How to change widget title dynamically based on label parameters

Bold BI Application allows users to change the name of the widget’s title based on the label parameters. Users can also be able to apply the label parameter on the text widget, as explained in this article.

Using label parameters in Widgets title

Follow the steps below to add label parameters on the widget title.

1. Choose the column to show as a label parameter then open the properties tab and go to the Name section in the properties tab.

   

   Note: Label parameters can also be added to the subheading section.

2. Specify the syntax for the label parameter as {{: Column_Name}}.If the same column name is available in more than one data source, mention the data source name before the column with the following syntax. {{:DataSourceName.Column_Name}}.

   Note: In the Bold BI application, if the valid label parameter is used, the text block will be highlighted in the widget preview.

3. Change the widget title with the syntax mentioned above, and it will show as below.

   

4. Add the required titles to the label parameters.

   

5. Preview the dashboard to ensure the changes.

   

6. Filter the dashboard based on the department to dynamically update the widget title.

   

   Note: In the above example, the dimension fields are used as label parameters. Users can also show the measure and date dimensions fields with various functions in the label parameter. For example, users can show the maximum number of patients or minimum waiting time in widgets using the available functions like Minimum, and Maximum. Refer to the UG documentation for more details on the available list of functions and their syntaxes for measure and dimension fields.

Using label parameters in Text widget

To add label parameters in the text widgets, follow the given steps:

1. Drag and drop a text widget to the Dashboard Designer as shown below:

   

2. In the Patient Experience Analysis dashboard, a text widget is added to showcase the overview report for a day as shown in the following screenshot. The syntax for mentioning the label parameters in the text widget is like the syntax for using the label parameters in the widget’s title section.

   

3. Now, the overall dashboard layout will be as follows.

   

   Note: The text widget is configured as the slave widget to the filter widgets.

4. Now, preview the dashboard to ensure the changes.

   

5. Apply the filter in the dashboard master widgets. The content in the text widget will be dynamically changed with respect to the applied filter.

   

Related links

• How to configure label parameters in Bold BI?
• How to apply widget filters in Bold BI?
• How to apply sorting in Bold BI?