Is it possible to create a cockpit Dashboard in Appian?

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I am looking to create an executive cockpit dashboard somewhat like this based on task execution by users, with 3 levels (Executive, Managers and Users) with each level granted more granular outputs is this possible to get this done in Appian?

Dave Lewis · Answer

If I understand correctly, the main thing you want out of this is the tachometer control (the needle moving around the circlular dial depending on value). Appian currently doesn't have anything like that. 
 
You do have 2 options at this point: 
 
1. Build a tachometer control in another language such as JavaScript (there might be some things built on JS that have pre-built tachometer widgets) then save that to a website and host it, then link to it in your SAIL using Appian's webcontent field 
 
2. Make several pictures of tachometers with the needles pointing at all the various points along the circle (6 or 8 or 12, it will be more work but be more seamless the more images you have), import them all into a tachometer document folder inside Appian, name the set of images very carefully so you know where the needle is on each one, then write a function that displays an image component, setting the document image to one of the tachometer pictures based on a series of if()s or a choose() function. This option is basically creating a flipbook of images of tachometers rather than an actual tachometer, however with dynamic links or startProcess links attached to the image you can so some really impressive things if you want the users to be able to interact with it (drilling down, opening whole other reports, really you name it). You could even use the windows snipping tool to snip images of these exact tachometers if you wanted. 
 
The overall layout of the dashboard you're looking at, you'd achieve that with box layouts. About three or four columns full of box layouts. And at the top, a box layout with either the web content or the image displaying rule if you want the tachometers.

Robert Shankin · Answer

There are a number of chart types supported in Appian SAIL, 
 Designers can choose to organize several chart types on a given interface to create an interface similar to your example. 
 Appian's UX Design Guide provides guidance on how to implement charts effectively.

Abhay Giri · Answer

Hi Ankur, 
 
what you are expecting i don't it is possible in Appian fully. But i tried to explore little bit about that dashboard, you can create API and use that API there to build dashboard there. 
 
regards 
Abhay Giri

Is it possible to create a cockpit Dashboard in Appian?

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