Dashboard Links
Links are used for navigation purposes in the dashboard. You can use links to navigate between tabs in your dashboard or to navigate to a specific website.
For example, you can add a link to an outside website that displays more information about node flows such as Node-RED.
You can add, modify, and remove dashboard links from the Dashboard Layout tab.
To navigate to the Dashboard Layout tab:
- From the Navigation panel, select Flows Manager.
- Click the Expand icon next to a selected Flow.
- Click the Menu icon, select View > Dashboard, and then drag the Sidebar up from the bottom of the canvas.
You can add a dashboard tab from the Dashboard Layout tab.
To add a dashboard tab:
Navigate to the Dashboard Layout tab for the Flow you wish to work in. From the Tabs & Links box, click + Link. The link appears in the Tabs & Links box.
Flows canvas- Click Deploy.
You can add the link URL in the dashboard, select the navigation, and select a specific Flow or all Flows for which to apply the changes from the Dashboard Layout tab.
To modify a dashboard link:
- Navigate to the Dashboard Layout tab for the Flow you wish to work in.
Hover over a link in the Tabs & Links box and click Edit. The Edit link node dialog box appears.
Edit button (hover to view)- From the Edit link node dialog box, do the following:
- Enter a URL for the link in the Link field.
- Select an option from the Open in section.
- Select an option from the Flows drop-down list.
- Click Update.
- Click Deploy.
You can remove a link in the dashboard from the Dashboard Layout tab.
To remove a dashboard link:
- Navigate to the Dashboard Layout tab for the Flow you wish to work in.
Hover over a link and click Edit. The Edit link node dialog box appears.
- Click Delete.
- Click Deploy.