Other component behavior properties

Use the following table as a guide for setting the Behavior properties for other components. The available options vary depending on the type of component.

Description Option

Common Tab

For a calendar, this option specifies the date that is first selected when the model loads. Select one of the following options:

• Use current date: the calendar loads with the current date.

• Use custom date: the calendar loads with a specific date that you choose. Enter values for Day, Month, and Year.

Default Date

For a calendar, this option limits the date range available. If you select this option, enter values for Start Month, Start Year, End Month, and End Year to define the range of dates that the user can select.

Enable Calendar Lim-its

For a grid with Enable Interaction selected, you can restrict the numbers that users can enter during runtime. Users can only enter multiples of the Increment. For instance, if you type 12 as the Increment, users can set values in the grid to 0, 12, 24, 36, and so on. The Increment setting does not affect the initial data that appears in the grid when it loads.

Increment

For a grid with Enable Interaction selected, you can set limits on the numbers that users can enter during runtime. This setting is based on the Minimum Limit on the General view. Select one of the following options:

• Open: users can enter values that are less than the Minimum Limit.

• Fixed: users cannot enter values that are less than the Minimum Limit.

Minimum Limit

For a grid with Enable Interaction selected, you can set limits on the numbers that users can enter during runtime. This setting is based on the Maximum Limit on the General view. Select one of the following options:

• Open: users can enter values that are greater than the Maximum Limit.

• Fixed: users cannot enter values that are greater than the Maximum Limit.

Maximum Limit

Select this option to allow users to enter values in the grid during runtime.

Note:

If a grid cell is linked to a spreadsheet cell that contains a formula, users cannot change the value of that cell even when Enable Interaction is se-lected.

Enable Interaction

Description Option

For a grid with Enable Interaction selected, you can determine how sen-sitive the component is to click-and-drag mouse movements. When the setting is high, mouse movements change the value rapidly. When the setting is low, mouse movements change the value by small increments.

Mouse Sensitivity

For a grid with Enable Interaction selected, this option determines the how the cell value changes when the user clicks and drags it. Select one of the following options:

• Manual: the user clicks the cell and drags up or down to change the value. For each increment of change, the user must continue to drag the pointer.

• Auto: the user clicks the cell and drags up or down to change the value.

While the mouse button is pressed, the value continues to change without requiring further pointer movement.

Scroll Behavior

For a panel set, you can select this option to enable a maximize button on each panel during runtime. This button allows users to expand a panel to fill the entire panel set. Users can click it again to restore the panel to its original size. This feature is useful for emphasizing different sets of data at different times during a presentation.

Enable Maximize But-ton

For a panel set with Enable Maximize Button selected, this option specifies how fast panels expand and contract when users click the minimize or re-store button. Move the marker along the slider to set the speed.

Zoom Speed

For a panel set, you can set the image that appears in each panel when the model loads. Select a panel in the Panel list and select the image to display by default for the panel in the Item list.

Panel

For a panel set, select In Values to prevent empty values past the last non-empty value from being displayed. This option allows a variable amount of data to be displayed.

Ignore Blank Cells

For a print scale, this option specifies how the model scales when printing.

Select one of the following options:

• Scale To: scales to a specific percentage of the original dashboard size. Select the percentage from the list.

• Scale to Fit Page: scales to fit on one page of the selected paper.

Print Scale

Description Option

This option specifies the index for the source data component. Click the Cell Selector button ( ) to select a cell in the spreadsheet.

When the value in this cell changes, the source data component inserts a new value from the source data to the destination range.

For instance, if the Selected Item Index is 0, the source data component inserts the first cell, row, or column of source data to the destination range.

If the Selected Item Index value changes to 1, the second cell, row, or column of data is inserted, overwriting the previous data.

Selected Item Index

This option allows you to specify conditions that control when the compo-nent appears in the model. For more information about using dynamic visibility, seeManaging the visibility of components.

Dynamic Visibility

Animations and Effects Tab

You can add a sound effect to some components. The sound effect is triggered when users make a selection.

Enable Sound

Configure an animated entry effect for the appearance of the component.

This option is useful for components with dynamic visibility.

Select an entry effect from the Type list and specify how long the effect lasts in the Duration (seconds) box.

Entry Effect