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callum's avatar
callum
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9 years ago

"Format" and "Analytics" sections

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.

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  • v-viig's avatar
    v-viig
    Icon for Community Champion rankCommunity Champion
    9 years ago

    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

    [email protected]

     

    • callum's avatar
      callum
      Icon for Helper II rankHelper II
      9 years ago

      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?