Select a Dashboard Background Color
Use the Dashboard Editor to select a background color for the Dashboard. Colors can come from:
- (Recommended) CSM Themes: All colors defined for the selected CSM Theme.
- System:
Set of colors provided by your Operating System. System colors can greatly vary depending on the Operating System and browser used to view the color.
- Web:
Set of named Web-safe colors.
- RGB colors:
Customized Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors.
Good to know:
- If you are using Dashboard Themes, use a Theme color for the Dashboard background (ex: A Form Background color). You can select a system, Web, or RGB color; however, if you use a non-Theme color, the background will not change to another Theme color when you apply a different Theme.
- Theme colors are defined as part of a Theme's definition. Use the Theme Manager to create a Theme.
- Colors can be solid or can contain gradients.
- Colors can be conditional (Expression-driven): For example, define an Expression to conditionally change the background color of a Dashboard to red to indicate a surpassed threshold (ex: Open Incidents surpassed 100 count threshold).
To select a Dashboard background color:
- Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
- On the Dashboard Editor toolbar, click the drop-down arrow on the Background Color button .
- Select a color pattern, either:
- Solid color: Uses one color (First Color) for the background. Click a color in the list.
- Gradient (left-to-right or top-to-bottom): Uses a gradient between two colors (First Color and Second Color). Click two colors in the list, and then click Select.
- Select a background color, either:
- Use Expression: Select this check box to use an Expression to
conditionally change the color; then, select or define the condition, using
either:
- Custom Expression: Click the Custom Expression button to open the Custom Expression Builder, and then create a custom Expression specifically for this scenario.
- Stored Expression: Click the Ellipses button to open the Expression Manager, and then select an existing stored Expression or create a new stored Expression. Stored Expressions can be reused in numerous places in CSM.
- Color category:
- (Recommended) Theme: All colors defined for the selected CSM Theme.
- System:
Set of colors provided by your Operating System. System colors can greatly vary depending on the Operating System and browser used to view the color.
- Web:
Set of named Web-safe colors.
- Custom:
Customized Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors.
- Use Expression: Select this check box to use an Expression to
conditionally change the color; then, select or define the condition, using
either:
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Continue making changes, or click OK to save and close the editor.