topic Re: New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON in Custom Visuals Development Discussion

New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON

spham1215 — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 20:00:02 GMT

Hello all,

My understanding is that JSON theme file values are [mostly?] only able to modify settings that appear in the formatting pane for visuals. With the new December update, the Slicer Option > Style has been relocated to this formatting pane.

Has anyone figured out how to set the Slicer Style to "Dropdown" in a custom JSON theme file yet?

Re: New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:08:54 GMT

I guess currently no such property has been launced to configure this requirement, lately.

Re: New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON

andy808 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 19:35:14 GMT

Hey there, were you able to figure out the JSON code to set "dropdown" for the slicer? Having the same issue.

Thanks!

Re: New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON

spham1215 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:12:03 GMT

It seems the below code "works," but there's a bug that requires you to click "Reset to Default" in the slicer pane for the JSON theme setting to kick in:

"slicer":{ "*":{ "options": [{ "style": "Dropdown" }],

Just waiting for the bug fix I guess..

Re: New Slicer Type Formatting for JSON

dm-p — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:57:18 GMT

Hi @spham1215,

The info I've received is that the property is data > mode, but it still looks like this has the same bug you've observed and that the property has to be reset to default to apply correctly 😞

The following syntax may be useful for later if/when it's fixed and is supposed to be the correct selector to use when setting up a theme:

{ "name": "My Theme", "visualStyles": { "slicer": { "*": { "data": [ { "mode": "Between" } ] } } } }

Valid values for mode are:

"VerticalList"
"HorizontalList"
"Between"
"Before"
"After"
"Basic"
"Dropdown" (so, this is what you should need for your case)
"Relative"
"Single"
"RelativeTime"

I hear that if the type you specify is not compatible with the field type, it will typically force it to one that does.

Regards,

Daniel