Preset formatting: Autostyles

MicroStrategy comes with several presentation styles for displaying reports. These are called autostyles. Each autostyle automatically applies a set of formatting that includes color scheme, font style, and font type to a report.

For example, in MicroStrategy Developer and Web, the default autostyle used for all reports is called Corporate, which includes a gray background and dark blue font color, as shown in the image below:

Autostyles let you standardize formatting across many reports.

Explore the available autostyles by opening a grid report in the Tutorial project and selecting any of the available autostyles. For information to locate reports in the Tutorial project, see About sample data and the MicroStrategy Tutorial project.

Applying an autostyle

To apply an autostyle in MicroStrategy Web

1. In MicroStrategy Web, click to open a grid report.
2. Click the Grid menu. If DHTML is disabled, click Go.
3. Select an Autostyle from the drop-down list. If DHTML is disabled, click Apply Style.

Creating a new autostyle

You can save your favorite formatting settings as an autostyle, so you can easily repeat your favorite styles on later reports.

Although you cannot create new autostyles in MicroStrategy Web, autostyles created in Developer are available to be applied to reports in Web.

To create and save an Autostyle in Developer

1. In Developer, double-click to open a grid report.
2. Format the report as desired, using any of the procedures in this chapter or the online help. For example, apply a banding color scheme to the columns or rows of the report, and change the report's borders.
3. From the report's Grid menu, select Save Autostyle As.
4. Specify a name for the new autostyle in the Save Autostyle As dialog box. The name should be descriptive so you or other users can be aware of what formatting changes it will make when applied to a report.

5. You can save objects in MicroStrategy so that only you can see and use them, or so that all other users can see and use them. This is determined by the location where you save the object:

   • To save an autostyle so that other users can also use the autostyle to apply formatting to their reports, save the autostyle in the Public Objects\Autostyles folder.
   • To save an autostyle so that only you can use it, save the autostyle in the My Personal Objects\My Objects folder. If you save an autostyle in this folder, it appears only in your autostyle drop-down list and is not available to other users.

The next time you open a report, you can view the autostyle you created in the list of available autostyles.

For information on creating autostyles for a broad number of reports, changing properties in the default autostyles, and so on, see the Advanced Reporting Help.