Debug Dashboard In Bigfix Console

Objective:

• Edit and Debug a BigFix Console Dashboard
  • Steps 4 through 8

Prerequisites:

1. Open BigFix Console Presentation Debugger

Steps:

1. Create Empty Temp Folder
   • Example: _tmp_Dashboard
   • NOTE: The console will copy all of the files in the folder!
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2. Put Dashboard Files in Folder
   • Example: HelloWorld_template.ojo
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3. Open the Debug Menu
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   • If missing, See here on how to enable the Debug Menu:
     • Open The BigFix Console Presentation Debugger
4. Select “Load Wizard…”
   • Note: Wizards and Dashboards are basically the same
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5. Load Dashboard into Console
   • Navigate into temp folder ( _tmp_Dashboard )
   • Select the OJO file
   • Click Open
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6. View the Dashboard:
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   • Should load automatically
   • If not, check under Dashboards -> All Dashboards
7. Reload the Dashboard
   • Right Click
   • Select “Reload”
     • Alternatively press Ctrl+F5 keys
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   • Notice the time displayed updates
   • Reload again as needed (like when editing the OJO file)
8. Edit the OJO file
   • Open \_tmp_Dashboard\HelloWorld_template.ojo in Visual Studio Code or similar editor
   • Make a minor change to the OJO file
     • Change Line 17 to <h2>Hello World!!!</h2>
   • Save the file ( Ctrl + S )
   • Reload the Dashboard to see the changes
9. View Source from Console
   • Right Click
   • Select “View Source”
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10. Compare the “Rendered” Source in Notepad to the OJO file
    • Notice that <h2>Hello World!!!</h2> is the same in both ( Line 8 vs Line 17 )
    • Compare Line 10 in Notepad to Line 19 in the OJO file
      • OJO file: <?Relevance ps of concatenations of ("There are ";it as string;" registered computers right now [ "; now as string; " ]") of number of bes computers ?>
      • Rendered HTML: <p>There are 1 registered computers right now [ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 21:16:09 -0700 ]</p>
      • Dashboard Text: There are 1 registered computers right now [ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 21:16:09 -0700 ]
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11. Edit the HelloWorld_template.ojo file further
    • Example: Edit Line 19 to change the session relevance to the following:
      • ps of concatenations of ("There are ";it as string;" tasks right now [ "; now as string; " ]") of number of bes tasks
    • Try some other changes on your own.

Next:

• Edit DataTables Console Dashboard
• Debug BigFix Dashboard In Visual Studio

Related:

• Intro to BigFix Dashboards Presentation