Dashboard themes editor

Select Application Settings from the User Menu in the top right

Note

The Application Settings page will only be visible if you have admin permissions.

The Dashboard Themes page view lets you control how different interface elements look for each dashboard. Orbit includes built-in System Themes, and you can change which theme Orbit uses as the default theme when you create a dashboard.

You can create Custom Themes if necessary and set one of those as the default theme.

Creating a theme¶

You can create a theme to use a different look than the default design for interface elements, or to match your company brand colours.

To create a theme:

On the left side of the interface, select the plus button.
Enter a Theme Name
Change the colour settings for Visualisations and Fonts, and select Save Draft
You can enter a hex value directly for each element, or select the colour icon to open the colour picker

In the preview area, you can see how each element looks.

Multiple colours¶

You can apply more than one visualisation colour to a dashboard theme.

These help differentiate the categories on a dashboard.

Select the + sign to select additional colours

Note

You need to experiment with the choice of colours so the Highlight colour stands out.

Theme fonts¶

You can change the font used for the following Tile elements on a Custom Theme:

Tile title¶

Tile note¶

Selecting Save Draft or Publish applies any changes

The theme stays in [DRAFT] mode until you select Publish to make the theme available.

Theme logo¶

You can apply a logo to a theme. First upload the logo, then from the Dashboard Themes page select the logo to use.

Expand the Logo section and select the Choose logo button to select a logo

Orbit applies the selected logo to the theme.

Setting a default theme¶

Select the theme from the theme selector panel
A check mark indicates the current default theme
The number indicates how many dashboards use the theme
Select Set Default in the options menu

Note

You can only set a published theme as the default theme.

Note

Orbit displays a confirmation prompt showing how many dashboards this action affects.

Duplicating a theme¶

You might want to duplicate an existing theme if you want to create a new one with some of its settings.

Select the theme from the theme selector panel
Select Duplicate in the options menu
Enter a Theme Name, and select Save Draft or Publish

Deleting a theme¶

If you no longer need a theme that you created, you can delete it.

Select the theme from the theme selector panel
Select the delete (bin) icon in the options menu

Note

Orbit displays a confirmation prompt showing how many dashboards this action affects.