Dynamic Dashboard Customization via URI Parameters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional dashboard customization systems require significant time and effort to configure and manage multiple dashboards for different data environments, regions, or accounts, leading to duplicated dashboards and increased overhead, as users need to manually configure custom controls for each dashboard.
Innovation Solution
Dynamic configuration of interactive controls on dashboards using network resource address information, such as query string parameters in a URI, allowing users to define and modify custom controls without modifying the underlying dashboard, enabling quick creation and modification of dashboards specific to individual groups of resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users manually configure custom controls for each dashboard to support different data environments, regions, or accounts, then dashboard functionality and customization are improved, but time consumption and configuration overhead increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a single template dashboard that can serve multiple data environments, regions, or accounts through dynamic parameter configuration. Instead of creating separate dashboards for each scenario, the system allows one dashboard template to adapt to various contexts by receiving different configuration parameters (such as region codes, account identifiers, or data source URLs) passed through the URI. This universal approach eliminates the need to manually configure and maintain multiple duplicate dashboards while preserving full customization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables dashboard customization by changing parameters embedded in the URI rather than modifying the dashboard structure itself. Configuration parameters such as region, account, or data source can be dynamically adjusted by modifying the URI string, allowing rapid switching between different dashboard instances without manual reconfiguration. This parameter-driven approach transforms the configuration process from a complex manual task into a simple URL modification operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dashboards are created for different data environments, regions, or accounts, then specific customization needs are met, but device complexity and management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reduces system complexity by replacing multiple specialized dashboards with a single universal dashboard template. This template can dynamically adapt to different data environments, regions, or accounts through parameter passing mechanisms. The system manages complexity by consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate dashboard configurations into one flexible, multi-functional template that handles all scenarios through parameter variations rather than structural duplications.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating and managing multiple physical dashboard copies, the system uses virtual copying through parameter instantiation. Each specific dashboard instance is effectively a parameterized copy of the master template, where the differences between instances are defined by configuration parameters in the URI rather than by separate codebases. This approach maintains the ability to have environment-specific dashboards while avoiding the management overhead of true duplications.
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional dashboard systems require manual configuration for each dashboard, then precision and control are improved, but productivity and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary configuration by embedding default parameter values directly in the URI structure. Common configuration elements such as data source identifiers, region codes, or account references are pre-configured in the URL parameters, allowing users to access pre-configured dashboard instances simply by navigating to different URLs. This preliminary setup maintains configuration precision while dramatically improving productivity, as users can switch between pre-configured dashboards without manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service dashboard configuration through automated parameter parsing and application. When a user accesses a dashboard with specific parameters in the URI, the system automatically extracts and applies these parameters to configure the appropriate data sources, filters, and display settings without requiring manual user input. This self-service mechanism preserves configuration precision through automated parameter application while eliminating the time-consuming manual configuration process.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for dynamic configuration of interactive controls available on a dashboard. Interactive controls may be dynamically configured by manipulating network resource address information for a network resource that provides a dashboard, for example using query string parameters. For example, a dashboard that displays one type, source, or summary of information can be dynamically configured to allow interactive selection and display of another type, source, or summary of information depending on values passed in the network resource address information for the dashboard network resource.