Highlighting lines in a table box

[#1]

Hi all,

Is there a way to highlight lines in a table box under certain criteria?

i.e i have the following table

Name Address Country

Lee street1 UK

Mike street2 UK

Mr. street3 IE

I would like to highlight all lines in, say, red if they do not have the country of UK

Thanks again

Mike

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Yes. To highlight single fields based on the value of that field, look into Visual Cues.

For your purpose, you need to look at the additional attributes (I don't know what they're really called) under the Dimensions and Expressions. On the Dimension or Expression tab, your items should have a little plus next to them. Click on the plus and you should see some additional attributes. I don't know if you want to change the text color or the background color, but the concept is the same. Right-click on the attribute you want to change and choose Edit Expression. Here you can define a formula to define the color. You can use the function RGB(0,0,0) to define your colors.

=If(Country <> 'UK', RGB(255, 0, 0), RGB(0,0,0)

That would give Red if it's not the UK and Black if it is.

[Anonymous]

They're called attribute expressions.

[#4]

+ symbol will not come on table box, it will come only on pivot table or straight table if i'm not wrong.

He wants to do in the Table box.

Thanks,

Raghu.

[#5]

Thanks Michael. I was close.

Sorry, I missed the part about the request being for a table box. I agree, I don't think it is possible in a table box. Mike, is there a reason you need a table box rather than a straight table? I tend to always use straight tables (or pivots) when displaying data.

Are there any benefits to using a table box over a straight table?

[Anonymous]

Table boxes are quite limited, and they're even slower than sttaight tables. It's easy to create a table that looks the same as table box.

[#7]

Hi all,

Just want to say thanks for the suggestions and I am trying to create a straight table which mimics the table box. I have never created a straight table, just a pivot table and I have added all my dimensions in but unsure what to use for expressions. If I don't enter an expression, it doesn't provide any data...

Using my example, what would I use as the expression?

Thanks,

Mike

[#8]

In a straight table, if you really don't have an expression, just put an expression in like =1, then go to the presentation tab and hide it!

Nigel.

[#9]

Oh yeah! doh!

[Anonymous]

Nigel,
Your suggestion to use =1 and hide it is certainly correct, but I can't agree with the statement that in a straight table you "don't have an expression". Straight table is no less functional than a pivot table or any other chart, just looks differently.
In fact, when a client wants a long table (many columns), my preference is to use a unique ID as a single dimension, which is hidden, and all other columns as expressions. If they are not calculated, I use expression only(fieldname). This provides better control over the layout.