Range Slider Properties: Advanced Tab

To create a coarser range selection (e.g., date based on “quarter of year” or string based on “first let­ter”,) create the appro­priate groupings using in the Data Work­sheet.

The Advanced tab in the 'Range Slider Properties' dialog box provides the following Range Slider-specific properties.

Slider Size

The range of data that is displayed at a given time. There are three cases:

String: For string-type fields, the 'Slider Size' specifies the number of “periods,” i.e., the number of consecutive (alphabetically ordered) values that should be simultaneously selected.

Numeric: For numeric-type fields, the 'Slider Size' specifies the number of 'Min Range Size' periods spanned by the slider. The total numerical range simultaneously selected is therefore 'Slider Size' * 'Min Range Size'.

Date: For date-time type fields, 'Slider Size' specifies the number of periods to be simultaneously selected, where the period duration is given by the adjacent popup menu: 'Year', 'Month', 'Day', 'Hour', or 'Minute'. For date type fields, the options are 'Year', 'Month', and 'Day'. For time type fields, the options are 'Hour' and 'Minute'.

Note: For 'Day', 'Hour', and 'Minute' settings, if the number of ticks exceeds 1500, the range size is automatically adjusted to yield a smaller number of ticks.

Min Range Size

For numeric-type fields, this is the smallest amount by which the range can be adjusted.

Max Range Size

Specifies the largest range that the user can specify. The units are the same as the 'Slider Size'.

Upper Bound Inclusive

Specifies that the upper bound of the selected range is included in the selection. (For example, if the user sets the slider upper limit to “10”, the result set includes data with values of “10” for this field).

Logarithmic Scale

Sets logarithmic scaling for the slider, which is useful for traversing large numerical ranges. The logarithm base is selected automatically.

Label

The labels to display on the Range Slider:

Tick: Show the increments by which the slider can be adjusted.

Current Value: Permanently display the slider value above the slider.

Minimum: Show the minimum slider value at the left of the slider.

Maximum: Show the maximum slider value at the right of the slider.

The 'Slider Size' can also be adjusted graphically in the Viewsheet by dragging the slider endpoints. See Creating a Range Slider for an example.

 

See Also

Grouping, in Data Mashup, for information in creating groups.

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