"Format" and "Analytics" sections

[callum]

Hi,

When clicking on a visual in edit mode of a report, how can one edit the options that come up when the user clicks the "Format" or "Analytics" buttons? For example, some of the built-in visuals allow you to choose the background colour in the "Format" tab, and I would like to include such a feature in my visual.

I assume it would be defined in capabilities.json somewhere? However I couldn't seem to find any documentation on this topic.

At the moment it just says "[Formatting options]/[Analytics features] aren't available for this visual".

Thanks.

[v-viig]

Background option is a default option for all of visuals (native and custom).

You just need to include this method into your custom visual:

public enumerateObjectInstances(options: EnumerateVisualObjectInstancesOptions): VisualObjectInstance[] | VisualObjectInstanceEnumerationObject {
    return [];
}

Please pay attention to the fact that this method must be included into a class that implements IVisual interface.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

[callum]

I see. But speaking more generally then, can I specify custom options for these panes? Or I can only include the defaults like background colour?

[v-viig]

Yes, you can. Please take a look at this topic to find out more.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com