It is possible to download dashboards from tenants deployed on your server. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to download dashboards from sites in Bold BI:
To download the dashboard(s) from site(s), follow these steps:
Click on Actions
in the dashboard grid context menu, and then select the Download
option to download the corresponding dashboard.
NOTE: If the download option for a particular dashboard is not visible in the context menu, this indicates that you don’t have the necessary permission to download it. Please refer to the download permission section to learn how to provide the download permission.
You can also download more than one dashboard from the page by selecting the dashboard list checkbox, or all dashboards on the page by selecting the Select All
checkbox in the header.
After clicking the Download
option from the context menu or download icon, the dialog box will appear with description and warning message details. By default, the Include sensitive information
checkbox is selected, but you can uncheck it if you want.
Click on the Prepare Download
button in the dialog to initiate the download request for the selected dashboards or individual dashboards. You can then check the status of the download process on the Offline Resources page.
NOTE: The
Include sensitive information
includes data source sensitive credentials. By enabling this option, you can download the dashboards with sensitive details, making it easier to upload them to another server without the need for additional configuration. This can save time and effort, as you can directly use the downloaded dashboards with all the necessary information.
After the download process is complete, you can download the downloaded dashboards on the Offline Resources page. Here is how to download individual dashboard files or multiple dashboard files in a zip format:
To download the dashboard file, follow these steps:
Go to the Offline Resources page.
Click the download icon to download the corresponding dashboard.
You can download multiple dashboards by selecting their checkboxes, or select all dashboards on the page by clicking the Select All
checkbox in the header.
Then, click the Download All
button at the top of the page to download the selected dashboard files.
When downloading individual dashboards, the dashboard file with the extension .bbix
will be downloaded. If you download multiple dashboards, a zip file containing the individual .bbix
files for the selected dashboards will be downloaded.
You can check the status of the downloaded dashboards by clicking the Status
column on the Offline Resources page. This will show the status of the download process for each dashboard. Also, make sure to refresh the page to see the latest status updates.
If any dashboard fails to download, you can view the reason for the failure by clicking on the Know More
option in the dialog.
NOTE: If you come across a download failure error message associated with the download permission, it means that you do not have the required permission to download it. Please refer to the download permission section to understand how to grant the download permission.
Downloaded dashboard files can be removed from the Bold BI site by hovering over the respective file row and clicking the Remove
option.
By default, a user can only download their own dashboards. However, an administrator or a user with permission to delegate other permissions can grant download permission to other users for all dashboards, dashboards in a category, or specific dashboards. After the permission is granted, the user(s) will be able to download the dashboards from the tenants in Bold BI.
You can grant download permission to users in two ways: either from the Dashboards Listing
page or from the Users and Groups Manage Permission
page.
Click the Share Permissions
option in the Dashboards grid context menu.
Select the download permission access and search for the users or groups in the search box, then click the Share
button to provide the download permission for that dashboard.
NOTE: Only the user who created the dashboard and the Administrator can share the dashboard with other Bold BI users.
Go to the Users
page and click on Actions
in the user management grid context menu. Then, select the Manage Permissions
option.
Click on the Add Permission
button and select All Dashboards, Specific Dashboards, or Dashboards in the Category entity you want to grant the download permission for.
Select the Download
access mode and click the Add
button to grant the user download permission.
As previously outlined, the steps for granting download permissions to a user can be followed for a group as well. Navigate to the group listing page, select Manage Permissions
for the desired group, and add the download permission.
Dashboards created with data sources that have OAuth cannot be uploaded successfully at this time. The following is a list of data sources with OAuth that cannot be uploaded.
1.Asana
2.AzureDevOps
3.Bitly
4.Box
5.Buffer
6.DecisionLens
7.Dropbox
8.Facebook
9.FacebookAds
10.Fitbit
11.FreshBooks
12.Gmail
13.GoogleAds
14.GoogleAdsense
15.GoogleAnalytics
16.GoogleCalendar
17.GoogleDrive
18.GoogleSearchConsole
19.GoogleSheets
20.GoHighLevel
21.Keap
22.Instagram
23.LinkedIn
24.MicrosoftDynamicsSales
25.MicrosoftDynamicsSales
26.MicrosoftDynamicsService
27.MicrosoftOneDrive
28.MicrosoftOutlookCalendar
29.MicrosoftSharePoint
30.Podio
31.QuickBooks
32.QuickBooksPayments
33.Salesforce
34.SalesforceReports
35.Slack
36.Smartsheet
37.Todoist
38.Wistia
39.WordPress
40.Xero
41.Xero Workflow Max
42.Youtube
43.Zoho Books
44.ZohoCRM
45.ZohoInvoice
We have added some limitations(Unsupported features) in uploading dashboards.
Modules | Limitation |
---|---|
Google BigQuery | Regularly monitor the access token's validity and generate new tokens to maintain a smooth uploading experience
When uploading a Google BigQuery dashboard to other sites, it is essential to ensure that the respective sites have authorized access to the Google BigQuery data source This authorization process guarantees secure and authorized sharing of data between Google BigQuery and external sites |
SQL | During the process of uploading a dashboard, attempting to change the mode of an SQL data source (e.g., from live to extract or extract to live) in the configuration editor will result in an exception |
SQLite | Uploading a dashboard with SQLite data source in extract mode is not supported |
Excel | Multiple Excel files are not supported |
Combined data sources | Uploading a dashboard with Combined data sources is not supported |
Shared data sources | Uploading a dashboard with shared table configured data sources is not supported |
Common Features not supported | Code view mode data source is not uploading to a different IMDB (for on-premise only) Default dashboard parameters such as CURRENTUSER.EMAIL and CURRENTUSER.FULLNAME are not supported Customized expressions are not uploading to a different IMDB Custom attributes need to be configured on each site with the same names, otherwise, it fails Dashboards with renamed columns in the data source are not supported OAuth Data Sources require re-authorization on another site in the edit connection window Dashboard parameters with Custom query type are not supported Threshold and Data samplings are not supported Uploading a dashboard with shared table configured data sources is not supported Uploading a dashboard containing data sources in both live and extract modes is not supported |