Customizing Visuals in Analyses With Free-Form Layout

In analyses that use a free-form layout, you can move, resize, and overlap visuals, customize the visual background, border, or selection frame, and set loading animations. You can also hide the context menu or the on-visual menu.
To customize visuals in analyses with a free-form layout:
  1. Click Dashboards tab, the Dashboards tab.
  2. Click Dashboard Designer, in the bottom-left corner.
  3. On the Analyses dialog, click Options button, the Options button, next to an analysis and select Edit to open the analysis page.
  4. On the menu bar, go to Sheets ⇒ Layout Settings, then select Free-form under Sheet Layout and click Apply.
  5. Select the visual that you want to work with.
  6. To move the visual, hover over one of its borders until Move cursor, the move cursor, is displayed, then drag the visual to the new position.
    The visuals can overlap.

    You can also set specific coordinates for the position of the visuals. Click Format visual icon, the Format visual icon, in the top-right corner of the visual to display the Properties panel. Expand the Display Settings section and enter values in the X and Y fields under Size and position.

  7. To resize the visual, hover over one of its anchor points until Resize cursor, the resize cursor, is displayed, then drag the anchor point to adjust the size of the visual.
    The visuals can overlap.

    You can also set specific size values for visuals. Click Format visual icon, the Format visual icon, in the top-right corner of the visual to display the Properties panel. Expand the Display Settings section and enter values in the W and H fields under Size and position.

  8. To customize the visual background, border, or selection frame and set loading animations:
    1. Click Format visual icon, the Format visual icon, in the top-right corner of the visual to display the Properties panel.
    2. Expand the Display Settings section.
    3. To remove or display the background, border, or selection frame, click Click to hide icon, the Click to hide icon, or Click to show icon, the Click to show icon, next to Background, Border, or Selection.
    4. To change the color of the background, border, or selection frame, select a different color and adjust the opacity percentage for Background, Border, or Selection.
    5. To display an animation while the visual is loading, enable the Loading animation option.
  9. To customize the visual menus:
    1. Click Format visual icon, the Format visual icon, in the top-right corner of the visual to display the Properties panel.
    2. Select the Interactions tab and expand the General section.
    3. To remove or display the context menu that appears when you right-click an element from the visual, click Hide context menu icon, the Hide context menu icon, or Show context menu icon, the Show context menu icon, next to Context menu.
    4. To remove or display the on-visual menu that appears on the top-right side of the visual, click Hide on-visual menu icon, the Hide on-visual menu icon, or Show on-visual menu icon, the Show on-visual menu icon, next to On-visual menu.
    These settings are only visible after you publish the analysis to a dashboard.
Parent topic: Customizing Layouts