Temporary URN files in dashboard filters

There are various types of filters in Orbit Dashboards. There is a whole dashboard filter that can be set for every tile via the dashboard editor, and individual tiles can have their own additional tile filters. These filters are saved and shared with the dashboard.

There are also some temporary filters that only exist when the dashboard is being interacted with by a dashboard viewer - these are called user filters. User filters are temporary and are not saved or shared.

This feature allows URN files containing reference keys that are used in these temporary user filters to also be treated as temporary. They are removed when the user filter is removed, the user explicitly logs off, or logs on to a new session, with temporary files still to be removed.

Use

To upload a temporary URN file in a user filter, choose the reference variable by typing it into the user filter search panel, or using a pre-defined filter, if there is one.

You are then prompted to locate the file you wish to upload. You can choose whether to treat your file as temporary or not when it is uploaded. You do not need to provide a location for this file, this is managed by Orbit.

With the file now managed by Orbit, it is removed once the user filter is removed, the user explicitly logs off, or logs on to a new session.

You may find that the option to use a permanent file is unavailable. This means that the administrator has chosen all of these uploaded files to be temporary.

Note: Administrators can force all uploaded URN files in a user filter to be treated as temporary in an application setting, as below: