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Text & image properties

You open the properties panel for a visualization by clicking @Edit in the toolbar and clicking the visualization that you want to edit.

If the properties panel is hidden, click h in the lower right-hand corner to open it.

Information noteIf the visualization has é in the upper right-hand corner, the visualization is linked to a master item. You cannot edit a linked visualization, but you can edit the master item. You can also unlink the visualization to make it editable.
Information noteSome of the settings in the properties panel are only available under certain circumstances, for example, when you use more than one dimension or measure, or when you select an option that makes other options available.

Data

Click Add measure and select a measure or create a measure from a field.

Measures

<Measure name>

Click the measure to open the measure settings.

If you want to delete the measure, long-touch/right-click the measure and select Delete in the dialog. Alternatively, click the measure and click DeleteÖ.

Measure Only displayed for master items. To be able to edit a measure that is linked to a master item, you must first unlink the measure.
Expression Click 3 to open the expression editor. The existing expression is displayed by default.
Label Enter a label for the measure. Measures not saved in Master items are by default displayed with the expression as label.
Number formatting

Different options for formatting the measure values. If you want to change the number format at app level, and not just for a single measure, it is better to do that in the regional settings, that is, in the SET statements at the beginning of the script in the data load editor.

Auto: Qlik Sense automatically sets a number formatting based on the source data.

To represent numeric abbreviations, the international SI units are used, such as k (thousand), M (million), and G (billion).

Number: By default, the formatting is set to Simple, and you can select the formatting from the options in the drop-down list. Click the button to change to Custom formatting, and use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.

Examples:  

# ##0 describes the number as an integer with a thousands separator. In this example " " is used as a thousands separator.

###0 describes the number as an integer without a thousands separator.

0000 describes the number as an integer with at least four digits. For example, the number 123 will be shown as 0123.

0.000 describes the number with three decimals. In this example "." is used as a decimal separator.

If you add the percent sign (%) to the format pattern, the measure values are automatically multiplied by 100.

Money: By default, the format pattern used for money is the same as set up in the operating system. Use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.

Date: By default, the formatting is set to Simple, and you can select the formatting from the options in the drop-down list. Click the button to change to Custom formatting, and use the Format pattern box to change the format pattern.

Duration: By default, the format pattern used for duration is the same as set up in the operating system. Duration can be formatted as days, or as a combination of days, hours, minutes, seconds and fractions of seconds.

Custom: By default, the format pattern used for custom is the same as set up in the operating system. Use the Format pattern boxes to change the format pattern.

Measure expression: The format pattern is determined by the measure expression. Use this option to display custom number formatting for a measure in a visualization.

Limitations:

  • Only works with visualizations that accept measures.
  • Does not affect the number formatting of the axis.
Decimal separator Set the decimal separator.
Thousands separator Set the thousands separator.
Format pattern Set the number format pattern.
Add measure

On the Data tab, under Measures, click Add measure to open a list of available measures. Select the measure that you want to add to the visualization. If you select a field, you are automatically presented with some common aggregation functions that you can choose between for the measure.

If no measure is available, you need to create one. You can enter the expression directly in the text box, or click 3 to create a measure in the expression editor.

To be able to edit a measure that is linked to a master item, you must first unlink the measure.

If Add measure is dimmed, you cannot add more measures.

Appearance

General

Show titles: On by default in all visualizations except filter panes, KPIs, and text & image visualizations.

Enter Title, Subtitle, and Footnote. By default, the string is interpreted as a text string. However, you can also use the text field for an expression, or a combination of text and expression. An equals sign (=), at the beginning of a string shows that it contains an expression.

Click 3 if you want to create an expression by using the expression editor.

Example:  

Assume that the following string is used, including quotation marks: 'Sales: ' & Sum(Sales).

By default, the string is interpreted as a text string and is displayed as presented in the example. But if you begin the string with an equals sign: (='Sales: ' & Sum(Sales)), the string is interpreted as an expression instead. The output is then Sales: <value of expression>, where <value of expression> is the calculated value.

Show details: Set to Show if you want to allow users to be able to choose to view details, such as descriptions, measures, and dimensions.

Presentation In the list, set whether text and images should have a responsive behavior. When responsive behavior is selected, the size of text and images are adjusted to the size of the visualization area. However, they do not expand beyond their normal size.
Background image

Use background image: Off by default. Click the button to enable selection or removal of a background image. You can only have one background image at a time.

Image

Click 0 to open the media library where you can select a background image.

To remove the background image, click E.

Sizing: Set the sizing of the image. With the Auto setting, the image does not scale when the text & image visualization is resized.

Position: Select the position of the image.

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