Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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represents the amount of revenue generated by each type of book. Any
additional metrics are displayed when a user hovers over a subcategory.
A Data Cloud widget does not need a separate selector to allow a user to
interact with it. However, you can use a Data Cloud widget as a selector. For
an example and more information, see Using a Data Cloud widget as a
selector, page 355.
To create and add a Data Cloud widget to a document
1 In MicroStrategy Web, open the document in Design or Editable Mode.
2 From the Insert menu, point to Widgets, then Flash, and select Data
Cloud.
3 Click the location on your document where you want to place the widget.
The Grid/Graph containing the widget is displayed. A small icon at the
bottom right corner of the Grid/Graph identifies the type of widget you
have added to the document.
4 If desired, resize the widget by clicking and then dragging its handles.
To add objects to the Grid/Graph that contains the widget
5 From the Dataset Objects panel on the left, select objects and drag them
on top of the widget, based on the following requirements for this widget:
a Place at least one attribute on the Grid/Graph’s rows.
– The elements of the left-most attribute are displayed in the widget.
For example, if the attribute is Year, a list of years is displayed in
the widget.
– If you include additional attributes to the right of the first
attribute, elements from all of the attributes are combined and
displayed in the widget. For example, if Year is the first attribute
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