The following properties are available under the Display Format field for Parameter and Content components. Not all properties in this section are available for all components. For information about parameters, see Filter Runtime Data and Reduce Maintenance with Parameters.
General
Custom Parameters
Click the ellipsis in order to select and assign a custom parameter such as a cube view style to the cube view header.
IsVisible
This determines if the component is visible on the dashboard. Settings are True, False, or Use Default.
ShowSearch
This adjusts the behavior of the ComboBox component. When True, the ComboBox retains typed text and auto complete is enabled. When False, typed text is not retained and auto complete is disabled.
HorizontalAlignment
This determines how the component should be aligned horizontally on the area allocated in the dashboard.
Left
The component is aligned on the left of the allocated area.
Center
The component is aligned in the center of the allocated area.
Right
The component is aligned on the right of the allocated area.
Stretch
The component is stretched to fill the allocated area.
Use Default
Use the default setting for horizontal alignment.
VerticalAlignment
This determines how the component should be aligned vertically on the area allocated in the dashboard.
Top
The component is aligned on the top of the allocated area.
Center
The component is aligned in the center of the allocated area.
Bottom
The component is aligned on the bottom of the allocated area.
Stretch
The component is stretched to fill the allocated area.
Use Default
Use the default setting for vertical alignment.
Width
The width of the control.
Height
The height of the control.
MarginLeft, Top, Right, and Bottom
The spacing used on the sides of the control.
BorderThickness
The thickness of the border used when displaying the control.
FontFamily
The font type used on the component (e.g., Ariel, Times Roman, etc.).
FontSize
The font size used on the control text.
Bold
If set to True, the font will be bold.
Italic
If set to True, the font will be italicized.
Color
The color of the text displayed in the control.
TextColor
Choose a color from the drop-down options for the control text.
BackgroundColor
Choose a color from the drop-down options for the text background.
BorderColor
Choose color from the drop-down options for the border of the control.
HoverColor
Choose color from the drop-down options to change the hover color of a button dashboard component.
Image
HorizontalContentAlignment
This determines how the image’s content should be aligned horizontally on the area allocated in the dashboard.
VerticalContentAlignment
This determines how the Image’s content should be aligned vertically on the area allocated in the dashboard.
ImageStretch
This setting allows the image to be re-sized when being displayed.
None
This does not re-size the image.
Fill
The image stretched to fill the control.
Uniform
This preserves the aspect ratio of the image.
UniformtoFill
This scales the source image to fit within the bounds of the image object and keeps the source image centered within the image object.
ImageCropLeft, Top, Width, Height
Use these settings to crop and position the image in order to align the desired content appropriately.
Label
LabelPosition
The location where the control label is placed.
None
This does not display a label for the control.
Left
This displays the label to the left of the control.
Top
This displays the label above the control.
Right
This displays the label to the right of the control.
Bottom
This displays the label below the control.
Use Default
Use the default label display location
LabelFontFamily
The font type to use on the label (e.g., Ariel, Times Roman, etc.).
LabelFontSize
The font size to use on the label.
LabelBold
If set to True, the font is bold.
LabelItalic
If set to True, the font is italicized.
Colors
LabelZeroOffsetForFormatting
This holds a number with the default value of 0.0. When a label is being used to display a number, and the number is greater than the number in this field, it will be displayed using the color associated with LabelTextColor. Otherwise, the number will be displayed using the color associated with LabelNegativeTextColor.
LabelTextColor
Choose a color from the drop-down options for the label text.
LabelNegativeTextColor
Choose a color from the drop-down options for the label’s negative text.
