Custom colours for charts
Dashboards include the ability for custom colours to be applied to categories or series. This functionality is only accessible to users who are site administrators.
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Custom colours are included in a solution template when applied to a chart that uses an iSheet on the same site and where the colours are mapped to iSheet choices. When any other column type is used to make the custom colours, these colours cannot be saved in a template.
Setting the custom colours
When editing your dashboard, click
More actions
> Edit
to set custom colours for the chart.
The
Edit panel - Data visualisation
screen opens. In the Edit panel - Data visualisation
screen, navigate to Customise
in the Chart preview
section.
The
Customise
tab opens. In the Customise
tab, select Custom Colours...
under Theme
and then select Edit custom colours
.
The
Colour customisation
screen opens a new screen.
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Please note that depending on the type of chart you have selected (and whether or not you have chosen a series) the list of values you can assign to a colour change.
In this screen, you can either click on the colour block to select a colour from the colour picker.
Or enter the hexadecimal value of the colour you want in the colour field.
Once selected, select
Apply
to apply your changes or select Reset
to reset the values to the pre-defined default values for the theme.note
Please note that it is not possible to apply custom colours to multiple values. For example, if you have the sum of billed data and the sum of budget data, it is not possible to apply custom colours to those two values.
Once you have selected your colours, select
Apply
within the Customise
tab to see your new colours applied to your chart.
Select
Done
to save your changes.note
Please note that if you apply custom colours to charts that normally have a single colour, such as 'Standard column', the system automatically hides the legend as it no longer applies.