Things List

The things list widget displays a list of things.

To add more widgets to your dashboard:

  1. Click Dashboards.

  2. Click the Design icon of the dashboard you want to add new widgets.

  3. Click Add dashboard widget. The Choose a widget page is displayed.

  4. Click Multiple things tab and select Things list.

  5. The Configure widget page is displayed. The widget displays a list of things.

Things List

Update the fields described in the following table:

Field

Description

Name

The name of the widget, shown at the top of the widget.

By tags

An option to display a list of tags used to limit the things that are displayed in the Things list widget.

Tag cloud

An option to display a tag cloud in the Things list widget.

By search

Enable this option to enable you enter the search criteria. For more information, see Searching for Things.

Search input

Enable this option to enable you enter the search criteria. Things that meet the search criteria are listed in the widget. For more information, see Searching for Things

Things per page

This widget supports pagination. Select the number of things to display per page.

Link

An option to display a link.

  • None does not display the view icon.

  • To thing displays the view icon. When the view icon is selected, the thing view page is displayed.

  • To dashboard displays the view icon. A list of dashboards is available to indicate which dashboard is displayed when the view icon is selected.

  • To arbitrary displays the view icon. When the view icon is selected, the specified URL is displayed.

Show border

An option to have a border around the widget.

Highlight current thing

Select this option to highlight the current thing. The color selector is used to select a color in which the current thing is highlighted.

Show download CSV

Enable this option to view a Download CSV option in the widget.

Custom columns

Specifies the list of columns available to be displayed in the widget.

  • The Order of the columns can be adjusted using the arrow icons.

  • The Name is the column heading that will be displayed.

  • Columns that originate from the thing definition have alternative column headings. The value in the Alias column appears on the design and display pages.

  • Selecting Include for a column shows or hides the column in the widget.

  • If the number of things to display in the widget exceeds the number of Things per page, pagination options appear.

  • If the Tag cloud option is selected,  the things displayed in the widget are filtered by the selected tags from the tag cloud.

  • If a Link option other than None is selected, the view icon appears. Selecting the View displays the specified page.

  • If the Search option is selected, the things that match the search criteria is displayed.

  • If the Download CSV option is selected, the Download CSV button is displayed.