Can I make my dashboard only show what I want to see?

Where do I start?

Login and go to the toolbar at the top right of your window. This toolbar consists of: 

• Date Range Picker - Want today's data, or last 7 days, or last month’s?
• Refresh Rate Selector - Choose a data refresh rate for all of your widgets.
• Refresh button - Manually refresh data for all your widgets.
• Edit button - Create & manage widgets; click ‘floppy disk’ icon at top right corner.

How to Add Widgets  

Pick from multiple ways to add widgets to your dashboard. Quick & easy options include coding your own HTML widgets. At the top right, click on the Edit icon to get started.

What’s the Easiest way?

Once you click the Edit icon, you’ll see ‘Create a Custom Widget’ offering 3 types of widgets. The first 2 types are easiest.

• Chart/Graph Widget

  Easily transform performance data into data visualizations.
  • Basic Parameters
    • Level - Choose the data level you want to view: Campaign, Partner, or Advertiser.
    • Date Range - Pick a time frame like Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, Month-to-Date, or Last Month.
    • Chart Type - Select the chart style that works best for you, like pie, line, or donut.
    • Select Columns - Add the metrics you care about, such as Impressions, Clicks, Conversions, Revenue, or Commission.
    • Order By - Sort your data by any column, either ascending or descending.
  • Labeling
    • Widget Title - Give your widget a name.
    • Widget Sub-Title - Optionally, add a subtitle for extra context.
    • Position - Choose where this widget should appear on your dashboard.
  • Legend Styling
    • Direction - Choose to display legend items in a row or column.
    • Position - Set the legend to show in a horizontal or vertical layout.
    • Padding - Adjust padding on all sides: top, bottom, left, and right.
    • Hide Legend - If you hide the legend, styling changes won’t be visible.
  • Filtering
    • Filter by selecting subsets of Campaigns, Advertisers, and/or Partners. 
    • Return Top Count is optional.
    • Widget Auto-Positioning can be toggled on or off.
  • Save Changes - Save your widget until you’re ready to configure further or add it to your dashboard.
  • Save and Add - This saves your widget and adds it to your dashboard.

• Listing Widget

  Quickly put qualitative data or attributes into a table view for analysis. 
  • Basic Parameters
    • Level - Choose the data level you want to view: Campaign, Partner, or Advertiser.
    • Select Columns - Add the metrics you care about, such as Advertiser Name, Campaign Status, Partner .
    • Order By - Sort your data by any column, either ascending or descending.
  • Labeling
    • Widget Title - Give your widget a name.
    • Widget Sub-Title - Optionally, add a subtitle for extra context.
    • Position - Choose where this widget should appear on your dashboard.
  • Filtering
    • Status identifies whether featured, active, etc.
    • Campaign Type (if Campaign Level is selected) - show whether CPA, CPC, etc.
    • Return Top Count is optional.
    • Widget Auto-Positioning can be toggled on or off.
  • Save Changes - Save your widget until you’re ready to configure further or add it to your dashboard.
  • Save and Add - This saves your widget and adds it to your dashboard.

How do I make HTML widgets?

• HTML Widget

  Create your own widgets using HTML code.
  • Widget Title - give your HTML widget a title.
  • Widget Sub-Title - give it a sub-title.
  • Label Position Selector - select radio button for either Left, Center, or Right.
  • HTML Code/Text Editor - this is where you compose or copy/paste your HTML code.
  • Widget Auto-Positioning can be toggled on or off.
  • Save Changes - Save your widget until you’re ready to configure further or add it to your dashboard.
  • Save and Add - This saves your widget and adds it to your dashboard.

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