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.

Accessing the Canvas Properties option

• The following Canvas properties will be displayed:

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Gradient

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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. The colors pallet to set background gradient color is given below:

Border

The Border Properties fields​

Parameter Name	Description
Thickness	Set border thickness.
Border Color	Select a border color from the menu.

Global Font And Themes

Global Font and Themes properties fields

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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.

Screen Size

Check out the given walk-through on how redraw on resize Property gets applied to the Dashboard.

Displaying Redraw on Resize option

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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.
Redraw on resize	Redraws the dashboard while resizing it.
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).
Align	Gets aligns based on the selected Align option.

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 appears displaying various options to set the Screen Size.

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Language Mapping

Language Mapping Properties fields

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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.

Mapping a Language

Cache

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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

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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.