Generally, you can use the default theme to create a dashboard. However, there may be situations where you may need a customized view of a particular dashboard, and need to maintain different custom themes per dashboard. In such situations, you can create your own custom theme and apply it to a particular dashboard.
Creating a custom theme for a specific dashboard
Follow the instructions below to create a custom theme for a specific dashboard:
Create a custom theme file.
Create a custom theme file as a Carbon archive file, which has the.car
extension (e.g.,Custom-Theme.car
). Usedashboards/theme
as the artifact type of the theme file.
For example, theartifact.xml
file for a custom theme is as follows:Code Block <artifact name="custom-theme-sample" version="1.0.0" type="dashboards/theme" serverRole="DashboardServerDataAnalyticsServer"> <file>custom-theme-sample</file> </artifact>
The folder structure for the custom theme file is as follows:
Code Block css js ----- ues.js ues-prefs.js ues-gadgets.js ues-dashboards.js gadget-properties.js gadget-handlebar-helpers.js dashboard.js ds-ajax-api.js templates --- includes ---- portal-header.jag portal-footer.jag control-panel.jag light-dark-switcher.jag project-title.jag
Thecss
folder can contain any stylesheets with the.css
extension. However, thejs
andtemplate
folders should contain the files defined in the above structure.Deploy the custom theme.
Sign into the WSO2 Data Analytics Server (WSO2 DAS) Management Console.
https://<hostname>:9443/carbon
- Click Main, navigate to Carbon Application and click Add.
- Select the Carbon Application Artifact (
.car
) file and upload it.
The uploaded custom theme appears as follows:
Applying the custom theme to a dashboard
You can use one of the following methods to apply your custom theme to a specific dashboard.
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