This page is for data modellers and application designers who want to configure attributes to display data on a dashboard..

Overview

In a stream view you can select a subset of attributes to appear in the view, then configure options related to how the attributes are used in the view.

Access the stream view attributes properties from the Stream View → View Attributes section.

For information about the properties toolbar, and about the sections Parent Details, Analysis Models, Description and Audit Summary, see Common Properties. For a full list of all the PhixFlow property tabs and windows, see Property Tabs.

Sections on this page

Basic Settings

Field	Description
Order	The order in which the attributes will appear in the view. For a grid view, this is the order of columns.
Name	The display name of the attribute in the view. By default, this is the same as the name of the attribute in the underlying stream. 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`.
Role	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 stream view attribute editor - but it is generally better to create charts using the visual editor. To do this: drag your stream view into a dashboard make sure you are in design mode unlock the padlock in the view (if it is not already unlocked) You will see a visual chart editor. You can drag stream attributes onto this editor to create your chart.
Aggregate Function	You can specify an Aggregate Function on this attribute. As soon as you have specified a single aggregate attribute in your view, any other fields will be either aggregate attributes - if you also specify an aggregate function for them - or used as grouping attributes.
Action	Specify a Stream Action for this Stream View Attribute. If this is a grid view then hovering the mouse over a cell a column created from this Stream View Attribute will cause a cog to appear. Clicking the cog select the row which contains the cell you have clicked, then will run this action.
Always Show The Action Icon	Available when an Action is specified. Tick to always display the action icon in read-only grid cells. The user can click anywhere in the cell to run the action. Untick to only display the action when the cell is in focus.
Hide the Input Field	Available when an Action is specified. Tick to hide the input field and to display the action icon in the column. Untick to display the input field in the column.
Hide the Action Icon	Available when an Action is specified. Tick to hide the action icon. The user can run the action by clicking anywhere in the cell. Do not tick this option for editable columns. Untick to display the action icon in the column.
Action Icon Style	The style applied to the action icon. If no style is set, PhixFlow uses a default cog icon.
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Name	The name of the underlying stream attribute.
Type	The type of the underlying stream attribute. This cannot be edited here. It must be edited in the stream. See Stream.
Number Format	Available when the underlying stream attribute is Type Float, Integer or Decimal. Specify the number format as it will be displayed on a grid or form; see Number Format.
Date/Time Format	Available when the underlying stream 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.

Grid Settings

These settings are only available for view attributes for grid and pivot views.

Field	Description
Grid Default Width (pixels)	Set the default width of the column for this attribute. PhixFlow will create the grid with default column widths - you only need to specify a value in this field if the width you want is different from this default.
Grid Minimum Default Width (pixels)	If you do not specify a Grid Default Width then PhixFlow will set the size of the column depending on the space available. If you set a Grid Minimum Default Width then PhixFlow will ensure that the column is at least this wide but will make it wider if there is available space. You can still make the column narrower than this by manually shrinking it after the grid has first been displayed. This field will be ignored if you set a specific Grid Default Width.
Label	An optional label for the resulting column header. If left blank, this is the Name of the stream view attribute, formatted with a space before each capital letter. The label gives you more options for setting the column header - for example, control over the white space in the column heading - but you can also make this an expression. For example, to that the column contains transactions for the currently logged in user, you could use: "Transactions for " + _user.username For user `pchevalier`, this would give the column heading: Transactions for pchevalier To use an expression in this field, tick the box Label is Expression. Multi-level labels can be generated by configuring the Label to return a list of values.
Label is Expression	Tick to set the Label using an expression.
Changes Row Colour	Tick to change the row colour when the value in this field changes.
Always Hidden	Tick hides this attribute's field on the view. This overrides the result of the Hide if evalutes to True expression. Use this option when you need to include a field in a view for a filter or Action, but displaying it would make the view cluttered.
Hide if evaluates to True	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.
Read Only	Tick to make this attribute read-only in the grid view.
Alignment	Set the alignment of values in this column to: Left Right Centre

Drop-Down Settings

Field	Description
Allow Empty Row	Tick to display an empty row in a the drop-down list. This means users can empty the cell value.
Cache Data	Tick to cache the drop-down rows after the first load.
Selection Stream View	The stream view that will be displayed as a drop-down for the table cell.
Drop-Down Value Field	A custom field to be used for getting cell value from the drop-down.
Mappings	A list of additional mappings which can be used to set values of more table cells (columns) using this drop-down.

Form Settings

These settings are only available for form views - that is, grid views that have Form View ticked.

Field	Description
Read Only	This makes the field read-only in the form view.
Height On Form (pixels)	Sets the height of the form field for this attribute. PhixFlow will create the form field with a default height - you only need to specify a value in this field if the height you want is different from this default.
Width On Form (pixels)	Sets the width of the form field for this attribute. PhixFlow will create the form field with a default width - you only need to specify a value in this field if the width you want is different from this default.
Multiline on Form	Tick to enable form users to press the Enter key to create multiple lines in this field, or copy multi-line text into this field.
Selection View Attribute	This sets the drop-down list from which the user can pick a value. Drag the stream 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 Pivot View, for how to configure selection view attributes. If another stream 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 stream view attribute from the same selection view without a further drop-down list. Drag the stream view attribute that you want to use to set this stream view attribute into this field. Drag the attribute out of the field to delete the contents of the Selection View Attribute.
Show the drop-down button

Formatting Rules

These settings are only available for view attributes for grid and pivot views. For details of formatting rule properties, see Formatting Rule.

A list of the formatting rules that apply to this field in the view.

All formatting rules whose Rule Expression evaluates to true will be applied to the field in the grid. However, you can tick Stop if True so that, if a rule evaluates to true, no styles that follow this in the list of rules will be applied - regardless of the result of their Rule Expression.

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