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 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 – right click on the heading of the Publisher column and select Sort Ascending
• 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 anywhere on the view on the dashboard and select Show the Stream View Configuration
• In the list of 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

Set field alias

• Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the stream Book List
• In the list of View Attributes double click on Subject
  • Under Basic Settings, set the Name 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 View Attributes double click on Synopsis
  • Set the Name 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

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 3
  • 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