Counting on a homepage

In addition to reports, Count gauges provide a quick insight into some important numbers. As with reports, the numbers are run on demand, so they are often used to say how many high-priority tasks are still open or how many tasks are assigned to you. They use a simple condition that is run against a table, from which the number of matching records is returned.

  1. Navigate to System UI > Gauges and click on New. This record will be used to group the Count gauges together. Use these details, then Save.
    • Name: Maintenance counts
    • Type: Counts
    • Table: Maintenance [x_hotel_maintenance]
  1. Click on New under Count Gauges. Let's return how many tasks are currently open and how many are higher priority. Use this data:
    • Name: ...

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