User Display Settings

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As a builder, you can enable or disable several options that allow the end user to customize a chart to show exactly the information they want to see. These properties are set on the User Display Settings page.

The topics below explain the purpose of each property on this page. The numbers to the right of each property name correspond to the numbers in the figure below, which shows how each property affects the user interface when enabled.

Title: Chart Sample - All user options enabled - Description: Chart Sample - All user options enabled

 

Show ribbon (1)

Show the chart ribbon (toolbar) above the chart

Show auto filter (2)

(Available only when Show ribbon is selected) Show the Auto Filter icon in the ribbon above the chart. Auto filter allows the end user to apply or remove filtering that is set in Static Configuration, Chart Designer settings, and/or the Filter Drop Zone of the user interface.

Show field list (3)

Show all of the fields (columns) that the builder identified on the Columns page of the Display Wizard. This field list is displayed to the left of the chart.

Show drop zone (4)

Show an area where the end user can drag and drop columns to add more data to the chart or apply a filter. The filter identified by the builder on the Filter page is not affected.

Enable tooltip (5)

When the user hovers over a column/pie slice/data point on the chart, show a popup that states the underlying value.

Enable switch to grid view (6)

Show a pair of icons at the bottom of the Chart Display that allows the end user to switch back and forth between the chart and a grid-style view of the underlying data.

Show legend (7)

Include a legend in the display.

Legend location (8)

(Available only when Show legend is selected.) The location of the legend. This defaults to Right.