Feature Layer Settings – Appearance


Option

Description

Point weight

Specifies the point weight in pixels for feature layers with points.

Line weight

Specifies the line weight in pixels for feature layers with lines.

Polygon border weight

Specifies the border weight in pixels for feature layers with polygons/shapes.

Polygon border color

Specifies the color of the borders for feature layers with polygons/shapes. The color of the shape is set on the Colors tab.

Layer transparency

Lets you change the transparency of the feature layer so that a background behind the shapes can be visible.

Use separate color for marked items

Select this check box to use the specified marking color to distinguish marked items in this visualization. If the check box is cleared, then unmarked items will be faded out instead, and the original color  will be kept for the marked items. See Marking in Visualizations for more information.

Include in auto-zoom

Select this check box to make sure that all filtered values in this layer remain visible upon auto-zooming.

Clear the check box to ignore this layer in the auto-zoom operations and only react on the filtered values in other layers.

Include in reset view extent

Select this check box to make sure that all values in this layer are visible when you select reset navigation in the map chart. For more information, see Zooming and Interacting in the Map Chart.

Turn off simplification for features with less points than

Specify the number of points below which geometry simplification will not be used when rendering features.

Geometry simplification facilitates the rendering of features with a large number of points by snapping the points to even pixels. If two adjacent points fall within the same pixel, one is omitted.

For rectangle features that are typically represented by 5 points (the fifth point is the same as the first point), the simplification might cause rendering inconsistencies.  If you encounter these issues, try setting Turn off simplification for features with less points than to 6 to deactivate the simplification when rendering the rectangles.

See also:

What is a Map Chart?

Feature Layer Settings

Map Chart Properties