Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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Formatting Widgets Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide
views and modes, page 285. For steps to enable DHTML, see the
MicroStrategy Web Help.
What to Format in the Widget How to Format It
Show or hide the value that the gauge
needle is pointing to
1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The Gauge dialog box opens.
2 Select or clear the Show Data Labels check box to show or
hide the indicated value in the center of the Gauge widget.
For example, if the gauge needle points to $65,000,
“$65,000” is displayed in the center of the gauge.
3 Click OK to save the changes.
Select the series color scheme 1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The Gauge dialog box opens.
2 Select one of the color schemes from the Default series
colors drop-down list.
3 Click OK to save the changes.
Show or hide the title 1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The Gauge dialog box opens.
2 Select or clear the Show title check box to show or hide the
title. The title appears at the bottom of the gauge.
3 Click OK to save the changes.
Determine whether or not to apply
formatting inherited from the widget’s
underlying graph report
The following formatting can be
inherited from the underlying graph:
• Font type and size
• Background and border color of the
widget
• The minimum and maximum values
that can be displayed in the widget
• The positioning of the minimum and
maximum values on the gauge
• The display style and color of the
gauge faceplate, gauge border, and
needle
• Legend formatting, including legend
position, legend background and
border color, and font used to display
items in the legend
1 In Editable Mode, right-click the widget, then point to View
Mode and select Graph View.
2 From the Format menu, select Graph. The Format: Graph
dialog box opens.
3 From the Graph type drop-down list, select Gauge.
4 Format the widget’s underlying graph by selecting the
appropriate options in the dialog box. For details on each
option to format the widget’s underlying graph report, click
Help.
5 Click Apply to apply your changes, then click OK to return to
the widget.
6 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The Gauge dialog box opens.
7 Do one of the following:
• To apply formatting from the widget’s underlying graph
report, select the Inherit grid formatting check box.
• To display the widget without inheriting formatting, clear the
Inherit grid formatting check box.
8 Click OK to save the changes.
Formatting a Graph Matrix (deprecated) widget
For an image of a Graph Matrix (deprecated) widget and steps to add one to a
document, see Creating a Graph Matrix (deprecated) widget, page 230.
316 Formatting options by widget type © 2012 MicroStrategy, Inc.