Dashboard ========= The Dashboard is the main landing page. By default it lists your mapped models, as defined by your ``Admin`` services. This is useful to help you start using ``SonataAdminBundle`` right away, but there is much more that you can do to take advantage of the Dashboard. The Dashboard is, by default, available at ``/admin/dashboard``, which is handled by the ``Sonata\AdminBundle\Action\DashboardAction`` controller action. The default view file for this action is ``@SonataAdmin/Core/dashboard.html.twig``, but you can change this in your admin configuration: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: templates: dashboard: '@SonataAdmin/Core/dashboard.html.twig' .. note:: This view, like most of the ``SonataAdminBundle`` views, extends a global template file, which also contains significant parts to the page. More information about this is available in the :doc:`templates` chapter. Blocks ------ The Dashboard is actually built using ``Blocks`` from ``SonataBlockBundle``. You can learn more about this bundle and how to build your own Blocks on the `SonataBlock documentation page`_. The ``Admin`` list block ------------------------ The ``Admin`` list is a ``Block`` that fetches information from the ``Admin`` service's ``Pool`` and prints it in the nicely formatted list you have on your default Dashboard. The ``Admin`` list is defined by the ``sonata.admin.block.admin_list`` service, which is implemented by the ``Block\AdminListBlockService`` class. It is then rendered using the ``@SonataAdmin/Block/block_admin_list.html.twig`` template file. Feel free to take a look at these files. The code will be a great help when implementing your own blocks. Configuring the ``Admin`` list ------------------------------ As you probably noticed by now, the ``Admin`` list groups ``Admin`` mappings together. There are several ways in which you can configure these groups. By default the admins are ordered the way you defined them. With the setting ``sort_admins`` groups and admins will be ordered by their respective label with a fallback to the admin id. Using the ``Admin`` service declaration ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The first, and most commonly used, method is to set a group when defining your ``Admin`` services: .. code-block:: yaml # config/services.yaml services: app.admin.post: class: App\Admin\PostAdmin tags: - { name: sonata.admin, model_class: App\Entity\Post, manager_type: orm, group: 'Content', label: 'Post' } In these examples, notice the ``group`` tag, stating that this particular ``Admin`` service belongs to the ``Content`` group. .. code-block:: yaml # config/services.yaml services: app.admin.post: class: App\Admin\PostAdmin tags: - name: sonata.admin model_class: App\Entity\Post manager_type: orm group: 'app.admin.group.content' translation_domain: 'App' label: 'app.admin.model.post' In this example, the label are translated by ``App``, using the given ``translation_domain``. So, you can use the above examples to support multiple languages in your project. .. note:: You can use parameters (e.g. ``%app_admin.group_post%``) for the group names in either scenario. Using the ``sonata_admin.yaml`` config file ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You can also configure the ``Admin`` list in your ``sonata_admin.yaml`` config file. This configuration method overrides any settings defined in the Admin service declarations. .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: groups: app.admin.group.content: label: app.admin.group.content translation_domain: App items: - app.admin.post app.admin.group.blog: items: - sonata.admin.page roles: ['ROLE_ONE', 'ROLE_TWO'] app.admin.group.misc: ~ .. note:: This is an academic, full configuration, example. In real cases, you will usually not need to use all the displayed options. To use a default value for any setting either leave out that key or use the ``~`` value for that option. This configuration specifies that the ``app.admin.group.content`` group uses the ``app.admin.group.content`` label, which is translated using the ``App`` translation domain (the same label and translation configuration that we declared previously, in the service definition example). It also states that the ``app.admin.group.content`` group contains only the ``app.admin.post`` ``Admin`` mapping, meaning that any other ``Admin`` services declared as belonging to this group will not be displayed here. Secondly, we declare a ``app.admin.group.blog`` group as having all its default items (i.e. the ones specified in the ``Admin`` service declarations), plus an *additional* ``sonata.admin.page`` mapping, that was not initially part of this group. We also use the ``roles`` option here, which means that only users with the ``ROLE_ONE`` or ``ROLE_TWO`` privileges will be able to see this group, as opposed to the default setting which allows everyone to see a given group. Users with ``ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN`` (or the role specified in the configuration) are always able to see groups that would otherwise be hidden by this configuration option. The third group, ``app.admin.group.misc``, is set up as a group which uses all its default values, as declared in the service declarations. Adding more Blocks ------------------ Like we said before, the Dashboard comes with a default ``Admin`` list block, but you can create and add more blocks to it. .. figure:: ../images/dashboard.png :align: center :alt: Dashboard :width: 500 In this screenshot, in addition to the default ``Admin`` list block on the left, we added a text block and RSS feed block on the right. The configuration for this scenario would be: .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: blocks: - position: left type: sonata.admin.block.admin_list - position: right type: sonata.block.service.text settings: content: >

Welcome to the Sonata Admin

This is a sonata.block.service.text from the Block Bundle, you can create and add new block in these area by configuring the sonata_admin section.


