{"id":7651,"date":"2015-11-02T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T05:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/help\/?page_id=7651"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:33:08","slug":"explorer-primers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/","title":{"rendered":"Explorer Primers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/variables\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Variables<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">Explorer variables, and how they are used to affect the data displayed on pages and trends.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/explorers-data\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Explorer\u2019s Data<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">How Explorer uses data, and how to use variables, default values and query parameters to make your displays more interactive.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/killer-dashboards\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Designing Awesome Dashboards<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">5 simple rules for creating dashboards that work.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/explorer-overview\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Explorer Overview<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">This article describes Explorer's features, and discusses some of the ways that Administrators, Page Designers, and Users will use Explorer.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/architecture\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Architecture<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">An overview of the flow of data from datasources, through Server, to Explorer.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"explorer\" class=\"card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-primers\/comments-in-explorer\/\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-title2\">Comments in Explorer<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"card-desc2\">Comments in Explorer are associated with time series data: tags, entities, and attributes. 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