AML Dashboard Blocks

Knowledge Checkpoint

A grasp of these concepts will help you understand this documentation better:

A dashboard is built from blocks:

Each block is declared with block <name>: <Type> { ... } inside a Dashboard.
A block's position on the dashboard is defined in the view section.
Blocks interact with each other via the explicit_interactions section. See AML Dashboard Interactions for details.

Dashboard my_dashboard {
  block t1: TextBlock { ... }
  block v1: VizBlock { ... }
  block a1: AiBlock { ... }
  block f1: FilterBlock { ... }
  block p1: PopBlock { ... }
  block d1: DateDrillBlock { ... }

  explicit_interactions: [ ... ]
  view: CanvasLayout { ... } // or: TabLayout { ... } / HTMLLayout { ... }
}

Available blocks

TextBlock: displays Markdown or HTML content
VizBlock: wraps a chart, table, or KPI visualization
Control block: lets viewers manipulate data and add interactivity to the dashboard. Covers three block types:
- FilterBlock: adds a user-controlled filter
- PopBlock: adds a Period-over-Period comparison control
- DateDrillBlock: lets viewers switch time granularity across charts
AiBlock: an AI-generated content block (Coming soon)

Note

Explicitly defining a block in AML (instead of letting the Visual Editor generate it) turns it into a Reused Block, which can no longer be edited visually; you edit it in code from then on. See Reused Blocks for details.

Available blocks​

Available blocks