Canvas Properties
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The Designer canvass is provided with specific properties.
Navigate to the Designer canvas.
Use the Right-click anywhere on the canvas.
Select the Properties option from the context menu.
The following Canvas properties will be displayed:
Parameter Name | Description |
Background Colors | Users will be directed to select a background color. |
Opacity | Set background-color opacity. |
Background Rotation | Set the value to rotate the background color accordingly |
Please Note: By clicking the Background Colors icon, a new window opens with a menu to select a color for the Background (as displayed in the below-given image) gradient colors. The users can select a color using the menu and click the Save option to apply the selected background gradient color.
Parameter Name | Description |
Thickness | Set border thickness. |
Border Color | Select a border color from the menu. |
Parameter Name | Description |
Use Global Shadow | Enable this option to display global shadow |
Shadow Color | Select a color from using the menu |
Shadow Transparency | Set the transparency for the shadow |
Use Global Font | Enable this option to use the global font. |
Font Family | Select a font type from the drop-down menu. |
Designer Themes | Select a theme from the drop-down menu. |
Parameter Name | Description |
Screen Size | Select an option from the drop-down menu. |
Width | Increase/decrease the width of the dashboard. |
Height | Increase/decrease the height of the dashboard. |
Enable Scaling | Enable this option to display scaling. |
Scaling View | Select an option from the drop-down menu (Fit to page/Fit to width/Fit to height/Proportional) |
Please Note: The Dashboard screen size can be scaled based on display devices (E.g., Mobile, iPad, and PC).
Steps to set the Screen Size
Click the drop-down icon for the Screen Size field.
A context menu appear displaying various options to set the Screen Size.
Parameter Name | Description |
Enable | Enable this option to apply language mapping functionality. |
Hide Curly Braces | Enable this option to hide the curly braces. |
Select a Mapping | Select a language mapping using the drop-down menu. |
Please Note: By clicking on the Select a Mapping icon, the Language Mapping Selection dialog box opens.
Steps to Map a Language
Navigate to the Language Mapping Selection dialog box.
Select a language mapping option using the Mapping List drop-down menu.
Click the Save option.
Use a checkmark in the given box to enable the Enable Cache option for the data service. If cache is enabled for a dashboard with a data service as a data source it will do the following tasks:
While loading the dashboard, for the first time data will hit from database.
The same dashboard while loading again it will load the data from the Cache.
Use a checkmark in the given box to Enable Report Burst. By enabling the Report Burst option from the Dashboard properties displays the Report Burst option for a published Dashboard. Refer the Report Burst section from the Options for a Published Dashboard section for more details.
Please Note: The Report Burst option comes pre-selected in all the new dashboards.
