Download the Custom Date Range Picker widget.

2. Publish the custom widget to the Bold BI application with a help link.

3. Once you publish the custom widget, the Custom Date Range Picker widget will appear under the Miscellaneous section of the designer panel, as in the following image.
   

   

4. Drag and drop the widget and configure the data. The Custom Date Range Picker widget will render as in the following image.
   

   

Improvement in the Custom Date Range Picker Widget

To debug and make changes in the custom widget, follow these steps:*

• Unpack the Custom Date Range Picker widget (CustomDateRangePicker.bicw) by following the steps in the mentioned link
• Add the debugger to the sourcefile.js file’s init() method. Also, add the needed changes to the sourcefile.js file.
• Publish the custom widget by following the steps in this link.
• Now, open the new dashboard in the Bold BI designer.
• Open the Developer Tools in the browser.
• Drag and drop the Custom Date Range Picker widget in the Designer.
• Now, the debugger will trigger.