Good morning everyone!
Many times I find myself copying an old dashboard to create a new one. When I do this, I cannot import my old customizations from the source dashboard to the new dashboard. The best I can do is save to the code, and copy paste it back into the new dashboard script after I have manually added back in all the controls and renamed them to match the original dashboard.
My question: Is there an easier way to copy a dashboard and its customization to start a new dashboard with the same customization?
Is there a way to use SB to export one dash and customization, then import it all as a copy? I have never used the solution workbench in this way. It looks like I can save my elements in a solution cab. But when I go to install it, I have to overwrite the original dash and customization. Am I missing something that makes this work?
Thanks!
I haven’t either but was going to suggest the same thing. I might start by editing the xml files inside the cab file, but I don’t know if that’s acceptable…
I did try modifying the XMLs of the customization, to match the new dashboard. But there must be some internal flag that I can’t update. The system knows that the customization was built for a specific dashboard, and won’t let me use it on a copy of that dashboard.
