Enterprise RTView® 
User Guide

Icon Properties
In the Object Properties window, double-click on iconProperties in the Property Name field to bring up the Icon Properties dialog. Icon objects in the object grid table display data using graphic attributes (e.g., color, dimension, orientation, etc.). In the Icon Properties dialog you can assign the icon object(s) you want to use in an object grid table, and the attributes for each icon object.

NOTE: Before assigning attributes to icon objects, it is recommended that you attach the object grid table to data, and determine which object(s) you want to use. Objects can be seen in the Object Palette of the Display Builder. All objects in the Object Palette, with the exception of tables and graphs, can be used as an icon object. Object class names appear in the status bar at the bottom of the window when an object is selected.  For custom objects that are not in our standard palette, type in the class name. The object class name is what you need to specify the icon object.


Icon Class Name - Select an object from the drop down menu. The default icon object displayed in the object grid tables obj_circ2d_ilvx_ra4. For custom objects that are not in our standard palette, type in the class name.

Property Names - Property Names are populated based on the icon object you choose from the Icon Class Name drop down list. Properties appear in the Property Names column that are associated with the icon object selected from the Icon Class Name drop down list.

Map - Select one of three Map column options.

  Default - Select to use the default value for this property. In this case, you do not need to set the Property Value. If the default value for this property changes in future releases of Enterprise RTView, your icon object will reflect the new default value. 
  Value - Select to specify a value. In this case, you need to set the value in Property Value.
  Column - Select to specify a column in the data source attached to the object grid's valueTable property.  In this case, you need to select a column in Property Value.

Property Value - Select a value for the property from the drop down list. Options are populated based on the selections you make for Property Name and Map. For instance, when Map is set to Column, the Property Value drop down list give all columns from the table in valueTable as options to map to.

Allow multiple icon types - Check the box to enable. The Add Icon button appears. This allows you to use different graphic objects to represent different cells of data from each single row of data.

Add Icon - Click Add Icon, select an icon object from the Add Icon dialog drop down menu and click OK. The icon object is added to the list of available icon objects for the object grid.

Delete Icon - Removes the icon object from the list available to the object grid. If there are multiple icon objects in the list, properties of the selected icon is shown.

See example of how to create an object grid table with multiple icon objects.

The following describes the Icon Properties dialog commands:
 
Command Description
OK Applies values and closes the dialog.
Apply Applies values without closing the dialog.
Reset Resets all fields to last values applied.
Clear Clears all fields. Detaches object from data source (once Apply or OK is selected).
Cancel Closes the dialog with last values applied.
 

 
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