Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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a Grid/Graph but rather as a Gauge widget. Viewing the widget in Flash
Mode in MicroStrategy Web allows you to better visualize the metric data in
the Grid/Graph.
To convert a Grid/Graph into a widget
1 In MicroStrategy Desktop, open the dashboard in Design View.
2 Insert a Grid/Graph into the dashboard, if one is not already in the
dashboard. For a procedure, see the Desktop Help.
The
Grid/Graph that you turn into a widget must follow the data
and template requirements for that type of widget. For example, a
Gauge widget requires one attribute on the rows and one attribute
on the columns. Therefore, any Grid/Graph that you want to turn
into a widget must have the same objects on its Grid/Graph. If it
does not, the Grid/Graph is not displayed correctly as a widget in
Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web. For the requirements for each
type of widget, refer to the section that describes that widget.
3 Right-click the Grid/Graph to turn into a widget, and select Properties.
The Properties dialog box opens.
4 On the Widget tab, select the type of widget from the Widget drop-down
list. In Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web, the Grid/Graph displays as this
type of widget.
5 You can determine how the widget is displayed in different Desktop views
and MicroStrategy Web modes, as outlined in the steps below. For
details, see Defining how a widget is displayed in different views and
modes, page 285.
• HTML View, PDF View in Desktop, or in Excel: Select one of the
following from the Alternative Display drop-down list:
– Show grid or graph to display the Grid/Graph to which the
widget is attached.
– Show placeholder to display an empty Grid/Graph placeholder
instead of the widget.
– Hide grid or graph to hide the widget and display nothing.
• Flash: By default, the widget is displayed as a widget in Flash. To
display it as a Grid/Graph instead, clear the Flash check box in the
Display Widget As column. This setting affects the display of the
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