Creating Dashboards

You can create new dashboards and customize them according to your needs.
Reference: For a video presentation of this function, go to Ricoh How-to Videos.
To create a dashboard:
  1. Click Dashboards tab, the Dashboards tab.
  2. Click Create dashboard button, the Create dashboard button, next to Dashboards.
    Dashboards tab - Create a dashboard
    You can also right-click the dashboard panel and select New Dashboard....
  3. On the dashboard heading, enter a name for the dashboard.
    Dashboards tab - New dashboard
  4. In the Widget library panel on the right, expand the widget group and drag and drop widgets into the dashboard area.
    • To hide or display the Widget library panel, click Toggle widgets button, the Toggle widgets button.
    • The Widget library panel lists the default widgets provided with RICOH Supervisor and custom widgets that you created. For more information on the Widget library panel, see Managing the Widgets in the Widget Library. For more information on the default widgets, see Using the Default Widgets.
    • You can also create new widgets and add them to the dashboard. For more information on creating widgets, see Creating Widgets.
    Note: To avoid system performance issues, we recommend that you do not add more than 10 widgets to a dashboard.
  5. Customize the dashboard settings and content according to your needs.
    • To change the color palette, click Change dashboard color palette button, the Change dashboard color palette button, on the dashboard heading and select one of the available color palettes.

      For more information, see Changing the Dashboard Color Palette.

    • To move a widget to a different position, click the widget heading and hold the mouse button, then drag the widget to the new location.

      If you drag a widget on top of another widget, the available space is split between the two widgets.

    • To resize a widget, drag its edges right, left, up, or down.
    • To resize the widgets inside a row so they occupy an equal amount of space, click Options button, the Options button, in the corner of a widget and select Distribute widgets evenly in this row.

      If the dashboard has multiple columns, the widgets are distributed only within their column.

    • To remove a widget from the dashboard, click Options button, the Options button, in the corner of the widget and select Delete.
Parent topic: Creating and Managing Dashboards