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Introduction

MARVELit DASH‚Ñ¢ is a open source Business Intelligence solution based on the Apache Jetspeed 2 Enterprise Portal and the popular JasperReports reporting application. Unlike other business intelligence solutions available, DASH strives to simplify the process of creating and maintaining a web based business intelligence dashboard and centralized reporting for all users.

MARVELit DASH Installation

• Server Requirements , Basic server requirements, operating systems, JAVA versions needed

Users Roles and Groups

• Managing Users , How to add or modify Users who can access the portal

• Managing Roles , Defining Roles for Users

• Managing Groups , Defining Groups for Users

• Managing Profiles , Defining Profile Rules to control entry points for Users

Dashboard Panes

• Adding Panes , How to add or modify dashboard panes in the portal

• Accessing Panes in the Portal Server File Structure , Adding additional functionality by editing psml files stored in the file system

• Formating Panes , Adding Columns and Rows to existing Dashboard Panes

• Adding Portlets to a Pane , Adding MARVELit portlets to panes to create dashbboards

• Modifying Pane Styles , Selecting look and feel of Panes and editing CSS Style Sheets

MARVELit Portlets

• Administration Portlets , Adding Data Sources and setting MARVELit DASH profile options

• Chart Portlets , How to update and save MARVELit Charts

• Report Portlet , How to update and save MARVELit Reports

• Meter Portlet , How to update and save MARVELit Meters (dials)

• Portlet Levers , How to add Levers (pull down selections) and have them work on a page

• Portlet Variables , How to use Variables in Portlet configurations

• Format Portlets using XML , How to use XML tags to create custom colors, fonts, and threshholds

• Completed Dashboard Pane in Edit Mode

Advanced Functions

• Report Execution

• Advanced Security Features