Like the group function, containers are also used to group dashboard components together. The major difference between these two is in the freedom of movement of components inside the group. The grouping functionality is more of a design time, and containers are runtime. We have two types of containers that we will be discussing in this section:
Panel Container
Canvas Container
Tab Set
We can find the containers under the Container category in the Components panel, as shown in the following screenshot:
The Panel Container component can be used to hold multiple dashboard components. It contains a header and a frame, as you can see in this screenshot:
Panel containers can be used in any of the following situations:
If you want another level of information to be displayed when the dashboard user executes a specific action; for example, to click on a product to display the product analysis panel containers that contain product-related KPIs.
If you don't have...