Changing Report Styles using the Properties Panel
In the Stimulsoft Report Designer (Web or Windows versions) some presentation settings and styles can only be changed using the properties panel.
These include:
- Changing background color of a report – Appearance, Brush, Color
- Positioning report elements – Position controls the positioning of report components
- Adding hyperlinks – Behavior, Interaction, Hyperlink
- Embedding HTML tags – Text Additional, Allow HTML tags – allows HTML to be embedded in the report
- Behavior – settings such as Print on all Pages or Printable = True. Some report elements are not displayed unless these properties are set correctly.
Two quick examples of how to use report properties:
Changing the Report Background Color
1. Select a report such as Latest Human Sessions.
- 2. Select the report page. To select the page, click the white border around the edge of the report.
- 3. With the page selected, open the Properties panel and expand Brush.
- 4. Select a color from the drop-down menu. For example, Light Grey.
- 5. Save your changes and preview the report.
Note
If the background color is still not visible check the Border property of the report.
If the border property is set to None, then the background color will not be visible when you preview the report.
Apply a border to at least one side of the report.
Click OK and preview your report again. You should now see the background color that you selected.
Using the Position Property
1. In the Latest Human Sessions report, select a text element, for example the timestamp in the report header.
2. Open another report that uses the same text element, such as Leads Executive.
3. If you want the timestamp control to be positioned in the same in both reports, then check the position property.
4. Select a text element and enter a value in one or more of the position properties.
5. Save your changes and preview the report in Sitecore Analytics.
The Position property can be very useful if you want to have precise control over the positioning of text, links and images.
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