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It's also worth noting the
Calc Time
and
Memory
columns in the
Objects
tab. These
can be used to optimize our document by identifying which objects have the most
impact on performance, or are using up a lot of memory.
The
Security
tab is used to set what users are allowed to do on the corresponding
sheet. We are also able to propagate the security settings to all sheets if the
Apply
to All Sheets
checkbox is marked. Additionally, when the
Read Only
checkbox is
enabled, no selections can be made on the sheet.
Triggers
are events to which QlikView can react with
Actions
. When used on sheets,
a trigger can be set to respond to events such as activate and deactivate, meaning it
will run when entering or leaving the sheet, respectively. Triggers will be discussed
in more detail in
Chapter 13
,
More on Visual Design and User Experience
.
Setting the object properties
It's now time to peek into some of the object-level properties that affect the QlikView
document's appearance. The properties we are most interested in at this point are:
• Caption colors
• Caption font
Let's see what these are.
Caption colors and style
By default, almost every object in the QlikView document has a caption bar at the
top, unless we choose to explicitly hide it. Since the caption bar will be visible for
most of our objects, let's apply a touch of corporate identity by setting the default
caption color to
HighCloud Blue
and by selecting a custom styling mode.
Changing the caption colors
Follow these steps to apply a new formatting style to caption bars:
1.
Right-click on any of the listboxes on the sheet, for example,
Carrier's
Operating Region
.
2.
Select
Properties…
and navigate to the
Caption
tab.
