Ridgeline Plot Properties
The property panel contains all configuration settings for your Vizlib Ridgeline Plot, organized into dimensions, measures, sorting, data handling, appearance, reference lines, and interactivity sections.
This topic contains the following sections:
Dimensions, Measures, Data Handling, Sorting
Vizlib Ridgeline Plot uses dimensions and measures to group and calculate data. You can add dimensions and measures at setup.
Dimensions
Dimensions displays the two dimensions loaded at setup. You can also click the Add Dimension button and choose an item from the list. You can choose to Include null values in the chart and also select a Limitation (No limitation, Fixed Number, Exact Value and Relative Value) which apply conditions which will affect the chart layout.
Figure 1: Dimensions
Measures
Measures displays the measure loaded at setup. You can also click Add Measure and choose an item from the list. You can choose to edit the Expression, add a Label, select one of the Number Formatting options (Auto, Number, Money, Date, Duration, Custom, Measure Expression) and add a Calc. Condition.
If you are using master items, you can enable Master measure formatting, which means formatting for the measure is taken from the master item definition (you can find master items in the Custom Objects menu in the left hand panel).
Note: Master measure formatting is not displayed for measures created using the Fields list.
Figure 2: Measures
Data Handling
Data Handling contains settings relating to the data in the object. You can control the Data downloading limit, Suppress Zero Values, enter a Calculation condition using the editor, and also enter a message to display if the calculation is not fulfilled.
Figure 3: Data Handling
Sorting
The Sorting tab controls how you order your data and has a default setting of Auto for both dimensions and measures. You can switch to Custom sorting if you'd like to set your own values, and sort numbers or characters into Ascending or Descending order.
Figure 4: Sorting
Appearance
The Appearance tab manages settings relating to the look and feel of Vizlib Ridgeline Plot.
General
In the General tab, you can choose to show or hide a Title, Subtitle and Footnote. You can also Disable Hover Mode and Show or Hide details.
Figure 5: General
Alternate States
Alternate States permits you to assign your Vizlib Ridgeline Plot to an alternate selection state, which you can then use to perform comparative analysis between sets of multiple data items.
If you want to add the object to master visualizations, choose <inherited state> from State. You can find more information about working with alternate states here.
Figure 6: Alternate States
Grid Format
Grid Format has settings which control a grid on the chart. You can choose a Grid Style, Grid Color, Grid Opacity, Grid Thickness and select whether to Show Horizontal Lines and Show Vertical Lines.
Figure 7: Grid Format
Presentation
The Presentation settings lets you select a Line Curve Style (Basis, Linear, Natural, Step). You can also enable a Scroll preview to display a minichart, setting the Scroll alignment (the default position is top left of the chart), Scroll position and set a Threshold limit, only displaying the scroll if the data points exceeds the threshold.
Figure 8: Presentation
X-Axis
X-Axis settings are enabled with Show. You can activate a Time aware axis, which will display an accurate view of any time-based data, and choose between a range of label formats. You can also choose the axis Position, select a Font Color, a Font Size and apply a Characters limit (Automatic or Custom).
Figure 9: X-Axis
You can select the Dimension Labels Position, apply an Axis Line Color and also set the Line Thickness. If you select Show Axis Title you can set the Title Font Color, Title Font Size, Title Font Style, and choose Show alternative count to add and display an alternative dimension.
Figure 10: X-Axis Title
Y-Axis
Y-Axis settings are enabled with Show. You can set the axis Position, choose a Font Color, a Font Size, set the Label Font Size, apply a Characters limit (Automatic or Custom), apply an Axis Line Color and set the Line Thickness.
Figure 11: Y Axis
If you select Show Axis Title you can set the Title Font Color, Title Font Size, Title Font Style, and choose Show alternative count to add and display an alternative dimension.
Figure 12: Y Axis Title
Measure
If you select Show Title in the Measure settings you can set the Title Font Color, Title Font Size, Title Font Style, and choose Show alternative count to add and display an alternative measure.
Figure 13: Measure
Colors
In the Colors tab, you can customize your color settings, choosing color by Single Color, Dimension or Measure and selecting a color scheme.
Figure 14: Colors
You can also choose Reverse Colors and switch the allocated color scheme values (e.g. for coloring by measure, colors allocated to low values are re-allocated to high values).
If you want to apply colors By measure, you can enable Use custom measure, then use Select measure to define the measure the chart will display.
Figure 15: Select Measure
Reference Lines
Reference Lines help you to highlight particular areas or values in Vizlib Ridgeline Plot.
If you add a reference line, a count will display beside the settings, so Reference Lines(2) would indicate two reference lines have been added to the chart.
Figure 16: Reference Lines
When you open the reference line settings, you can enter a Dimension Value (text or expression), add a Label, set the Font Color, Font Size, Text Opacity, Font Style, Label Position and Label Align.
Figure 17: Label
If you enable Outline settings, you can set the Outline Background, Outline Border, Outline Stroke Width and Outline Border Radius.
Figure 18: Outline
Line settings control the Line Color, Line Thickness, Line Opacity, Line Style and Line Position.
Figure 19: Line
Advanced Analytics, Interactivity, Alternate States
The Interactivity tab contains several toggles related to showing or hiding functions.
Figure 20: Interactivity
If you enable Allow Selections, users will be able to select portions of the chart along the X-Axis.
You can also choose to enable Animations, and show the Fullscreen Icon (to maximize objects), and Snapshot Icon (to take snapshots of the object).
Note: Snapshot Icon has been part of the Hover Menu since the Qlik Sense September 2020 release, and is no longer controlled using the property panel.