The Infographics Component Options

Add Infographics

The Add  button on the Design tab of the ribbon opens the list of infographics for adding more entities.

Dimensions Selector

The Dimensions Selector  button on the Design tab of the ribbon opens the Dimensions Selector window.

The pane on the left shows the dimensions of the data source to which the infographics family is connected.

The Infographics Dimensions pane shows the dimensions of the infographics. You can add and remove the dimensions in this pane.

Layout

The Layout  button on the Design tab of the ribbon enables you to change the layout of the infographics by selecting Tiles or Free.

Parameters

The Parameters  button on the Design tab of the ribbon (also available from the Infographics tab of the ribbon) is enabled when there are parameters defined for the selected infographics. It opens the parameters dialog box where you can enter and modify parameter values and definitions.

Use the  button to restore the parameters to their default values.

Edit Infographics

The Edit  button on the Design tab of the ribbon opens the Infographics Designer for the selected infographic entity, and enables you to modify its graphic design and properties.

Order

You can use the Order  option on the Design tab of the ribbon to change the order of the infographic entities in the component.

Select an infographics, click  and select an option:

·         Bring to front: Bring to the front of the entities.

·         Bring forward: Move entity one placement to the front in the entity order.

·         Send to back: Send to the back of all entities.

·         Send backward: Send entity one placement to the back of the entity order.

Animation

The Animation  button on the Design tab of the ribbon opens the Infographics Animation dialog box for generating animation by switching among the infographics entities.

Select an Effect and the Direction of the movement. Set the Frequency in seconds.

Select the entities that should participate in the animation. The Preview pane will show the results.

Click OK.

Delete Infographics

The Delete Infographics  button on the Design tab of the ribbon removes the selected infographics entity from the component.

Show Detailed Infographic

The Details  button appears on the Infographics tab of the ribbon if a detailed view has been defined for the selected entity. Clicking the button shows the detailed view.

Actions

The Actions button on the Infographics tab of the ribbon opens a menu with the actions defined for the infographics.

Select an action to execute it.

Discussions

The Start  button on the Infographics tab of the ribbon opens a new discussion based on the selected infographics.

The Show  button opens the Discussions Pane showing the discussions associated with the selected infographics.