WSO2 Dashboard Server (DS) is a gadget container that allows users gadget container. DS includes a portal application, which is a web application, that allows users with editor permission to create dashboards via the Dashboard Designer, which is a web applicationand also allows users with viewer permission to view dashboards via the dashboard view mode. The Dashboard Designer allows DS users to customize dashboard layouts, add pages to a dashboard, configure inter-gadget communication based on the Pub/Sub mechanism, add dashboard banners, and much more.
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At the core of WSO2 Dashboard Server is the WSO2 Carbon Server, which is based on the WSO2 Carbon Kernel, and the WSO2 Carbon Dashboard platform, which is packaged with Jaggery and Apache Shindig to support the Dashboard Designer applicationportal application. As the WSO2 Dashboard Server is based on the WSO2 Carbon Kernel, all the features provided by the Kernel (e.g., user management, resource management, etc.) are available in DS. In addition, DS also supports Single Sign-on (SSO), which can be enabled for internal or external identity providers, so that users can can access the Dashboard Designer portal application and also communicate with third-party APIs, which are used by various gadgets, provided the third-party APIs have a mechanism to validate the OAuth token with the WSO2 Dashboard Server.
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