Views in Hubble
View Overview
Views let you display information in various formats including reports, images, text, metrics, and charts. Multiple views combine to create a workspace-your personalized multi-page dashboard.
The key advantage of Hubble is that you can build your own custom workspace using the views that matter most to you!
How it works:
Designers and Power Users create views and assign access permissions
Viewer users can then build their own workspaces using any views they have permission to access
View Tour
To work with views:
Select a view by clicking Add > View in the right panel.
Once you have added a view, you will find two helpful buttons in its upper right corner:
View Options (on the left) lets you customize the view settings
Expand/Restore (on the right) toggles between full-screen and normal size.
View Options
There are various view options, and they vary depending on the type of view. The options include:
- Refresh this specific view
- Move the view to another page
- Follow view to be notified of discussions on this view
- Bookmark for quick access
- Edit (image and text views)
- Show Title (image and text views)
- Save Excel (list views)
- Remove to remove this specific view from the workspace
- Select: Allows for specific selection of one or more views. You can do different things with a view, such as set the filters, once it is selected.
You can also choose to expand/restore to a view/exit a full screen view.
View Types
There are several types of views in Hubble:
- Image view
- Text view
- List View
- Visualizations
- Metric View
- Chart View
Image Views
Images can be used for items such as logos, product images or regional images. They can help users connect data to its purpose.
Images are loaded from a local drive or web link and stored as part of the workspace. They are automatically sized up to their maximum dimensions. They can be in PNG, JPEG or SVG format. Optionally, image views can have a title, which can be shown/hidden.
Tip: Image view titles appear in the table of contents. Give it a title even if you don’t show it!
Text Views
Text views are used for items such as explanations, instructions, supporting notes or tips.
Text views are entered by the user and are stored as part of the workspace. They can be formatted using WYSIWYG options. They can include hyperlinks.
Optionally, text views can have a title, which can be shown/hidden.
Tip: Text view titles appear in the table of contents, so be sure to give a text view a title even if you don’t show it!
List Views
List views are tabular information, typically reports and financial statements. They are created by Designers or Power users. They can have links to other views and can be exported to Microsoft Excel.
Tip: Try to avoid scrolling by sizing the panel.
Metric Views
Metric views are used to show a single value or comparison between 2 related values in a visual way, for example comparing actual to budget amounts. Metric views are used for things such as pinpointed amounts, KPIs, and infometrics. Here are a couple examples of a metric view:
Metric views are created by Designer or Power users and are based on a list view. They always link to their source list view. There are many different styles that can be used to create them. Automatic colors make sure your workspace has variety (unless the Designer forced a color override).
Tip: Metrics and KPIs are a great tool for driving/acknowledging success!
Chart Views
Chart views are used to visually compare multiple values against each other. They can be used to compare sets of data or show trends, such as in the below example:
Chart views are created by Designer or Power users and are based on a list view. They always link to their source list view. Many different styles can be used when creating them.
Tip: The legend can be used to turn on/off data elements.
Linking to External Documents and Webpages
The linking functionality enables you to link to an external document or webpage from within Hubble. The Power user who designs the view creates the hyperlink to the external source object or webpage. Then as an Viewer user, you can execute that link when you have added the view to your workspace.
For details of this feature, please refer to the “Linking to External Document or Webpage” topic in the User Guide for Designer and Power Users.