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The Attributes section includes the object name.

Name

Enter a name for the object. This is the name of the object as it will show in field chooser, the Navigation panel and other object lists.

The Behavior section lists possible events on the object that can prompt a behavior to run.

Filter Selector is shown

This event occurs when the object is shown. This is often when the object's page is opened.

The settings section includes the data source, fields to report on, filtering and positioning of the object.

Filter Selector Settings - Type

Object

Details

Additional Information

Type

Select the type of filter.

Choose from:

•Drop-Down

•List

Data

Data Source

All reporting objects must point to a data source. If you only have defined one then this will be automatically selected.

Field

Select the field from the data source that the filter will be applied to.

Filter

Override previous filter

By default, each object that you click on for a drill-down filter remains in effect when subsequent objects are selected. In other words, the drill-downs you select are cumulative. However, you may want a drill-down selection to clear all other existing drill-down filters before performing its own drill-down. In this case, you would check the Override previous box.

Respect dynamic filter

Causes the object to listen to any drill-down filter that is caused by the user clicking on a report object that has the Can Set Dynamic Filter option selected. If you do not want the object to filter its data when the drill-down occurs then turn off this property.

Accessibility

Description

Enter text that will be read aloud or converted to Braille for JAWS users.

Accessibility and JAWS Compatibility

Position

Top

Displays the object's location in from the top of the app (in pixels).

Left

Displays the object's location in from the left margin of the app (in pixels).

Width

Shows the width of the object.

The width cannot be less than 75px.

Height

Shows the height of the object.

The height cannot be less than 10px.

Layer

Indicates the layer number this object occupies. You can drag an object so that it fully or partially covers another object. Depending on the layer number it occupies, it may be positioned underneath another other object.

The Style section contains properties that control the text.

Text

Object

Details

Additional Information

Select the font face for the text.

Choose the size of the font for the text.

Manually enter font sizes smaller than the minimum selectable in the drop-down.

Enter a Hex color code or click on the color box to pick a color for the text.

Choose the style of the font for the text.

Use Report Theme

Resets the appearance options to the default settings configured on the report's Theme properties.

Applying or Resetting a Theme

The Access section contains properties for field state management.

State

Object

Details

Additional Information

Choose from Default, Normal or Hidden for Filter Selector objects.