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# Canvas Properties
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:
#### Gradient
| **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 |
{% hint style="info" %} 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.*
{% endhint %}
#### Border
| **Parameter Name** | **Description** |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| Thickness | Set border thickness. |
| Border Color | Select a border color from the menu. |
#### Global Font And Themes
####
| **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. |
#### Size
####
| **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) |
{% hint style="info" %} Please Note: *The Dashboard screen size can be scaled based on display devices (E.g., Mobile, iPad, and PC).*
{% endhint %}
**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.
#### Language Mapping
####
| **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. |
{% hint style="info" %} Please Note: *By clicking on the **Select a Mapping** icon, the **Language Mapping Selection** dialog box opens.*
{% endhint %}
**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.
#### Cache
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.
#### Report Burst
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*** ](/bdb-documentation/core-platform/getting-started/homepage/documents-folders/document-options/options-for-a-published-dashboard.md#report-burst)section from the [***Options for a Published Dashboard***](/bdb-documentation/core-platform/getting-started/homepage/documents-folders/document-options/options-for-a-published-dashboard.md) section for more details.
{% hint style="info" %} Please Note: *The Report Burst option comes pre-selected in all the new dashboards.*
{% endhint %}
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