This page contains links to "howto" articles for the WebSphere Dashboard Framework Annotations module. Sending annotations as alerts Adding annotations to a chart Adding annotations to a table Working with annotations in a chart or table Configuring annotations

Adding a comment After deploying the project on a server, go to the page with the chart or table annotations. Click the Comments control (button, link, icon, or Action menu). The portlet maximizes itself and highlights the annotated element. The Make a Comment dialog box displays on the ...

You can create an application that alerts users to important annotations through the My Alerts portlet or through e-mail. When you create a project with annotations, include the WebSphere Dashboard Framework Alerts Module and Alerts Scheduler feature sets to enable alerting. Then in the Manage ...

WebSphere Dashboard Framework comes with a pre-defined alert definition that defines how annotations are handled if they are flagged as alerts. The annotation alert definition is stored in the WEB-INF/solutions/alerting/xml_persistence/alert_defs/annotation folder. The file is named ...

Configure annotations to use a database persistence manager by following these steps: Set up a database and set up a data source. Create an override.properties file with properties for the database and data source. Setting up the database and data source Instructions ...

Setting up default annotation properties Use an override.properties file for a project to change default settings for annotations. As its name suggests, an override.properties file located in the deployed_project_name/WEB-INF/config folder overrides any default project ...

The Annotations engine is responsible for obtaining information about saved annotations, user data related to annotations, file attachments included with annotations, and archive logs. A persistence manager is responsible for storing annotations, user data, file attachments, and archive logs. ...

Follow the tips in this article to find and resolve problems with annotations. Problems using annotations Problem: Users need to know how long their comment headlines and body text can be. Background and solution: The character limit for a comment's headline and body text is ...

Follow these steps to add annotations to a table. Create a table in a model. The table can be created by the Data Page Builder or a high-level builder, such as the Summary and Drilldown Builder. Add an Annotation builder to the model and give it a name. Select Table as the Annotation Type. In the ...

Follow these steps to add annotations to a chart. Create a chart in a model. The chart can be created by the Web Charts - Enhanced builder or another high-level builder, such as the Summary and Drilldown builder. Add an Annotation builder to the model and give it a name. Select Chart as the ...

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