Text Objects



Text field

Use a text field to place and format text on report pages or dashboards.

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Position

Description

1

Defines the font color. You can find further options for text formatting as a toolbar when you edit the text.

2

Activates linking (for dashboards only).

3

Defines the destination of the link (for dashboards only).
A linked dashboard can be opened with a specified device (Select device). Move the mouse over the device to remove it.

4

Defines the behavior of the link (for dashboards only).

Dynamic texts

Dynamic texts contain information about a report or a dashboard that is automatically adjusted when corresponding changes are made. For example, if you add a page to a report, the dynamic text Total pages is automatically increased by one page.
You can format the content of a dynamic text using the text properties, but you cannot change it. You can also use the codes of the dynamic texts in text fields.

Name

Code

Description

Current time

##currentTime

Displays the current time.

Current date

##currentDate

Displays the current date.

Report name

##reportName

Displays the name of a report.

Report time

##reportTime

Displays the globally set time period of a report including the time.

Report end time

##reportEndTime

Displays the end date and time of the globally set period of a report.

Report start time

##reportStartTime

Displays the start date and time of the globally set period of a report.

Dashboard name

##dashboardName

Displays the name of a dashboard.

Dashboard time

##dashboardTime

Displays the globally set time period of a dashboard including the time.

Dashboard end time

##dashboardEndTime

Displays the end date and time of the globally set time period of a dashboard.

Dashboard start time

##dashboardStartTime

Displays the start date and time of the globally set time period of a dashboard.

Device name

##device

In the presentation mode of a dashboard, displays the name of the device in use when all unpinned devices have been temporarily swapped.

Total pages

##pageTotal

Displays the total number of pages in a report.

Page name

##pageTitle

Displays the name of the respective page.

Page number

##page

Displays the page number of the respective page.