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Client SDK

This section is your gateway to important conceptual and technical information that will help you use the different functions and functionalities provided by Reveal’s SDK.

Summary

The following table lists the most common scenarios:

Scenario

Details

Setup and Configuration

To set up the Client SDK you need to check dependencies and reference the Web Client SDK, among other tasks.

Configuring the $.ig.RevealView Object

You can use $.ig.RevealView with $.ig.RevealSettings to show/hide UI elements, specify a dashboard, select global filter values.

Editing and Saving Dashboards

You can open/save dashboards either on the server-side or client-side.

Setting Up Initial Filter Selections

You are able to display a dashboard with filters already applied, which remain in context for all the dashboard’s widgets.

Maximizing Visualizations and Single Visualization Mode

It is possible to display only one maximized visualization, and you can even lock that visualization and prevent the user from accessing the whole dashboard.

Setting Up Dynamic Filter Selections

When you present the user with a custom UI to select a list of values, you can sync that user selection with a filter in the dashboard.

Dashboard Linking

Dashboard linking allows users to navigate from one dashboard to another and you can configure this with the SDK.

Handling User Click Events

You can handle the user clicks in a visualization and provide your own navigation, change existing selections in your app, among others.

Creating New Visualizations and Dashboards

You can create dashboards from scratch, add new visualizations, and also display a list of data sources for the user to choose.