topic Re: Idevio Map Captions in QlikView

Idevio Map Captions

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:51:20 GMT

I have Idevio Maps and would like to insert a line break in the caption so that I can add a couple of rows discription under the general title for the map. Can anyone help? <br /> doesn't seem to work.

with thanks

Re: Idevio Map Captions

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:24:42 GMT

Hi,

You could send a sample or picture?

Rebeca

Re: Idevio Map Captions

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:43:38 GMT

Hi Kathryn,

To change to a custom caption please add

autocaption=false

to the advanced settings, otherwise the caption will be set automatically. See page 12 in the manual.

Then for a line break, just add a carriage return in the expression for the caption.

Thanks,

Patric

Re: Idevio Map Captions

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:44:55 GMT

Hi Patric

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I had done both of those and it is still not working for me. The expresseion I have in the caption is below - is it too complicated? I am looking for a way to add a key to my map so that the end user can understand the colourings. Any ideas welcome....

='Leadtimes for ' &

GetFieldSelections(LT_JobClass) & ' ' & GetFieldSelections(LT_Date) & ' ' &
if (upper(right(LT_JobClass,3))='NEW',
'UK: Green <=5 days Amber <=7 days Red >7 days
ROI: Green <=7 days Amber <=9 days Red >9 days',

if (upper(right(LT_JobClass,3))='ING','Green <=7 days
Amber <=9 days
Red >9 days',

if (upper(right(LT_JobClass,3))='MHO','Green <=7 days
Amber <=12 days
Red >12 days',

if(upper(LT_JobClass

)='SERVICE','Green <=2 days
Amber <=3 days
Red >3days',
''))))

The caption still looks like this

With Thanks

Kathryn

Re: Idevio Map Captions

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:43:06 GMT

Hi Kathryn,

It seems QlikView doesn't support line breaks in captions from version 11.2, sorry I wasn't aware of that.

To solve your problem I'm a big fan of the 'silent legend' approach:

Use of a Silent Legend QlikView design blog (Jennel McIntire)

Basically reuse the colors through the app so the meaning of colors becomes obvious.

Thanks,

Patric

Re: Idevio Map Captions

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:23:39 GMT

Hi Patric

Thank you, that is an interesting article which I am sure I'll refer to time and again.

Thanks

Kathryn