Range Navigator

The Range navigator control provides an effective interface for selecting a smaller range from a large collection. It is commonly used to filter the date range for which the data is visualized.

How to configure table data to range navigator?

To configure the range navigator, a minimum requirement of a value and column is needed.

The following procedure explains the data configuration of the Range Navigator:

1. Click the Data Source button in the configuration panel.

2. Click the CREATE NEW button to launch a new connection from the connection type panel.

3. In the connection type panel, click any one of the listed connection type buttons (Here, the Microsoft Excel Connection type is selected for demonstration).

4. In the NEW DATA SOURCE configuration panel, fill in the connection type and related details. Click the Connect button.

5. Drag your preferred table or view from the left panel in the data design view, then click the Save button.

6. Drag and drop the Range Navigator control icon from the toolbox into the design panel. You can find the control by searching in the toolbox.

7. Click the Properties button in the configuration panel, and the property panel opens. Now, switch to the ASSIGN DATA tab.

8. The data tab will open with available measures and dimensions from the connected data source.

Adding value

Bind a column through drag and drop elements from the Measures section to the Value.

You can add more than one Measure into Value.

Click the Settings option to change the required summary type from the available summary types shown in the Settings.

Drag and drop elements from the Dimensions or Measures field into the Argument section.

The Dimensions section is available only with date fields, and the icon in the Argument section denotes the same.

Click the Settings option to change the required date format. You can also set the Relative Date Filter.

The Settings icon is not applicable for Measure values.

Select the Relative Date Filter in the dropdown menu and click the Edit option to set the relative date.

The following window will open.

In that window, you can set the Range and Period option. You can also set a Specific date by enabling the Link to a specific date and clicking the OK button.

Here is an illustration.

How to format Range Navigator?

You can format the Range Navigator for better illustration of the view that you require through the settings available in the Properties tab.

General Settings

Name

This allows you to set the title for this range navigator widget.

Subtitle

This allows you to set the subtitle for this range navigator widget.

Description

This allows you to set a brief explanation about this range navigator widget.

Color Settings

This allows you to customize Range chart series color.

Label Color

This allows you to customize the label color.

Axis Type Settings

You can change the range chart type as Area, Line, or Step Line by dropdown.

Here is an illustration.

Filter

Act as Master Widget

This allows you to define this range navigator widget as a master widget so that its filter action can be made to listen by other widgets in the dashboard.

Ignore Filter Actions

This allows you to define this range navigator widget to ignore responding to the filter actions applied to other widgets on a dashboard.

Hierarchical Filter

Through this option, you can enable/disable hierarchical top N filtering. When applying the Top N filter with multiple dimension columns, the data returned can be customized based on whether the filtering needs to be done as flat or based on the hierarchy of dimension columns added.

When the Hierarchical Filter option is enabled, the Top N will be applied for each individual column separately based on the number set for each column.

Container Appearance

Title Alignment

This allows you to handle the alignment of the widget title to either left, center, or right.

Title Color

This allows you to apply the text color to the widget title.

Title Auto Font Size

On enabling Auto Font Size, the font size of the title will be adjusted automatically if the resolution of the screen varies.

Font Size

This allows you to apply the specified size of the font to the widget title if the Title Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 44.

Subtitle Auto Font Size

On enabling Auto Font Size, the font size of the subtitle will be adjusted automatically if the resolution of the screen varies.

Font Size

This allows you to apply the specified size of the font to the widget title if the Subtitle Auto Font Size is disabled. The value can be between 10 and 32.

Show Border

This allows you to toggle the visibility of the border surrounding the widget.

Corner Radius

This allows you to apply the specified radius to the widget corners if the Show Border is enabled. The value can be between 0 and 10.

Background Color

This allows you to set the background color of the range navigator widget.

Transparency

This property allows you to specify the transparency for the background color.

Show Shadow

This allows you to toggle the visibility of the shadow surrounding the widget.

Container actions

Show Header

This allows you to enable or disable the widget title of the range navigator widget.

Enable Comments

This allows you to enable or disable comments for the dashboard widget. For more details, refer to the Commenting Widget.