Hello everyone! We continue the series of articles dedicated to the report designer components. Our last article was about the Text element, its functionality, and its use for designing dashboards. In this article, we will talk about the Panel element.

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Panel

When creating a dashboard, the Panel element is used as a container for other elements. You can place one or more elements on one panel and use a single background and/or watermark for them. Use case

When the panel is disabled (Properties -> Behavior -> Enabled -> False), all elements placed on it, will not be displayed in the view mode.

Also, you can customize the design for the Panel and the elements added to it.

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Adding and Setting up a Watermark

Some time ago, we added functionality for dashboard design, including the use of a watermark. Apart from the dashboard watermark, you can set up a watermark for the panel.



Here you can specify and customize the Text tab:

• change the font;
• choose a color;
• set the txt rotation angle.

The Image tab:

• upload a graphic file;
• adjust its transparency, alignment, and scale.

Add some graphic elements for a pattern (the Interlacing tab):

• select the main and additional icons from the existing list;
• customize the color and size of the icon;
• increase/decrease the distance between the icons on the pattern.