Strategy ONE

Define Default Formatting for Objects in the Dashboard

You can select the font used to display all text in the dashboard, the font used for the titles of all filters and visualizations, and the background color and border used for all containers. Containers display the visualizations, filters, text, images, and so on used in a dashboard.

Formatting options for individual objects in the dashboard, such as individual visualizations, images, filters, and so on override formatting at the dashboard level. Use formatting at the dashboard level to provide the default display options, and then customize each object as necessary.

To provide a unified appearance, you can display all objects with a gray background and black border, using dashboard level formatting options. However, to make a single visualization stand out, you can select a white background and red border.

As you make changes, the new formats appear in the preview pane on the right.

See KB484601 for more information about best practices for using colors when designing dashboards.

To define default fonts and colors for the objects in the dashboard

  1. Open a dashboard you want to modify.
  2. From the Format menu, select Dashboard Formatting. The Dashboard Formatting Properties dialog opens.

    As you make changes to the formatting, the sample preview on the right updates.

  3. Select whether to display the dashboard as:
    • As a set of Cards, where each object displays with distinct outlines
    • In a Flat format, without object outlines
  4. Select the Background color from the color palette.
  5. Beginning in Strategy One (October 2025), set the Padding of all pages, ranging from 4 to 50. This also controls the padding between objects if the page or panel uses automatic layout.
  6. Format all the titles in the dashboard using the options in the Title Bar area.
    • Select the Fill Color from the color palette. Type the opacity of the fill as a percentage. Higher values are more opaque.
    • Beginning in Strategy One (October 2025), you can format the title's Top Line and Bottom Line independently. Select an option from the Titles drop-down list, then select the font formatting, including type, size, color, and alignment for that title line.
    • Beginning in Strategy One (October 2025), you can format the layout of title buttons.
      • Select the Button Radius and Button Size.
      • Select the Icon fill color from the color palette. The icon is the symbol displayed on the button.
      • Select the button's background Fill color from the color palette. Type the opacity of the fill as a percentage. Higher values are more opaque.
      • Select the Border style and color.
  7. Format all the containers used to display content in the dashboard in the Container Body area.
    • Select the Fill Color from the color palette. Type the opacity of the fill as a percentage. Higher values are more opaque.
    • Select the Border style and color.
    • Beginning in Strategy One (October 2025), you can set the Radius of the container's corners. Use the slider or type the radius from 0 to 40, where 0 is a right angle.

  8. Beginning in MicroStrategy ONE (June 2024), you can Lock Page Size for Web and Tablets. For steps, see Lock Page Size.

  9. Select the font to use for displaying text on the dashboard from the All Fonts drop-down list.
  10. Select whether to Disable Highlight on Hover for Containers in Presentation Mode.
  11. Click OK to save your changes.