Format Rectangle Dialog

The Format Rectangle dialog helps you to format the rectangles of the specified group in a heat map. It appears:

When there is only one group in the heat map, right-click on the heat map, and then select Format Rectangle from the shortcut menu.
When there are two or more groups in the heat map, right-click on the heat map, and then select a desired group field from the Format Rectangle submenu.

The dialog contains the following tabs: Fill, Separator and Behaviors (the Behaviors tab is available to charts in library components only).

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Fill

Specifies the fill properties for rectangles of the heat map.

Format Rectangle - Fill

Use Single Color

It varies with color patterns as follows.

When the heat map is colored by one of the following cases: no field, 1 to n groups, 1 to n groups and 1 summary
- Color
  Specifies the color schema for the rectangles. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.
- Transparency
  Specifies the transparency of the color schema.
- Self Settings
  Specifies whether to edit the color pattern for the rectangles themselves. When unchecked, the color settings defined here will be synchronized to the Pattern List property on the chart object in the Report Inspector, which can also be applied by data markers of other subtypes if the chart is a combo chart.
- Vary Colors by Color List
  Specifies whether or not to make colors of the rectangles vary.
- Color List
  Opens the Color List dialog to modify the color pattern for each rectangle.
When the heat map is colored by a summary
- Start color
  Specifies the start color mapped to the minimum summary value.
- End color
  Specifies the end value mapped to the maximum summary value.
- Reversed
  Specifies whether to reverse the start color and end color.
  Once the option is switched between checked and unchecked, the start and end color on the gradient color bar will be switched accordingly.
- Color When Zero
  Specifies whether to map the zero value to a specific color. If it is unchecked, the gradient color changes from the start color to the end color directly; when checked, the gradient color changes from the start color to the zero value color, and then from the zero value color to the end color.
- Color When Null
  Specifies the color for the null values.

Use Single Color with condition

If checked, each rectangle can have its own single color pattern based on the defined conditions. You can select the Advanced or Normal button to switch between the two editing modes to edit the conditions.

Normal
- Select Field
  Lists all the available fields to which the conditional fill can be applied. Select the field on which you want to define the conditions from the drop-down list.
- Value
  Specifies the value of the condition. Available when you select a group-by field or a field whose return value is not a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
- Start Value
  Specifies the start value of the condition. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
- End Value
  Specifies the end value of the condition. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
- Color
  Specifies the color that will be applied to the values which meet the condition.
- Transparency
  Specifies the transparency for the color of the condition.
- Adds a new condition line.
- Removes the selected condition line.
- Label
  If checked, you can modify the condition expression of the selected condition line which will be shown as the legend entry label.
- Value
  Specifies to display data in the condition expression as value. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
- Percent
  Specifies to display data in the condition expression in percent. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
Advanced
- Condition
  Displays the condition you have defined in the Edit Condition dialog.
- Color
  Specifies the color that will be applied to the values which meet the condition.
- Transparency
  Specifies the transparency for the color of the condition.
- Opens the Edit Conditions dialog to create or edit a condition.
- Label
  If checked, you can modify the condition expression of the selected condition line which will be shown as the legend entry label.
- Value
  Specifies to display data in the condition expression as value. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.
- Percent
  Specifies to display data in the condition expression in percent. Available only when you select a value field or a field that returns a number from the Select Field drop-down list.