Selection Tree Properties

Add Filter Components for information on how to create a Selection Tree.
Common Properties for information about ‘Properties’ settings that are the same for all components.
Selection List and Tree in Dashboard Object Reference to set these properties dynamically using script.

The Selection Tree component’s ‘Properties’ dialog box provides General, Data, and Script tabs. The next sections discuss the component-specific properties available under these tabs.

General Tab

The properties in the General tab in the ‘Selection Tree Properties’ panel are the same as those of the Selection List component.

For a Selection Tree, the ‘Single Selection’ property allows you to select the hierarchy levels that should be constrained to single-selection. To place a level under single-selection restriction, select a field from the ‘Level’ menu, and press Add. To remove a level from single-selection restriction, select the field in the list, and press Delete.

Selection Tree Single Selection

Data Tab

The Data tab in the ‘Selection Tree Properties’ panel provides the following Selection Tree-specific properties.

Properties that offer the ‘Value Type’ button

can also be set by the user (‘Variable’) or by scripted logic (‘Expression’). See Dynamically Set Properties for more information.

Selection Tree Deep Dialog

Table

The column or dimension that should be used to populate the Selection Tree.

What is a dimension?

A dimension is used to break-down the dataset into multiple groups, often within a Crosstab, Chart, or Selection List. Adding a dimension to the ‘X’ region of a Chart distinguishes the different dimension groups by location on the X-axis. Adding a dimension to the ‘Y’ region distinguishes the different dimension groups by location on the Y-axis. You can add multiple dimensions into the ‘X’ or ‘Y’ regions of a Chart, or into the ‘Rows’ or ‘Columns’ regions of a Crosstab, to create multiple grouping levels. You can also distinguish groups in a dimension by using color, shape, size, or label in a Chart.

Level

The order of dimension nesting in the Selection Tree. Outer hierarchy levels are listed above inner hierarchy levels.

Columns

Create the Selection Tree by using column information.

Parent/Child IDs

Create the Selection Tree by using recursive hierarchy.

Auto Select Children

For Selection Tree based on recursive hierarchy, specifies that user selection of a parent also selects all the parent’s children.

Parent ID

For Selection Tree based on recursive hierarchy, column that contains the parent node IDs.

ID

For Selection Tree based on recursive hierarchy, column that contains the child node IDs.

Label

For Selection Tree based on recursive hierarchy, column that contains the labels corresponding to the child node IDs.

Measure

The field to aggregate and display next to the Selection Tree values.

Aggregate

The method of aggregation to be used for the ‘Measure’ field.

Text

Specifies that the aggregated measure is displayed as plain text.

Bar

Specifies that the aggregate measure is displayed graphically as a proportional bar.

Watch Video: Filtering a Dashboard (Specify measure in Tree)

This video might show an earlier version of the feature or operation that differs in minor ways from the current version.

Script Tab

See Script Tab for information about this common tab.