Report Studio

Setting Map Properties

When you select an element in a map, you can view its properties in the Properties pane. Some properties are dependent on the existence of other

properties.

If you are familiar with using conditional variables, you can customize the map to change appearance or provide information in response to expressions or

conditions.

When you change a map property, you usually do not see the change until you run the report. Changes to the properties of labels and titles are reflected

immediately.

These are some of the properties you can change in maps. These properties are available when you select the map object, unless specified otherwise in the Action to perform in the Properties pane column.

Goal	Action to perform in the Properties pane
Hide or show the title, subtitle, footer or axis title	Under Chart Titles, set the Title, Subtitle, Footer or Axis Title property.
Hide or show the legend	Under Chart Annotations, set the Legend property
Hide or show map labels	Select the region or point layer. Under Chart Labels, set the Labels property.
Hide or show values on the map	Select the region or point layer. Under Chart Labels, set the Values property.
Hide or show the border around the legend	Select the legend icon. Under Box, set the Borders property.
Change the border around the map object	Under Box, set the Border property.
Hide or show the tooltips Note: Some versions of Acrobat Reader do not support tooltips.	Under Chart Labels, set the Tooltips property.
Change the amount of white space around the map	Under Box, set the Padding or Margin property.
Change the default colors for all map elements	Under Color & Background, set the Background Color, Foreground Color or Fill Effects property.
Change the font and the alignment of text	Under Font & Text, set the Font or Relative Alignment property.
Resize the map	Under Positioning, set the Size & Overflow property.
Change the font for the legend	Select the legend icon. Under Font & Text, set the Font property.
Change the format of values in the legend	Select the value in the region or point layer. Under Data, set the Data Format property.
Ignore data with no features	Under Data, set the Ignore Data with No Features property.
Specify the size of points	In the point layer, click the measure in the Size drop zone and set the Minimum Size and Maximum Size properties.
Add titled, subtitles, footers or axis titles	Set the Title, Subtitle, Footer or Axis Title property

To set Map properties:

Select the map object or map element to change:
To change general properties, such as size and color, click the map object.
To change specific map elements, such as a layer or title, click the element itself.

Note: To cancel a selection, press ESC.
In the Properties pane, set the property value.
A ellipsis (...) button indicates that a dialog box provides further options.

Note: Yo umay have to scroll to see all the properties.