Storyboards allow you to present reports within a PowerPoint-like display, with full report functionality of returning the latest results, applying filters, and drill-down or drill-throughs.
Getting started
To create a storyboard, you must have Corporate Report Writer access. Go to Create > Storyboard.
Give your storyboard a name and subtitle - these will appear on your storyboard title page.
If you would like a branded theme for your storyboards, speak to your Client Success Manager.
Storyboard settings
Save storyboard - specify where your storyboard will be saved and its name
Copy storyboard
Settings
Style settings and theme
Global filters - select filters from a report that can be applied across all reports
Refresh data for any report snapshots used in your storyboards
Access - make your storyboard private and give access to selected users, or make it Public to all who have access to the sub-category where it is stored
Slide settings
New - add a new slide after the current slide
Delete - delete the current slide
Settings
When adding a slide, you'll need to specify title text, subtitle text if applicable, and if a new section, the section colour.
Slide types
You can choose from the following slide types when adding a new slide. Note that some will only be available in certain contexts.
Title - your storyboard title page
Section - section title page
Table of Contents - table of contents for your storyboard, listing slide titles
Quote - text only slide in quote format
Content - contains by Report or Image and Text content
Rich Content Only - Report only
Text Only - text box only
Image - image only
Adding content and text
To add content, select the content type in the content box. The options are, left to right, Reports, Images, and Video (via a URL).
A list of available reports or images will appear in the left hand menu.
To add text, click in the box saying Enter some text.
You will then have access to a text editor.
To resize content and text boxes on your slide, click in the content/text box and drag the black re-size icons on the edges.
Associated content
You can add additional slides beneath a slide if required - this is useful for additional, related reports or information that you can refer to, or for reports that are too big to display properly on a main slide.
When presenting a storyboard, use your keyboard's left and right arrows to navigate between slides.
Sharing and Exporting
You can distribute your storyboard to other users by clicking the Share option, or export it to PDF by clicking the Export option when presenting your storyboard.
Note that your storyboard must be saved and active in order to present it.