Display rules include all types of highlighting of report objects. They provide a
flexible structure to specify conditions. There are several types of display rules.
Display rules enable conditions to be shared across objects, but not all display rules
apply across all report
object types.
SAS Visual Analytics
Designer (the designer) provides the following interfaces for display
rules:
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The
Display Rules tab in the right pane enables you to
populate intervals, add intervals, or add color-mapped values for the report object that is
currently selected in the canvas. You can use this pane to specify both report-level
or object-level display rules, depending on what you have selected in the canvas.
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The
Shared Rules tab in the left pane enables you to create a new display rule for a
gauge, which is used by other
gauges to designate intervals and colors for ranges. You can edit or delete an existing
shared display rule. These rules are shared across multiple gauges and can be created
at any time.
Tip
The
Shared Rules tab
is not displayed by default. To display the tab, click
after the last tab name, and select
Shared
Rules.
For list tables and graphs, you can create display rules that reference a measure
that is not included in the currently displayed report object. This feature is not
available for
crosstabs.
Here are some key points
about color-mapped display rules:
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Color-mapped display rules are not allowed if there are multiple
overlays.
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The following report
objects that are imported from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer (the
explorer) or created in SAS Visual Analytics Graph Builder (the graph
builder) do not support display rules:
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heat maps (which are imported from the explorer)
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band plots (which are created in the graph builder)
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step plots (which are created in the graph builder)