When you are first working with your Cross Table you are able to add a caption. However, if you did not add one at that stage, or want to make edits to it, you have the following options in the Properties Pane.

 

1. Right click on the Cross Table that you want to open the Properties Pane for.

 

Figure 1: Right Click the selected table.

 

2. From the resulting contextual menu select the Properties option.

 

Figure 2: The Properties option is highlighted in the contextual menu.

 

3. Select the Caption target object in the Navigation Bar.

 

Figure 3: The Caption target object is selected.

 

4. View the Cross Table Caption options as highlighted below.

 

Showing or Hiding the Caption

1. To hide the Caption section of the selected Cross Table, simply deselect the Display Caption check box.

 

Figure 4: The table caption is hidden.

 

2. Similarly if the Caption has been hidden and you would like to show it, select the Display Captioncheck box.

 

Figure 5: The caption for the table is displayed.

 

Editing the Text

Here you will be able to edit the text of just the Caption, independently of the rest of the Cross Table. You will have the similar font options as you did when working with Changing Cross Table Fonts.

 

Adding a Border

You will have the option to add a border directly to the Caption, independent of the entire Cross Table.

 

1. Select the color you would like the boarder to be. Similarly to the color options for Cross Table Fonts you will be able to select from one of the predefined colors or create your own to meet your needs.

 

Figure 6: Change border color.

 

5. Select how thick you would like to boarder to be in the out put.

 

Figure 7: Thickness size of 4 was selected.

 

6. Select the sides of the diagram to indicate where you would like to have borders on your chart.

 

Figure 8: Borders were added to the whole caption.

 

NOTE: When making any changes to the border options (color or thickness) you will need to first deselect then reselect the boarder in the diagram to apply the changes.

 

Adding or Editing a Caption

In the Title section you will be able to add a Caption, if you have not already done so, or you can edit the Caption that is there to better describe the selected Cross Table.

 

Figure 9: The caption for the table.

 

Showing or Hiding the Context Menu

The Context Menu will allow your dashboard user to be able to export the selected Cross Table widget to a verity of outputs directly from the dashboard. Also this menu will allow the dashboard user to hide or show the legend of the Cross Table from the dashboard itself.

 

Figure 10: The context menu is set to be shown in the dashboard.

 

Next Steps

Widget by Marking - Learn how to use marking to relate your inserted widgets.

Filter by Marking - Learn how to configure your widgets to filter depending on the markings you have set.

Advance Cross Table Options- Learn about the advance options you can use to customize your Cross Table.

Adding Java Script - Learn how to add javascript to your Cross Tables.