Formatting
Once at least a measure has been assigned to the visual, the formatting pane with the visual specific formatting options will be visible.
There are three main formatting panes:
Settings - the visuals general formatting options
Multiple individual - formatting related to specific multiple data elements
Legend individual - formatting related to specific color legend data elements
"Multiple individual" and "Legend individual" settings allow to define formatting for specific data elements. They are not visible if there are no multiples or legend fields assigned to the visual (cf. Data)
Settings
Chart - chart formatting (symbols to be used, symbol distribution)
Chart area - chart area formatting (size, borders, background color)
Value label - value label formatting (text style, size, color)
Multiple - multiple formatting (direction, spacing)
Multiple label - multiple label formatting (text style, color, image size)
Legend - legend formatting (position, size)
Layout - settings regarding the positioning of elements on the chart area (chart, multiple and value labels)
Chart
Position - layout position of the chart on the chart area (cf. Layout)
Symbol - Selecton of a symbol to be used in chart. Selection of "custom" will show a text input where users can enter (or paste) their own SVG path expression to be used.
Symbol color - default symbol color, if no color legend is defined.
Symbol value type - definition of the numeric value one symbol in the chart should stands for. User can choose from "auto", "symbol" and "total". "Auto" will automatically assign a value based on the number of symbols and the measure value, or the maximum measure value across all multiples (if multiples are being used). "Symbol" will let users enter a specific value one symbol should represent. "Total" will let users enter a total value to be used when determining the value of each symbol (across multiples if multiples are active), by dividing the entered amount by the count of symbols.
Columns - number of symbols to be put in a a row
Rows - number of symbols to be put in a column
Horizontal spacing - space in pixels to put between the symbols in a row
Vertical spacing - space in pixels to put between the symbols in a column
Show empty symbols - turn on to show all symbols (all columns x rows) for each multiple chart, even if, by value, they should not be visible for that multiple. Can be used to show the max of all or a certain amount as a reference.
Chart area
Minimum width - minimum width of the chart, or each of the charts multiples. When reached, a horizontal scrollbar will appear.
Minimum height - minimum height of the chart, or each of the charts multiples. When reached, a vertical scrollbar will appear.
Padding - padding to be applied on the chart areas content
Border width - with of the border around the chart area
Rounded corners - corner rounding to be applied on the chart areas border
Background color - background color of the chart area
Value label
Position - layout position of the value label on the chart area (cf. Layout)
Decimal places - the chart values default number of decimal places
Display unit - the chart values default number of decimal places
Horizontal alignment - horizontal alignment of the value label in its layout position
Vertical alignment - vertical alignment of the value label in its layout position
Font - font settings of the value label
Text color - text color of the value label
Multiple
Multiple direction - direction (horizontal or vertical) to be used to place multiple charts
Spacing - space to put between multiple charts
Multiple label
Position - layout position of the multiple label on each chart area (cf. Layout)
Horizontal alignment - horizontal alignment of the multiple label in its layout position
Vertical alignment - vertical alignment of the multiple label in its layout position
Font - font settings of the value label
Text color - text color of the value label
Image size - size of the image (% of size of layout position), when using images as multiples
Legend
Position - position of the legend (top or bottom of the visual)
Size - size of the legend in pixels. Text and symbols will be scaled proportionally.
Layout
Show layout areas - show or hide layout lines (to see if the layout is set correctly)
There are 15 layout positions to choose from when positioning element (chart, value label, multiple label) on the chart area: top row, top left, top center, top right, center row, left, center, right, bottom row, bottom left, bottom center, bottom right, left column, center column, right column. These positions are defined by setting the following formatting properties:
Top height - position of the top layout line (in percent of chart area height) that determines the height of the top layout row
Left width - width of the left layout line (in percent of chart area width) that determines the width of the left layout row
Right width - width of the right layout line (in percent of chart area width) that determines the width of the right layout row
Bottom height - of the bottom layout line (in percent of chart area height) that determines the height of the bottom layout row
The size of the center space (and also the size of the center row and column) is the remaining space of the total chart area size (e.g. center row height = total height - top height - bottom height)