The following properties are available under the Display Format field for Dashboard 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 to select and assign a custom parameter, such as a Cube View style, to the Cube View header.
Position
IsVisible
This determines if the component is visible on the dashboard. The settings are True, False, or Use Default.
IsEnabled
When set to True or (Use Default), the component is enabled. When set to False, the component is unable to be selected.
NOTE: The IsEnabled property only applies to the Button component.
ShowSearch
This adjusts the behavior of the Combo Box component. When True, the Combo Box 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 is aligned horizontally on the area allocated in the dashboard. You can choose from the following options:
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(Use Default): Select this to use the default setting.
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Left: The component is aligned on the left of the allocated area.
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Center: The component is aligned in the center of the allocated area.
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Right: The component is aligned on the right of the allocated area.
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Stretch: The component is stretched to fill the allocated area.
VerticalAlignment
This determines how the component is aligned vertically on the area allocated in the dashboard. You can choose from the following options:
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(Use Default): Select this to use the default setting.
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Top: The component is aligned on the top of the allocated area.
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Center: The component is aligned in the center of the allocated area.
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Bottom: The component is aligned on the bottom of the allocated area.
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Stretch: The component is stretched to fill the allocated area.
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.
Borders
BorderThickness
The thickness of the border used when displaying the control.
Font
FontFamily
The font type used on the component, for example, Ariel or Times Roman.
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
These properties determine the color of the text displayed in the control.
TextColor
Choose a color for the control text from the drop-down menu.
BackgroundColor
Choose a color for the text background from the drop-down menu.
BorderColor
Choose a color for the border of the control from the drop-down menu.
HoverColor
Choose a hover color for a button component from the drop-down menu.
Image
HorizontalContentAlignment
This determines the horizontal alignment of the image's content on the area allocated in the baseboard.
VerticalContentAlignment
This determines the vertical alignment of the image's content on the area allocated in the baseboard.
ImageStretch
This setting allows the image to be re-sized. You can choose from the following options:
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None: This does not re-size the image.
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Fill: The image is stretched to fill the control.
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Uniform: This preserves the aspect ratio of the image.
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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, and Height
Use these settings to crop and position the image to align the content appropriately.
Label
Position
LabelPosition
The location where the control label is placed. You can choose from the following options:
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(Use Default): Use the default label display location.
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None: This does not display a label for the control.
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Left: This displays the label to the left of the control.
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Top: This displays the label above the control.
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Right: This displays the label to the right of the control.
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Button: This displays the label below the control.
Font
LabelFontFamily
The font type to use on the label, for example, Ariel or Times Roman.
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 is displayed using the color associated with LabelTextColor. Otherwise, the number is displayed using the color associated with LabelNegativeTextColor.
LabelTextColor
Choose a label text color from the drop-down menu.
LabelNegativeTextColor
Choose a color for the label's negative text from the drop-down menu.
