Change indicator icons and indicator sets in a paginated report (Report Builder)
Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Report Builder (SSRS) ✅ Power BI Report Builder ✅ Report Designer in SQL Server Data Tools
The preconfigured indicators sets that provide for paginated reports might not always depict your data effectively and work well in the delivered report. This article provides procedures to change the appearance of indicator icons and change the indicator sets to include different, more, or fewer indicator icons.
Options such as colors can be set by using expressions. For more information, see Expressions (Report Builder).
Change the color of an indicator icon
Right-click the indicator you want to change and select Indicator Properties.
Select Values and States in the left pane.
Select the down arrow in the Color column next to the icon that you want to change and choose the color to use, No Color, or More colors.
Optionally, select the Expression (fx) button to edit an expression that sets the value of the Color option.
If you selected More Colors, the Select Color dialog opens, where you can choose from a wide array of colors. For more information about its options, see Select Color dialog (Report Builder). Select OK to close the Select Color dialog.
Select OK.
Change the icon
Right-click the indicator you want to change and select Indicator Properties.
Select Values and States in the left pane.
Select the down arrow next to the icon that you want to change and select a different icon.
Optionally, select the Expression (fx) button to edit an expression that sets the value of the Icon option.
Select OK.
Use a custom image as an indicator icon
Right-click the indicator you want to change and select Indicator Properties.
Select Values and States in the left pane.
Select the down arrow next to the icon that you wan to change and choose Image.
In the Select the image source list, choose External, Embedded, or Database.
Depending on the source of the image, do the one of the following actions:
To use an image that is stored externally to the report, select Browse and locate the image. The report includes a reference to the image.
To use an image that is embedded in the report, select Import and locate the image. The image is added to the report definition and saved with it.
To use an image that is in a database, in the Use this field list. select the field from the list and then in the Use this MIME type list, select the MIME type of the image.
Select OK.
Add an icon to the indicator set
Right-click the indicator you want to change and select Indicator Properties.
Select Values and States in the left pane.
Select Add. An indicator is added, using the default icon and the No Color option.
Configure the indictor to use the icon and color you want. Procedures earlier in this article describe the steps to configure the indicator.
Select OK.
Delete an icon to the indicator set
Right-click the indicator you want to change and select Indicator Properties.
Select Values and States in the left pane.
Select the icon to delete, and choose Delete.
Select OK.
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