Developing a color palette creates a set of palette definitions within Interactive Reporting documents. These definitions are available to be used by components, such as Chart Shade (see Configuring the Chart Shade Component) or the Chart Spotlighter feature (see Chart Spotlighter Feature or Configuring for Chart Spotlighting).
To use the Color Palette Properties frame:
In Interactive Reporting Studio, navigate to Color Palette Properties.
To access the configuration frame, use Sections or the Configuration drop-down list found in Dashboard Studio.
In Load External Palette File, enter the full path for an externally defined palette file.
Optional: Click Browse to locate a palette.
Click Add to append the palette to Available Palettes.
Available Palettes displays the palettes that are available in the Interactive Reporting document. If a palette with an identical name exists, a number suffix is added to the file name to make it unique.
From Available Palettes, select a palette, and click
to duplicate the palette.A copy is created by appending a number suffix to the name. For example, a palette called Sporty is copied as Sporty1.
is selectable when an item is selected in the list.Optional: To remove a palette, select an available palette and click
.In Selected Palette Name, enter a replacement name, and click
to rename the palette.In Click to Change Color, select a colored bar to change individual palette colors.
The color picker dialog box is displayed.
Select a color and click OK.
The bar color is changed.
Perform an action:
To save the palette to the path entered in step 2, click Export (The path can be a file name or a folder with a trailing backslash (\). Export is not selectable if Load External Palette File is blank)
To reload the original settings, click Restore
To remove all current entries, click Clear All
To load the color palette properties, click Apply