Working with collections
Page collections let you break up a page into sub-sections, with each collection holding cards under the collection's name on the page. A page can have none-to-many collections and the collections can be collapsed and provide flow to a dashboard, similar to slides in a presentation deck.
For our first use of collections, let's implement a monitoring dashboard pattern that can be applied to almost any function. A great monitoring dashboard answers questions such as the following:
- For this function, where are we now, and how does that compare to our goals?
- How did we get there?
- What are the trends?
- What has changed?
- Where are we going to be?
Not surprisingly, these questions also form the basis of an outline for a high-performance monitoring dashboard pattern.
Let's learn how to use collections to implement a monitoring dashboard pattern for the Sales Department:
- In the Sales dashboard header, click...