Changes to configured reports
- Widget reports are no longer supported. Existing widgets defined for widget reports will still be displayed in Alfabet Expand, but they are not visible on the user interface. The new Type attribute is View for the deprecated widget style.
Widgets are now used to configure adaptive cards which are used to display indicators and values added to cards in data workbenches to content areas. Click to learn how users use the cards in data workbenches or Click to learn how cards are defined for evaluation types and indicator types.
The new widgets are based on Microsoft® adaptive cards. See the Microsoft Adaptive Card web site for information about the definition of adaptive cards. The adaptive card definitions can include variables written as ${variablename} . Variables can be used for font sizes, colors, and text or numbers which shall be replaced with object class property values or indicator values. When you create a new widget, upload the adaptive card JSON to the Content attribute and define a caption in the Caption attribute. The caption is visible to users on the user interface selecting the widgets for visualizations. For each variable, you must then add a sub-element to the widget definition. Variable definitions for defining styles are of the type Common . For variables that shall be substituted with object class property values, the type is Property. The additional attributes of the definition depend on the type.
- Other report types may not work as expected. During the migration project with the Alfabet team in Software GmbH, existing reports will be adapted to the Alfabet 11.7 scope.
- The Review Report functionality in Alfabet Expand requires that reports have the State set to Active prior to using the functionality. The report opens in the full user interface including headers and left-hand navigation panel.