Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide - MicroStrategy

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Formatting Widgets Dashboards and Widgets Creation Guide
Formatting an RSS Reader widget
For an image of an RSS Reader widget and steps to add one to a document,
see Creating an RSS Reader widget, page 269.
(You can design a separate type of RSS Reader widget to be displayed on a
mobile device; for more information, see the MicroStrategy Mobile Design
and Administration Guide.)
The table below lists the different aspects of the RSS Reader widget that you
can format, and describes the steps to format them in MicroStrategy Web.
The steps can be performed in Flash Mode. They can also be performed in
Interactive Mode if the widget has been defined to display as a widget in
DHTML, and DHTML is enabled in Web. For steps to determine how the
widget is displayed, see Defining how a widget is displayed in different
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
Add a title to the RSS news feed 1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The RSS Reader dialog box opens.
2 Select the General tab.
3 Type a title in the RSS reader title field. This title appears
in the top right of the widget.
4 To format the color of the title, select a color from the RSS
reader title color palette.
5 Click OK to save the changes.
Define the web address of the RSS
content displayed in the widget
Determine the frequency with which the
widget refreshes its content
Determine the number of RSS feed items
to show on one page of the widget
1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The RSS Reader dialog box opens.
2 Select the General tab.
3 Type the web address of the RSS content in the Default
RSS Field.
4 Click OK to save the changes.
1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The RSS Reader dialog box opens.
2 Select the General tab.
3 Type the refresh frequency in seconds in the Default
refresh frequency (Sec) field.
4 Click OK to save the changes.
1 In Flash Mode or Interactive Mode, right-click the widget
and select Properties. The RSS Reader dialog box opens.
2 Select the General tab.
3 Type the number of items in the Items shown at a time
field.
4 Click OK to save the changes.
340 Formatting options by widget type © 2012 MicroStrategy, Inc.