Alert columns are used in report or ad hoc pages, or within a table block for a central or overview page. An alert column is defined by using an alert tag with optional tags between an open { and close } bracket.
|
Tag |
Examples |
Status |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| alert |
alert "Alert" { alert-style "triangle" value column = "Cost" low-threshold -10 high-threshold 10 middle-color "transparent" width 30 } |
Required | Defines the block for this alert column instance. If you do not include a title after the tag, the heading is left blank. |
| alert-style |
alert-style "triangle" alert-style "arrow" alert-style "square" |
Optional |
There are several shapes you can choose from in terms of the symbols used for alerts. The default shape is "circle". |
| background-color | background-color "800000" | Optional | Sets the background color for the column. Uses a hexadecimal code to identify colors. |
| high-color | high-color "008000" | Optional |
Identifies the color for values greater than the high-threshold value. Without specifying the color, the default is green. Uses a hexadecimal code to identify colors. |
| high-threshold |
high-threshold 20 high-threshold column = "Cost" |
Required | Identifies the high value. The value can be either a number or a summary column. |
| justification |
justification "left" justification "right" justification "center" |
Optional |
Determines whether the alert symbols are aligned to the left, right, or center. The justification is “center” by default. |
| low-color | low-color "800000" | Optional |
Identifies the color for values less than the low-threshold value. Without specifying the color, the default is red. Uses a hexadecimal code to identify colors. |
| low-threshold |
low-threshold 0 low-threshold column = "Cost" |
Optional |
Identifies the low value. The value can be either a number or a summary column. If this tag is not included, the low threshold is "0". |
| middle-color |
middle-color "0000ff" middle-color "transparent" |
Optional |
Identifies the color for values less than the high-threshold value but greater than the low-threshold value. The default color is yellow. Uses a hexadecimal code or the transparent tag to identify colors. |
| value column |
alert { value column "Cost" } |
Required | Identifies which summary column the alert applies to. |