Formatting Thermometer widgets

By default, a Thermometer widget automatically inherits some of the formatting contained in its underlying graph report. For example, the font colors and types contained in 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 Thermometer dialog box in Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web.

A widget also has additional formatting specific to the type of widget. For a Thermometer 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. For instructions, see Changing the number format of the metric values.

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

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

• Colors and shading scheme of the thermometer

• The minimum and maximum values of the thermometer, which appear at the left and right of the thermometer

Related Topics

• Defining Thermometer widgets

• Creating widgets

• Providing Flash-based analysis and interactivity: Widgets