Using the List Expansion Properties Frame

The List Expansion feature enables you to see a full description of a selected item in a list or a drop-down list. Items displayed in lists may not be logically truncated or abbreviated as acronyms, so this feature enables you to extend the floating comments function to view a description as an extended text label.

List Expansion Properties is enabled only if lists or drop-down lists are available on the frame. The selected list or drop-down list must include the standard control code:

ActiveDocument.Sections[txlMe.Text].Qiq_onControlClick(this.Parent,this)

Note:

Quick Filters lists in dashboards created with a pre-9.0 Release template exclude this line of standard control code. The code must be manually added to Quick Filters lists to apply list expansion.

*  To use List Expansion Properties to expand items:

  1. In Interactive Reporting Studio, navigate to List Expansion Properties.

    To access the configuration frame, use Sections or the Configuration drop-down list found in Dashboard Studio.

  2. From List Item Expansion, select Include Dropdown lists to add drop-down lists to Available Lists.

  3. Move selected lists between Available Lists and Lists to expand by clicking Next button and Back button.

  4. Click Apply to assign the lists to be expanded.

  5. Navigate to a frame that contains a list, and test the feature by selecting an item to be expanded.

Note:

List items are only displayed in the floating comment if the line of code is added to the selected list.

*  To add the standard control code to a list or drop-down list:

  1. In Interactive Reporting Studio, press Ctrl+D to enter Design mode.

  2. Select the list or drop-down list, right-click, and select Scripts.

    Scripts Editor is displayed.

  3. In Scripts Editor, perform an action:

    • Enter this line of code

      ActiveDocument.Sections[txlMe.Text].Qiq_onControlClick(this.Parent,this)

      (In some template versions, ActiveSection replaces this.Parent. This does not affect the execution of the code)

    • Copy and paste the line of code from another control (for example, a button) on the frame to avoid data entry errors

  4. Click OK.

  5. Repeat steps 1-4 for all other lists or drop-down lists to be expanded.

  6. After the list is configured, press Ctrl+D to exit Design mode.