Permanently Hiding Side Panels

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Hello all,

I am doing some work on Data Visualiser V4 and I was wondering whether it is possible to "hide" the side panels (i.e. Data Panel, and Viz Grammar Panel) permanently so that a non-developer user can't see them, or access them.

I know about the "Toggle Panel Visibility" option in the bottom right hand corner of the window,  but would really like to be able to remove the option of the Data and Viz Grammar Panel entirely.

Thank you.

Luke Sharma · Answer

Hello there,

I downloaded the Customizable Skin plugin from https://www.oracle.com/solutions/business-analytics/data-visualization/library.html

The .css file that you want to edit is the editedreportstyles.css file.

To remove the functionality of the side panels (although it's not the prettiest way of doing things without some extra tweaking of the .css files) I used a "display: none !important" command in the .css where the data panels are rendered. There is a large number of things that need to be "un-displayed" to completely get rid of the data panels but as an example:

.bi_gadgetdialog_innerTabsContainer .oj-tabs{

height:100%;

overflow:auto;

display: none !important;

}

It's straightforward to figure out which elements need to have the "display: none !important" aspect using the SDK tool;  https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/bidv1221/desktop/BIDVD/GUID-C1E2DEEC-999F-48EB-86E9-D9DB3A5FB7C9.htm#BIDVD-GUID-C1E2D…

you can then use f12 and inspect the areas on the tool to have a play with changing the skin and finding which .css you need to edit.

Feel free to reply with any questions!

Vlad Spataru · Answer

can you share how you created the skin and removed functionality of the side panels?

Luke Sharma · Answer

Thanks, I ended up creating a skin that essentially removes the usability of the data panels - but this is good to know for future reference.