For instance, here a RSS feed parser (sonata.block.service.rss): - position: right type: sonata.block.service.rss roles: [POST_READER] settings: title: Sonata Project's Feeds url: https://sonata-project.org/blog/archive.rss .. note:: Blocks may accept/require additional settings to be passed in order to work properly. Refer to the associated documentation/implementation to get more information on each block's options and requirements. You can also configure the ``roles`` section to configure users that can view the block. Display two ``Admin`` list blocks with different dashboard groups ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The same block can have multiple instances, and be displayed multiple times across the Dashboard using different configuration settings for each instance. A particular example is the ``Admin`` list block, which can be configured to suit this scenario. .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: blocks: # display two dashboard blocks - position: left type: sonata.admin.block.admin_list settings: groups: [sonata_page1, sonata_page2] - position: right type: sonata.admin.block.admin_list settings: groups: [sonata_page3] groups: sonata_page1: items: - sonata.page.admin.myitem1 sonata_page2: items: - sonata.page.admin.myitem2 - sonata.page.admin.myitem3 sonata_page3: items: - sonata.page.admin.myitem4 In this example, you would have two ``admin_list`` blocks on your dashboard, each of them containing the respectively configured groups. .. _`SonataBlock documentation page`: https://docs.sonata-project.org/projects/SonataBlockBundle/en/3.x/ Statistic Block ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A statistic block can be used to display a simple counter with a color, an font awesome icon and a text. A counter is related to the filters from one admin .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: blocks: - class: col-lg-3 col-xs-6 # twitter bootstrap responsive code position: top # zone in the dashboard type: sonata.admin.block.stats # block id settings: code: sonata.page.admin.page # admin code - service id icon: fas fa-magic # font awesome icon text: app.page.stats # static text or translation message color: bg-yellow # colors: bg-green, bg-red and bg-aqua filters: # filter values edited: { value: 1 } The block configuration for ``settings.text`` accepts static text or a translation message, which could also have a pluralized translation target: .. code-block:: xml app.page.stats {0} results|{1} result|]1,Inf] results **If you're using ``symfony/translation`` >= 4.2, you can also opt in for the ICU Message Format** .. code-block:: xml app.page.stats {count, plural, =0 {results} one {result} other {results}} Preview Block ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A preview block can be used to display a brief of an admin list. .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: blocks: - position: top # zone in the dashboard type: sonata.admin.block.admin_preview # block id settings: code: sonata.page.admin.page # admin code - service id icon: fas fa-magic # font awesome icon limit: 10 text: Latest Edited Pages filters: # filter values edited: { value: 1 } _sort_by: updatedAt _sort_order: DESC Dashboard Layout ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Supported positions right now are the following: * top * left * center * right * bottom The layout is as follows: .. code-block:: bash TOP TOP TOP LEFT CENTER RIGHT LEFT CENTER RIGHT LEFT CENTER RIGHT BOTTOM BOTTOM BOTTOM On ``top`` and ``bottom`` positions, you can also specify an optional ``class`` option to set the width of the block. .. code-block:: yaml # config/packages/sonata_admin.yaml sonata_admin: dashboard: blocks: # display dashboard block in the top zone with a col-md-6 css class - position: top class: col-md-6 type: sonata.admin.block.admin_list Configuring what actions are available for each item on the dashboard --------------------------------------------------------------------- By default. A "list" and a "create" option are available for each item on the dashboard. If you created a custom action and want to display it along the other two on the dashboard, you can do so by overriding the ``configureDashboardActions()`` method of your admin class:: // src/Admin/PostAdmin.php final class PostAdmin extends AbstractAdmin { protected function configureDashboardActions(array $actions): array { $actions['import'] = [ 'label' => 'Import', 'url' => $this->generateUrl('import'), 'icon' => 'import', 'translation_domain' => 'SonataAdminBundle', // optional 'template' => '@SonataAdmin/CRUD/dashboard__action.html.twig', // optional ]; return $actions; } } You can also hide an action from the dashboard by unsetting it:: // src/Admin/PostAdmin.php final class PostAdmin extends AbstractAdmin { protected function configureDashboardActions(array $actions): array { $actions = parent::configureDashboardActions(); unset($actions['list']); return $actions; } } If you do this, you need to be aware that the action is only hidden. it will still be available by directly calling its URL, unless you prevent that using proper security measures (e.g. ACL or role based).