Gauge

A Gauge control presents data as a reading on a dial. A Gauge control can be bound to a data source using the Smart tag or Properties window.

A Gauge control can be viewed as a circular or linear gauge.

On the Properties window, the Gauge control properties are divided into the following tabs:

Appearance

Background Color

Specifies the background colour of controls. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab ().

Border Color, Border Dash Style, Border Width and Borders

Specifies border settings for controls.

Formatting Rules

Displays the Formatting Rules Editor window, used to choose which rules are applied to a report during report generation, and to define the priority of the applied rules.

Image Type

Specifies if a gauge is internally rendered as a metafile in a report (in which case the quality of the rendered image is good, but in some cases some details of the control may be lost), or as a bitmap (in which case the quality of the rendered image can sometimes be poor, but the control is drawn more precisely).

Location

Specifies the location of the control in report measurement units.

Padding

Specifies indent values used to render the contents of the controls.

Size

Specifies the size of the control in report measurement units.

Style Priority

Defines the priority of various styles (for example, background colour or border colour).

Styles

Defines odd and even styles for the controls, as well as assigning an existing style to the them (or a newly created one).

View Style

Specifies the view style of the control. The available options are dependent on the View Type property settings.

View Theme

Specifies the view theme of the control (Flat Light or Flat Dark).

View Type

Specifies the view type of the control (Circular or Linear).

Behavior

Anchor Horizontally

Specifies the horizontal anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the left control, right control, or both. The property setting is useful for data-bound controls located between controls, which are able to resize depending on their contents.

Anchor Vertically

Specifies the vertical anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the top control, bottom control, or both. The property setting is useful for data-bound controls located between upper and lower controls, which are able to resize depending on their contents.

Can Publish

Specifies whether or not the control can be printed or exported.

Scripts

Contains events which can be handled with scripts.

Visible

Specifies whether the control is visible when using the print preview.

Data

(Data Bindings)

If the current report is bound to data, the property is used to bind control properties (Actual Value, Bookmark, Maximum, Minimum, Navigation URL, Tag and Target Value) to a data field obtained from the report data source, and to apply a format string.

Actual Value

Specifies the measured value (the point to which the needle is moved).

Maximum

Specifies the maximum gauge value on the gauge scale.

Minimum

Specifies the minimum gauge value on the gauge scale.

Tag

Adds additional information to a control; for example, the Id, by which the control can then be accessed via scripts.

If the current report has a data source, the Tag property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and from the Tag > Binding drop-down list, select the required data field.

Target Value

Specifies the target value (the point to which a target indicator is placed).

Tickmark Count

Specifies the tick marks that display on the gauge scale.

Miscellaneous

(Name)

Determines the name of the control, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Properties window or via scripts.

Bookmark and Parent Bookmark

These properties are used to create a hierarchical structure within a report called a document map.

If the current report has a data source, the Bookmark property can be bound to a data field, obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the Data > Data Bindings drop-down list and select the required data field.

Navigation URL and Navigation Target

Use the Navigation URL property to specify a URL for web browser navigation when the control is clicked. The web browser displays a page in a window or a frame as specified in the Navigation Target property.

Note: A URL must have an appropriate prefix for example, 'http://'). Cross-references can be created within the report by assigning the name of the target control to the Navigation URL property, and setting the Navigation Target property to ‘_self'.

If the current report has a data source, the Navigation URL property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the Data > Data Bindings drop-down list and select the required data field.

Snap Line Margins

Specifies the margins for the control, which are maintained when the control is aligned using snap lines.

Favorites

Right-click on the Favorites tab and select Edit Favorite Property List to display the Favorite Properties Editor, which is used to customise the available properties on the Favorites tab.

Refer to Create Hyperlinks, Styles Concepts, Handle Events via Scripts, Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Controls to Data) and Add Bookmarks for further information.