How to Disable (Hide) Dashboard Parameters in Embedded Dashboards in Bold BI

You can prevent end-users from seeing or re-enabling dashboard parameters in embedded dashboards while keeping parameters available in the Bold BI portal for designers. This restriction is enforced on the server to avoid client-side tampering.

Applies to: Embedded dashboards only (Bold BI Embed SDK)
To validate, ensure you already have:
A published dashboard to embed
An application that embeds dashboards using the Bold BI Embed SDK

Configuration Steps:

Step 1. Embed the dashboard using the Bold BI Embed SDK.

Before embedding, keep (or add) the viewer option that disables parameters:

Step 2. Disable dashboard parameters in the embed configuration

Set viewer.dashboardParameter to false in your embed configuration.

viewer: {
 dashboardParameter: false
}

Example code placement in VS Code:

In an ASP.NET Core Bold BI embedding application, the embed configuration is defined in the client‑side JavaScript file located at:
wwwroot/js/Index.js

Step 3. Verify the embedded dashboard

Run the application.
Load the embedded dashboard in your application and verify that parameters are hidden.

Step 4. (Optional) Validate that the portal experience is unchanged.

Open the same dashboard in the Bold BI portal and confirm parameters are still available for design and analysis.

Behavior Comparison

Scenario	Earlier Versions	v15.3+
Parameter enforcement	Client-side	Server-side
JavaScript override	Possible	Not possible
Embedded dashboards	Parameters could be shown	Parameters always hidden
Bold BI portal	Parameters available	Parameters available

Example Embed SDK configuration

var embedConfig = {
 dashboardId: "<dashboard-id>",
 embedType: "dashboard",
 environment: "enterprise",
 viewer: {
   dashboardParameter: false
 }
};

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Written by Erick Oloo Awino

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