Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide Providing Flash Analysis and Interactivity: Widgets 5
8 Do one of the following:
• If targets are automatically maintained and you added the selector
Grid/Graph and target to the same document section or panel, the
target Grid/Graph or panel stack is automatically added as a target to
this selector. Click Create to finish adding the target.
• If targets are automatically maintained but the widget and target are
not in the same document section or panel, you must disable
automatic target maintenance and then manually select the target, as
described below:
a Click Click here. A warning message opens, indicating that you will
need to manually maintain targets if you disable automatic target
maintenance. For the effects of disabling automatic target
maintenance, see Disabling automatic target maintenance to allow
manual target selection, page 141.
b Click OK. You are returned to the Selector dialog box. Automatic
target maintenance has been disabled for all selectors in the layout.
c Select the target in the Available Targets list, and click the Add to
selections arrow to move it to the Selected Targets list.
d Click Create.
• If targets are not automatically maintained, you must manually
specify the target of the selector, as described below:
a Select the target in the Available Targets list, and click the Add to
selections arrow to move it to the Selected Targets list.
b Click Create.
To specify the widget display
9 Right-click the widget and select Properties and Formatting. The
Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.
10 From the left, click Widget.
11 You can change the Alternative Display option, which determines how
the widget looks in non-Flash modes. The widget can display as a
placeholder or as a Grid/Graph, or can be hidden. For more information,
see Defining how a widget is displayed in different views and modes,
page 285.
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