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Curation - Field Properties - Data Styles

Intended audience: END-USERS ANALYSTS DEVELOPERS ADMINISTRATORS

AO Platform: 4.3

Overview

This section contains an overview of all properties MSO Curation > Field Properties > Data Styles tab.

Data Styles

This tab allows the user to provide configuration for individual MSO field properties - focusing on the styling of the properties during visualization.

INFOGRAPHICS Section

This section allows the user to configure conditional Icons and Colors for the data values that come from the selected MSO Field Property. Start by selecting a Value Source. Value Sources available depend on the selected Field Property’s Data Type and determine where the Values are coming from and which Icon/Color(s) to apply.

Label

Description

From Linguistics

From Linguistics radio button option allows user to select any Synonyms (and associated Word Rules) created for the MSO field property. Only available for String data type.

  • Display Name

A friendly Name for the criteria of the Infographics.

  • Value

The Value field allows user to select absolute Values from the Linguistics configuration from dropdown. Such values will be a combination of generated Value Based Synonyms and other Synonyms created manually on MSO - Linguistics page.

  • Icon

Select an Icon from the File Manager dialog representing the Value criteria. If a relevant Icon isn’t available, user can upload a new Icon.

  • Color

Select a Color from palette representing the Value from Linguistics. See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Everything else

This is the fallback Color selection for any values that are not covered by configured Rules.

  • Icon for Theme/Color Palette Configuration

See #Selection-of-Color.

Manual

The Manual radio button option allows user to enter Values manually. Available for String and Number data types.

  • Display Name

A friendly Name for the criteria of the Infographics.

  • Value

The Value field allows user to enter absolute values directly in the text fields, eg. High/Medium/Low, Male/Female, ON/OFF.

  • Icon

Select an Icon from the File Manager dialog representing the Value criteria. If a relevant Icon isn’t available, user can upload a new Icon.

  • Color

Select a Color from palette representing the Values added. See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Everything else

This is the fallback Color selection for any values that are not covered by configured Rules.

  • Icon for Theme/Color Palette Configuration

See #Selection-of-Color.

Rules

The Rules radio button option allows user to manually configure value criteria based on Data Source values. Available for all data types.

  • Display Name

A friendly Name for the criteria of the Infographics.

  • Value

The Value field will be populated once the Value Criteria have been configured Using Query Builder.

  • Query Builder Icon

Click the Query Builder icon to open dialog. Add one or more criteria to define the Rules. A few examples:

  • “translate” data source values into “friendly labels”, such as m/f => male/female, 0/1 => false/true.

  • allow configuration of value ranges, eg. Temperature = Low (-20c to 10c), Medium (11c to 25c), and High (>25c)

  • Icon

Select an Icon from the File Manager dialog representing the Value criteria. If a relevant Icon isn’t available, user can upload a new Icon.

  • Color

Select a Color from the palette representing the Value criteria. See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Everything else

This is the fallback Color selection for any values that are not covered by configured Rules.

  • Icon for Theme/Color Palette Configuration

See #Selection-of-Color.

Color Palette

The Color Palette radio button option allows user to configure the color selection based on a Color Palette related to one or more Themes. See Selection of Color below. A Min and Max value can be provided for values that the color selection will be applied to. Available for String, Date and Number data types.

  • Color

Select a Color Palette representing the Min and Max values provided. See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Icon for Theme/Color Palette Configuration

See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Min value

Enter a Minimum value relevant to the selected Field Property’s data type, eg. String, Date or Number.

  • Max value

Enter a Maximum value relevant to the selected Field Property’s data type, eg. String, Date or Number.

Ranges

The Ranges radio button option allows user to configure the color selection related to one or more Themes for one or more ranges of data values. See Selection of Color below. Data values in ranges not provided will be assigned the color selection for the Everything else choice.

  • For Date data type - From and To dates shall be provided (repeater section).

  • For Boolean data type - Only two color selections can be made representing True and False values.

  • For Number data type - From and To number values shall be provided (repeater section)

Available for Date, Boolean and Number data types.

  • From

Enter a From value relevant to the selected Field Property’s data type, eg. Date or Number.

  • To

Enter a To value relevant to the selected Field Property’s data type, eg. Date or Number.

  • Color

Select a Color from the palette representing the Ranges configured. See #Selection-of-Color.

  • Everything else

This is the fallback Color selection for any values that are not covered by configured Ranges.

  • True

Select a single Color for the True values for Field Property. Only applicable to Boolean data type.

  • False

Select a single Color for the False values for Field Property. Only applicable to Boolean data type.

  • Icon for Theme/Color Palette Configuration

See #Selection-of-Color.

Selection of Color

When any of the above Value Sources are selected to create a conditional color representation of the data from selected Field Properties, the Single or Color Palette choice made is done via the Themes and Palettes dialog. Once open, the user will see a list of preconfigured Themes available. A Single or Color Palette choice can be made for each Theme relating to the selected Field Property. Click the paintbrush icon to open the Choose Color dialog. Depending on the data type for the Field Property selected, Choose Color dialog will show options for Single Color, Color Palette, or both as seen in examples below.

If no color choice is made for a Theme entry, the default Color/Color Palette, as configured for the System-level Themes, and only available via the Admin solution, will be used as the fallback.

For the Color Palette option, Color Palettes are viewed by Palette Type - use dropdown to select a Palette Type:

  • Single Hue Gradient - a series of colors derived from the same single color configuration, eg. shades of blue, green, grey, …

  • Dynamic - a series of colors derived between a start and end color configuration, eg. blue-to-pink, green-to-blue, blue-to-purple, …

  • Curated - a series of colors manually selected. Such a Palette can either represent completely different/random colors, or a specific custom gradient.

See [Admin > UI > Color Palettes] page on how to configure Color Palettes.

Themes and Palettes

Choose Single Color

Choose Color Palette

MICRO APPLICATION DEFAULT COLORS Section

This is a repeater section where the above configuration of Colors can be applied to specific Micro Applications. If nothing is defined, the Micro Applications will be using the Data Style Colors associated with the Theme selected for the Solution.

Label

Description

Micro App

The Micro App dropdown displays list of micro applications allowing user to select.

Style Element

The Style Element dropdown displays list of style elements available for the selected Micro App. Select which Style Element for which the Color will be applied. Some examples…

  • Tables: Text Color, Background Color

  • Charts: Series Color

  • Calendar Heatmap: Series Color

  • Google Maps: Fill Color, Stroke Color

  • Heatmap Chart: Max Color, Min Color


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