Personalized dashboard chart for email subscriptions
A method for managing a user's email subscriptions has been developed. The method provides a user interface (UI) to the user that allows the user to view and select multiple stand-alone components across multiple dashboard displays for an email subscription to an email address. The user's selections are received via the UI. A display of each of the subscribed stand-alone components is rendered periodically based on the user's preference. The rendered displays are combined into a single email message that is sent to the email address upon completion of the rendering of the displays.
1. A method for managing a user's email subscriptions, comprising:
providing a user interface (UI) to the user, where the UI allows the user to view and select multiple components across multiple dashboard displays for an email subscription to an email address;
receiving user's selection, via the UI, to include at least two components from the dashboard displays;
creating a job notification configuration file which contains information parsed from each component that comprises component source, type, dimensions and filters;
saving a snapshot of each dashboard display where a link is stored within each snapshot that includes at least a component link to identify which component should be displayed by each dashboard display; and
combining the at least two selected components into a single email message that is sent to the email address on a predetermined schedule selected by the user.
2. The method of claim 1 , where the multiple components comprise key performance indicators (KPI).
3. The method of claim 1 , where the multiple components comprise widgets.
4. The method of claim 3 , where the widgets comprise charts.
5. The method of claim 3 , where the widgets comprise tables.
6. The method of claim 3 , where the widgets comprise textual messages.
7. The method of claim 1 , where the display is rendered periodically based on a predetermined schedule selected by the user.
8. The method of claim 1 , where the single email message is sent based on the user's preference.
9. The method of claim 1 , where the user creates multiple separate subscriptions to the email address.
10. The method of claim 1 , where the rendering display is a portable document format (PDF) file.
11. An apparatus for managing a user's email subscriptions, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, where the memory comprises a computer readable storage media that includes computer program instructions capable of,
providing a user interface (UI) to the user, where the UI allows the user to view and select multiple components across multiple dashboard displays for an email subscription to an email address;
receiving user's selection, via the UI, to include at least two components from the dashboard displays;
creating a job notification configuration file which contains information parsed from each component that comprises component source, type, dimensions and filters;
saving a snapshot of each dashboard display where a link is stored within each snapshot that includes at least a component link to identify which component should be displayed by each dashboard display; and
combining the at least two selected components into a single email message that is sent to the email address on a predetermined schedule selected by the user.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , where the multiple components comprise key performance indicators (KPI).
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , where the multiple components comprise widgets.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the widgets comprise charts.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the widgets comprise tables.
16. The apparatus of claim 13 , where the widgets comprise textual messages.
17. The apparatus of claim 11 , where the user creates multiple separate subscriptions to the email address.