Format Panel for Filters
Once you create a visualization filter, you can customize the display of the filter, such as whether to display a title, the title's font, and the display style of the filter (for example, slider or qualification for a metric filter, checkboxes or radio buttons for an attribute filter). A visualization filter filters data in the visualizations you select as targets.
Access
- Open an existing dossier that contains the visualization filter you want to format.
- Select the visualization filter in the dossier.
- In the left toolbar, click Format.
Fields
- Select the area of the visualization you want to format from the first drop-down.
Filter
Style: Select Check Boxes, Slider, Search Box, Link Bar Button Bar, Radio Buttons, Drop-down, or List Box filter styles for attributes. Select the Slider or Qualification filter style for metrics.
Font: Select font formatting options.
Mode: Select whether to include or exclude data using the filter selections. This option is available for all attribute filters and metric filters using a slider.
Allow multiple selections: Select this checkbox to allow multiple selections in an attribute filter. This option is available for Slider, Search Box, Link Bar, Button Bar, Drop-down, and List Box filter styles.
Make all items the same width: Select this checkbox to display each item in an attribute filter using the same width. The width of each item is proportional to the length of the text inside the item. This field is only available for Check Boxes, Link Bar, Button Bar, and Radio Buttons.
Show option for All: Determines whether the filter shows the All option, which displays all the objects in the target. This field is only available for attribute filters.
Alias: This field appears if you select the Show optional for All checkbox. The All option appears in the filter as (All) by default. To replace it with your own text, type the text in this field. This field is only available for attribute filters.
Title and Container
The following options are available to format the title, background, and borders of the filter container:
Title
Show titlebar: Select the checkbox to display the filter container's title.
Font: Select font formatting options.
Container
Fill Color: Select the background color of the filter container from the palette.
Outer Border: Select the style and color of the filter container's borders from the drop-down lists.