Configuring the display properties for a flashboard
Modifying Flashboardsproperties
BMC offers two types of Flashboards rendering:
- HTML rendering
HTML rendering offers more secure Flashboardsdisplay with modern and improved look and feel. When you choose to use HTML rendering, all your customized Flashboardscontinue to work as it is. When you select HTML rendering check the parameters supported by HTML rendering. For more information, see Flashboard-parameters. Adobe Flash rendering
We recommend that you use the HTML rendering because Adobe has announced the end development and distribution of Flash Player by the end of year 2020. For more information, see https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-flash-update/.
The following table lists the available properties on the Properties tab and the Flashboardsformat supported for each property.
Flashboard property | Adobe Flash | HTML |
|---|---|---|
Axis | ||
Show X Axis | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Show X Axis as Time | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Show X Axis Ticks | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Show Y Axis | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Show Y AxisTicks | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Grid Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Label Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Label Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Show Ticks Label | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Ticks Label Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Ticks Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
X Axis Ticks Label Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Grid Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Label Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Label Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Show Ticks Label | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Ticks Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Ticks Label Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Y Axis Ticks Label Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Chart | ||
Advanced Color Palette | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Chart Border Width | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Chart Outline Width | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Custom Time Format | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Display Table | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Foreground Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Foreground Transparency | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Graph Background Color | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Graph Background Transparency | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Legend Border Width | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Max Bar Width | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Outline Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Outline Legend Keys | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Show Chart Title | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Show Values | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Alignment | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Top Group By Number | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Top Group By Other Alias | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Top Group By Other Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Legend | ||
Background Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Item Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Item Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Outline Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Outline Width | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Alignment | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Title Font | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Meter | ||
Alert Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Needle Color | ✅️ | ✅️ |
Normal Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Type | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Warning Color | ✅️ | ❌️ |
Formats for the properties in the Properties tab are as follows:
- Font properties—<type-size-font name>
For example:
0-10-SanSerif
The options for type are 0 for plain, 1 for bold, and 2 for italic. - Color properties—<heximdecimalColorCode>
For example, 0000FF renders a blue color.
Gradients use the following format: <colorOrdercolorPlacementcolorCode1colorCode2>
colorOrder determines the gradient's pattern. The options are:- L—For linear colors
- R—For reflected colors
colorPlacement determines the gradient's pattern. The options are: - H—For a horizontal pattern
V—For a vertical pattern
For example, the following property would render a horizontal gradient with the colors black and white.
LH000000FFFFFFIf you have Flashboardscreated before version 7.0.01, you can use the old color palette to keep your old color. To keep the old palette, change the Advanced Color Palette value to 0.
- On/off properties—0 indicates that the property is turned off, and 1 indicates that the property is turned on. For example, if the Show X Axis property is set to 1, the X axis will appear in the Flashboards.
- Offset properties—The number of pixels that the image is offset.
Additional Flashboardsproperties
In the Developer Studio Properties window, the following additional attributes have been added under Axis section for Flashboards. The properties mentioned in the table are available for all Flashboardstypes.
Updated flashboard properties
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Show X Axis line | Option to display the X axis line. If the value is set to 0, the axis line is invisible. If the value is set to 1, the axis line is visible. By default, the value is set to 0. |
Show Y Axis line | Option to display the Y axis line If the value is set to 0, the axis line is invisible. If the value is set to 1, the axis line is visible. By default, the value is set to 0. |
Show Label Inside | Option to display labels above each horizontal bar of the capacity Flashboards. If the value is set to 0, the vertical axis labels are displayed outside chart at the default position. If the value is set to 1, the vertical axis labels are displayed inside the chart above each bar. This property is applicable for horizontal capacity Flashboardsonly and it is ignored for other Flashboards. |
Embedding a flashboard in a window
You can enable the Embedded property for the Flashboardsto embed the Flashboardson the window. Embedded Flashboardsdo not display distinct boundaries and the background color. These support transparency on the form and do not display borders. You can see the text description within the Flashboards. Embedded Flashboardsdo not contain the following controls:
- Show Legend
- Full Screen
- Options
Embedded Flashboard
However, you can right-click on the embedded Flashboardsto open a context menu and view these options.
Embedded Flashboardsdo not support zoom functionality. When you view the embedded Flashboardsusing Mid Tier 7.6 or earlier, it appears like a regular Flashboardswith borders and controls.
To enable the Embedded property for flashboard
- In Developer Studio Properties window, open the Chart section for a Flashboards.
- Set the Flashboardsproperty Embedded to 1.
By default, the value is set to 0.