What a Master is
A Master is similar to a PowerPoint template. You can apply it at the level of a Report, a Section or a Page.
It allows you to reuse ready-made backgrounds for your dashboards.
How to create a Master
- At a page level, don’t click on any element of the page (don’t select any widget), and click on “Select a Master” on the right-side panel
- Click on “Create one”
At this point your are in a specific part of Reeport to design your Master
- Choose a name for your Master (1)
- To add a background, pick a color or choose an image (2)
- Then let’s add a Shape Widget (3)
- Choose a position on a pixel basis, to place this shape as an header for example (1)
- Choose the format option of the shape (2)
- Let’s add now a Text Widget (3)
- Choose a position on a pixel basis, to fix this text widget on a bottom corner for example (1)
- Choose the format option of the text (2)
- To add dynamic text, as for example the pagination, the name of your report, or a date, use the section “Text Variables” (3)
- To go back to your initial presentation, click on the arrow on the top-left corner (4)
- To add a Image Widget, just click on the icon on the left-side panel, an upload the image in the right-side panel
How to select a Master
- At a page level, on the right-side panel, click on “Select a Master”
- Choose on the existing list of template
