Setting Up Lists

The List and the Drop-Down List controls allow to control block dimension elements selection.

The control will be inserted to the working area and configured to the selected link.

To change selection, view or to edit elements of the selected dimension, use commands in the drop-down menu of the Control item in the context menu of the List and Drop-Down List controls or manually select required dimension elements.

NOTE. The list of dimension elements corresponds with the dictionary of selected block data source.

To set up parameters of the List and Drop-Down List controls, use the Control Settings side panel tab.

Setting Up Basic Parameters of Lists

Make sure that the side panel is displayed.
Select the control in the working area.
Go to the Block tab.

Except for basic parameters of object, the Block side panel tab enables the user to set up list font:

In the drop-down list select one of the fonts available in the operating system.

Select the required font size in the drop-down list or enter it using the keyboard.

Click the buttons that determine control title text style:

B. Bold.
I. Italic.
U. Underline.

If the button is pressed, the corresponding font style is used.

Select the required font color in the drop-down palette. To set a new font color, click the Spectrum button in the standard color palette and choose a color in the advanced color palette.

The Control Settings Tab

The tab is located on the side panel and is used to set up the List and Drop-Down List controls.

Make sure that the side panel is displayed.
Select the List or Drop-Down List in the working area.
Go to the Control Settings tab.

In the drop-down list select the link that corresponds to the controlled dimension. One link can control the dimension that is used in several dashboard blocks.

The link name is formed by the scheme: Link <link_number> (<controlled_dimension_name>).

To create a new link, the Link drop-down list has the New Link element that contains a hierarchical list of blocks and their available dimensions. Select the required dimension in the New Link list. The link will be created and selected for the control.

TIP. The Document Dimension Synchronization tab is used to work with links of all dashboard blocks and the Dimension Synchronization tab is used to work with links of the selected block.

The Multiple Selection parameter is available if a link is set. The checkbox is selected by default, and the multiple selection of dimension controls is available in a control.

TIP. Deselect the Multiple Selection checkbox if the control is used for fixed dimension.

The Select the block, which dimension is used in the control.

The control is bi-directionally linked with the selected block dimension. If dimension selection is changed in the block, it is reflected in the list, and vice versa. If a block contains the Table visualizer, on drill down to relational data, the dimension selection in the list is synchronized with the selection in table by the specified link. On drill up of relational data the block and the linked control are synchronized with the selection and selected data by specified links between blocks. Drill down to relational data is available via an SQL query or when server aggregation of fact dimension is set up.

The Linked Block Dimensions list contains names of the blocks, which dimensions are controlled by a link.

To delete link. Click the button in the menu that opens and select the Delete Link item. The link will be deleted. The control stops to control any dimensions.
To remove the selected block from the link. Click the button and in the menu that opens select the Remove from Link item. The block will be removed from the link. The control stops to control the dimension of the removed block.

To work with all dashboard block links, click the Show All Document Links button. The Document Dimension Synchronization tab appears on the side panel.

Example of the List control:	Example of the Drop-Down List control: