Changes row colour

Open the model Dashboards and Forms 09, 10: Linked Views and presentation that you created in the previous exercise
Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Publisher
- Tick the flag Changes Row Colour
- Press
Press in the main view configuration form to save your changes
Open the view and sort by Publisher – simply click on the heading of the Publisher column
You will now see that the colour of the rows changes when the Publisher changes

Grid column width

Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
- Remember you can right-click on any data row and select Show View
In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Publisher
- Set the field Grid Default Width (pixels) to 150
- Press
Similarly, set the grid width for Synopsis to 400
Press in the main view configuration form to save your changes
Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
You will now see the data displayed with the column widths you have set

Record detail field sizing

Double-click on any row of data in the view Book List – a form with the details of the record will pop up
Close this detail view
Open the configuration form for the view
In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Synopsis
- Set Width On Form (pixels) to 300
- Set Height On Form (pixels) to 200
- Press
- Notice that when you update these values the Size On Form box changes to indicate the size that the field will now have on a form
Press in the main view configuration form to save your changes
Double-click on any row of data in the view
In the record details form you will see the Synopsis field resized to the new settings

Layout of record details form

Open a record details form: double-click on any row of data in the view Book List
Press - Modify the form layout
Grab the corner of the form and expand it
Grab one of the field names and drag the field to a new position on the form
Update the name of the details form to Book Details
Press - Save and lock the form layout
This will update the layout of the details form for any record – open the details for another record by double-clicking it
You will see the details form pop up with the new layout

Set field alias

Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Subject
- Set the Alias to SubjectOfBook
- Press
Press in the main view configuration form to save your changes
Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
You will see the new view attribute name appear as the column heading in the view

Hover text for descriptions

Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Synopsis
- Set the Alias to Description
- Press
Press in the main view configuration form to save your changes
Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
Hover over one of the book descriptions – you will see the text pop up in a hover box

Conditional formatting

Add an attribute to the Stream Book List:
- Name: gridRowColour
- Type: String
- Length: 50
- Expression:

if (_out.Publisher == "Humbolt", "red", "aqua")

Re-load the file and run the stream to populate the new attribute:
- Open the file browser from the file collector Book List
- Navigate to the directory …\inputData\Books
- Load the file BookList.xlsx
- Run the stream Book List
Create a new view on the Stream BookList
- Type: Grid
- Name: Book List – Publisher by Colour
- Attributes: add all attributes to the view
- Press to save your changes

Open the new view – you will see records for the publisher Humbolt highlighted in red, other rows shown in light blue.

Formatting numbers

Open the dashboard Debt Investigation (you created this in exercise 2). You will format the numbers that appear on this dashboard:

Open the configuration form for the view Overall Debt Levels
Open the configuration form for the view attribute DebtLevel:
- Set Decimal Places to 2
- Save your changes to the view attribute
Save your changes to the view
Refresh the dashboard – you will now see the debt level reported with 2 decimal places

Formatting dates on pivot views

Open the model Dashboards and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and dashboards (you created this in the Introduction to Modelling Course; if this is not available, open Dashboards and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and dashboards R).

Go to the stream Overall Debt Levels
Open the configuration form for the pivot view Debt levels by payment method and date
Make PaymentMeans a Row Attribute, and CalculationDate a Column Attribute
Double click on CalculationDate in the field Column Attribute to open the view attribute configuration form:
- Set Date/Time Format to yyyy-MMM-dd
- Save your changes to the view attribute
Save your changes to the view
Open the view to see the dates as column headings, formatted as you have specified above

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