Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide Providing Flash Analysis and Interactivity: Widgets 5
View or Mode Display Options
To HTML • Grid or graph (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Placeholder (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Hidden (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Selector placeholder (only for widgets created as selectors)
To PDF • Grid or graph (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Placeholder (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Hidden (except for widgets created as selectors)
• Selector placeholder (for widgets created as selectors)
Displaying widgets in Flash
In Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web and Flash View in Desktop, the widget
is displayed by default, and a user can interact with it. Any user-initiated
changes to the widget can be saved in Flash Mode (Web), but not in Flash
View (Desktop).
You can specify that the widget displays as a grid or graph report instead. For
example, you may want to display the same data as both a widget and a grid
or graph report, to allow users to see information at a glance with the widget,
and to see in-depth details with the grid or graph report.
SDK widgets and widgets for mobile devices cannot be displayed as widgets
in Flash. They are displayed as grid or graph reports in Flash.
Displaying widgets in Editable Mode and Design Mode/View
In Editable Mode in MicroStrategy Web, a grid or graph report based on the
widget’s data is always displayed. In Desktop's Design View and Web's
Design Mode, the Grid/Graph container is displayed, without data.
Displaying widgets in HTML View and PDF View
You can determine how widgets are displayed in Desktop's HTML View and
PDF View, by setting the Alternative Display, described in Defining how a
widget is displayed in different display modes, page 289. The widget can:
• Display a grid or graph report based on the widget’s data.
• Display an empty Grid/Graph placeholder. The Grid/Graph container is
shown, with border and background formatting. In Interactive Mode and
Express Mode in MicroStrategy Web, the following message is displayed
© 2012 MicroStrategy, Inc. Defining how a widget is displayed in different views and modes 287