DataBlock Display Editor
Common features for all display editors
Contents
Tab: dataBlock Options
Tab: dataBlock Settings
Table Title Columns to Show Row Labels: Link to Chart Hover Notes
SubTab: dataBlock Settings
Fields | Description | Examples | |
Styling | |||
Min Decimals | Minimum number of decimals to show | 2 for U.S. Currency | |
Max Decimals | Maximum number of decimals to show | 2 for U.S. Currency | |
Percentage Decimals | Exact number of decimals to show in fields that are calculated as percentages within the display itself. | 2 for 1.23% 0 for 1% | |
Prefix | Text to use before the number | $ Yen: | |
Suffix | Text to use after the number | (USD) (thous.) % | |
Scale | |||
Multiply by | Number | 100, to express a percentage | |
Divide by | Number | 1000 for currency in thousands | |
Add | Number | 1.7, to add an integration constant | |
Subtract | Number | 1, to zero-base an index | |
+ / - | |||
Parens when < 0 | Checkbox | Financial negative | |
Color when < 0 | HTML color name | Red | |
Color when > 0 | Number | Blue | |
Other | |||
ND | Text to use when No Data | No data exists | |
N/A | Text to use when Not Available | No data available | |
NDD | Text to use when Not Disclosed | Undisclosed | |
Date Format Offset Fraction | Offset Date Display (like '0.58' for Thursday on Weekly data) | Adjust Date on Period Displayed | |
Commas | Checkbox, use comma separator | Financial information | |
Swap comma/period | Checkbox, European-style separators | European financial information |
Tab: Re-arrange Rows
With minor exceptiopns as noted, the Footer tab is common across all display editors.
The first row, labelled Footer, is a free-form text field for custom footnotes. (Not available in the Chart editor)
Automatic Citations
The next row has check boxes that controls whether citations are added automatically to the display footer.
Citation (checkboxes) | Description | Table |
LatestValues |
Chart |
Datablock |
Widgets |
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Attribution | Adds a Published by... section. If your account profile has an organization name, icon, etc., they will be incorporated as space allows. |
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Cite public sources... | Adds icons and links back to original data sources, when possible. |
The next row is a set of check boxes to control various optional footer features. When checked, people using the display see a button for that feature in the footer. For example, to allow your users to be able to link to your display, check the embed box.
Features (checkboxes) Show/hide various action buttons |
Description | Table |
LatestValues |
Chart |
Datablock |
Widgets |
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Download Data | Allow your users to download the raw data behind this display.If your display contains mixed-periodicity data (as allowed in LatestValues and Charts), this feature will be suppressed, even if checked. | |||||
Embed | Offer your users a link to embed your display themselves. | |||||
Email/SMS | Adds buttons to instantly email or text the display. | |||||
Live Mirror | Provides the link to embed the display directly into Excel. | |||||
Viewer | Lets your users download a free version of the dataZephyr software. | |||||
Follow Series | Allows your users to see individual series from the display in their own dataZoa accounts. | |||||
Follow Embed | Allows your users to see your display within their own dataZoa accounts. | |||||
Snapshot | Provides buttons to make printouts and PDFs of your display. |