The display name of the attribute in the view. By default, this is the same as the name of the attribute in the underlying table.

Remember that if you are applying an Aggregate Function to the attribute, it is often useful to reflect that in the display name. For example: you are going to display the average monthly spend for each customer, by applying the aggregate function Average to the attribute CustSpend. You set the display name as CustSpendAverage.

This option is available if the view is a chart, i.e. not a data grid. This is the role that the field has in generating the chart.

You can set the role manually in the view attribute properties. However, we recommend that you create charts using the visual editor. To do this:

• drag your view into a screen
• make sure you are in 

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    the view (if necessary).

You will see a visual chart editor. You can drag attributes onto this editor to create your chart; see View > Pivot Details and Charts, below. 

Available when the underlying attribute is Type Float, Integer or Decimal.

Specify the number format as it will be displayed on a grid or form; see Number Format.

Available when the underlying attribute is Type Date or Datetime.

Specify the format of a date/time as it will be displayed on a grid or form; see Date Time Format.

This sets the drop-down list from which the user can pick a value. Drag the view attribute that you want to use for the drop-down list into this field.

You must tick Show the drop-down button to display the drop-down.

When a user is entering or updating data using a form view, you can use the internal variable _form to use a value already entered in the form in the filter on a selection view. That is, the values that appear in a drop-down list will be governed by values they have entered so far in the form. See Creating Pivot Views, for an example of configuring selection view attributes.

If another view attribute has a Selection View Attribute set and has Show the drop-down button set to yes, then it is possible to set the current view attribute from the same selection view without a further drop-down list. Drag the view attribute that you want to use to set this view attribute into this field

Drag the attribute out of the field to delete the contents of the Selection View Attribute.

Specify a value, in pixels, to set a fixed column width for this attribute, overriding the default.

If you do not specify a Grid Default Width for a grid view, PhixFlow automatically creates the grid and adjusts the column widths to fit the space available. For example, PhixFlow can flex the grid as the window is resized. 

Where no Grid Default Width is specified, set a Minimum Width in pixels for this attribute's column. Where space is available, PhixFlow will resize the column to fit the available space, but will not make the column narrower than the minimum specified here.

A user can make the column narrower, by dragging its column divider in the grid.

When Grid Default Width is specified, PhixFlow ignores this option.

Enter an expression that determines whether or not the attribute's field is displayed on the view. When the  expression evaluates to true, then the field will be hidden.

When Always Hidden is ticked, the result of this expression is ignored.

Set the alignment of values in this column to:

• Left
• Right
• Centre

Select the type of action that PhixFlow will run when the user double-clicks the view.

• Actionflow
• Table Action

Available when Action Method is Table Action.

Select a table-action for this view attribute.

For grid views, an application user can hover their mouse over the grid column for this attribute to display a cog. Clicking the cog to run this action on the clicked row.

Available when an Actionflow or Table Action is specified.

Specify a custom tooltip on grid cells, such as displaying details of the action that will be run on click. This tooltip will override any tooltip set in the Actionflow Properties.