Formatting Cylinder widgets

By default, a Cylinder widget automatically inherits some of the formatting contained in the underlying graph report. For example, the font colors and types defined for the graph report can be displayed in the widget. If you do not want the widget to inherit this formatting, clear the Inherit graph formatting check box in the Cylinder dialog box in Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web.

A widget also has additional formatting specific to the type of widget. For a Cylinder widget, you can change:

• The number format of the metric values. For example, you can format numbers to appear as dollars and cents, as percentages, or even as scientific notation. This formatting is done in Design View in MicroStrategy Developer and in Design Mode and Editable Mode in MicroStrategy Web. For instructions, see Changing the number format of the metric values.

• The font of the text that appears on the side of the cylinder. For instructions, see Formatting the text on a cylinder, gauge, or thermometer.

The formatting listed above is done in Design View in MicroStrategy Developer and in Design Mode and Editable Mode in MicroStrategy Web. In Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web, you can change the:

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• Colors and shading scheme of the cylinder.

• Minimum and maximum values for the cylinder. By default, the values range from 1 to 100.

  • If metric values on your report are larger than 100, you should change the maximum value. For example, if the metric values on the report range from 60,000 to 1,000,000, enter a number like 1,100,000 to accommodate larger values in the data.

Related Topics

• Defining Cylinder widgets

• Creating widgets

• Providing Flash-based analysis and interactivity: Widgets