Dynamic Text :: SAS(R) BI Dashboard 4.4: User's Guide, Second Edition

Definition

Dynamic text is text that can vary within a sentence or text-based label.

Example of a Dynamic Text Indicator Shown with an Associated Dynamic Prompt Combo Box

For a sample of the indicator data that was used to create this indicator, see “Sample Data Structure” for this indicator.

Data best suited for	The dynamic text is the only value in the text that is not static. Dynamic text can be combined with a range to show the interval color of the range. In the following example of dynamic text, “medium” is the dynamic value: “The current security level is medium”.
Target audience	This indicator type is appropriate for all user audiences. Most people find this indicator type familiar and easy to interpret if the dynamic text is given within context, as in the example in the previous paragraph. Dynamic text is useful to users by helping them quickly find a specific value of interest.
Data aggregation support	This indicator type does not aggregate the indicator data.
Range support	Ranges are optionally supported.
Alert support	Alerts are supported only if a range is associated with the indicator. For information, see Customizing Alerts.
Link support	This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
Interaction support	Data filter support: For both local system and remote server data filtering, this indicator can be used as a target indicator only. Interactive highlighting support: This indicator does not support interactive highlighting. For more information, see Adding Interactions between Indicators.
Filter multiple items support	Filtering multiple items is not supported.

The General Settings section provides controls that support the following tasks:

The following display settings are used in the preceding figure. For more information, see “Sample Data Structure” for this indicator.

You can customize the following display settings for this indicator:

(Required) In the Static text field, type the text to display for a dynamic text indicator. The text can be a text string, a column from the data source, or both.
Note:
- If you want to display a column from the data in the static text, type @var1@. The range value is applied to the column from the data, and the resulting value replaces the @var1@ string. For an example, see the static text setting in the preceding table.
- You are not required to include static text in this field. You can include @var1@ only.
- For each dynamic text indicator, you can include data from only one column in the indicator data source.
In the Range field, type the filename of a previously saved range, or click Browse and navigate to the file. Select the file and click OK.

Note: A range is optional. If you select a range, the range value's text is colored based on the range interval colors.
(Required) From the Range data source list, select the column from the data source to use for the range.
From the Format list, select the format to apply to the data in a column.

To create a dynamic text indicator, you must provide a data source for the range (range data source) and the text to display (static text).

The following data sample is associated with the figure previously shown. Underneath each column heading is its associated display setting.