Dear Dashboard user,
This page is obsolete (except the part for developers) - if you have a Dashboard downloaded after March 3, 2003, just
run the software (the icon is in your Windows Start Menu) and press Control F5 to
see the download dialog. Much simpler and faster... however, if you encounter problems,
the procedure below still works. Tell me what didn't work, though.
Here you can download additional indicator sets. Make sure that you
have a recent version of the Dashboard (i.e. downloaded after December 15, 2002); if not,
click into the icon to the right to install the latest version, then proceed with the
download of other indicator sets following the steps below.
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installation procedure is very simple: 1. Right-click
in one of the links to your right, and:
... if you use Netscape, choose "Save Link
as..."
... if you use Internet Explorer, "Save
Target as..."
2. Save the link to the folder C:\db_circs 1)
3. If no Dashboard is currently running, click into the
Dashboard icon in your Windows Start menu
The Dashboard will automatically launch the new set. After some
seconds (and again when you exit), you will be asked if you want this indicator set
permanently (otherwise it remains in a temporary folder and will be overwritten). |
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Environmental
Sustainability Index (ESI 2002)
Millennium Development Goals
WEHAB (Water, Energy, ..)
Ecosistema Urbano 2002
Ecological Footprint
CGSDI indicator set
CSD
Mediterranean
Crime in the U.S.A.
(not really sustainability indicators - just a demo how useful sub-national
Dashboards could be if the data were available...) |
1)
C:\db_circs is the folder where the Dashboard usually installs itself (unless you chose
another drive during the installation). Note that if you are running a Dashboard and
download a Dashboard indicator set (*.dis) file, it will be started immediately.
This happens also if you copy, for example, five sets from floppy disk to C:\db_circs -
you should not do that because they tend to overwrite each other, which will lead to
(harmless) error messages. It is better to copy one file at a time, and
to make them permanent before copying the next one to C:\db_circs.
For the dashboard developer community, here is the
add-on that allows you to create your own Dashboard Indicator Set (*.dis) files: save this file as C:\db_circs\ZipDis.dis, and it
will install when you run a dashboard. Afterwards, there is a new entry "ZipDis"
in the Export menu (please contact me if there is any problem - exit once and restart
before you test ZipDis). You can then store your dashboards as *.dis for download from
your own website, or, if you prefer so, ask me to add it to the above collection. Below is
a typical image of the packing process; don't forget to edit the password in the red box
(I suggest to delete it, unless your dataset is top secret...). DIS files without
password "unfold" automatically when copied or saved to C:\db_circs - users may
be surprised by this behaviour. Be also aware of the fact that all *.dis files overwrite
merciless previous identical sets, if the user says yes to the question "Make
[your_set] permanent". If you use specific own maps, the *.map,
*.dmi and *.pos files from C:\db_circs\db_resrc\maps\ must be copied into
C:\db_circs\db_resrc\[your_set]\*... before using ZipDis. You may also copy the Excel
source into the same folder, if you want to give it to the user.
Options:
"Save": copy [your_set].dis into C:\db_circs\dis\
"Test": as above, but place a test.dis copy in C:\db_circs
itself (this will launch the zipped dashboard immediately)
