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Forsta Visualizations Support

All the topics, resources needed for Forsta Visualizations.

  • Why Would I Use a Table Instead of the Cross Table Tool?

    The table module in Data Objects is based on the Charting module in StoryTeller. The setup is identical to creating charts except for the layout functions.As...

  • How to Add a Table?

    Same logic applies for setting up a table module as for chart objects. The image below shows the edit menu for the newly inserted table object, once you go t...

  • How to Change the Format of the Table Cells?

    Formatting in table cells options are available under the table setting tab. Below is the image showing where this option can be found.Once you press the For...

  • How to Add Custom Images in the Cell Formatting?

    The cell formatting feature in StoryTeller tables and Cross table tool contains functions that support images to complement formatting the figures/cells base...

  • How to Change the Number Separator Settings?

    It is possible to define if results in the StoryTeller tables and Cross tables should be shown with thousand separators or not. This setting makes it possibl...

  • Mean Values in Series

    There is an option for adding mean value series to a table based on the shown result. The feature can be used in a lot of different areas and project types. ...

  • How to Calculate the Base in Mean Value Calculation?

    When calculating a mean value result of a categorical question, an answer like “Don’t know” is usually excluded from the calculation (the settings which allo...

  • How to Add a Series to a Table?

    To add series to a table simply use the “Add new” button at the top of the edit screen for a table. You can also use the edit button next to “Add new” to ren...

  • How to set up range in table

    Range setting has is useful when result needs to be split up in multiple tables/charts due to space issues.Below we see an example where all countries are so...

  • How to Merge Series to Create One Bigger Table?

    If you have several series created in your table, you can merge these into one table. The feature includes an option to merge all series having the same text...

  • How to Show a Base Size in a Table?

    The Table object supports the ability to display the base size. You can define if the weighted or unweighted base size should be displayed, and you can also ...

  • How to Show a + (Prefix/Suffix) in a Table?

    In table settings, it’s possible to show positive values with a + as a prefix (negative values are always shown with a – as a prefix in Forsta Visualizations...

  • What Is a Rank Feature in Tables?

    The rank functionality will add a ranking number to the items in a table based on the result. The result can be based on any calculation type: mean values, p...

  • How to Set up the Rank Feature in Tables?

    The rank setup is made in a panel named Rank, in the Analysis tab. The setup of the Rank is very similar to the setup of the Benchmark calculation. The f...

  • What Are Custom Rows or Headers in the Table?

    The row and column headers in StoryTeller tables can now be customized which gives much moreflexibility in layout as the labels can be abbreviated or changed...

  • How to Create Custom Rows or Headers in a Table?

    The custom row and column headers are defined in the Text panel in the Setting tab. To add custom row or column headers do as the following;Enable the functi...

  • How to Change the Layout of the Table?

    In the layout tab, a table can be customized to different look and feels. Table StylingThe complete table styling can be controlled by Table Styling, some ge...

  • How to Add Splits/Comparisons in Tables?

    In Projects using Hierarchical filters you can select which groups to be shown in the table based on the group selected by the user, as an example the table ...

  • How Can Sorting in Column Headers Be Activated?

    25 A Report user can now sort a table by clicking the column headers, which makes it easier to get an overview of the content and analyze the best/worst ite...

  • How to Add Icons in the Tables?

    You can use any icon from the Icon and Shape library to visualize the result of the Formatting rules which makes it easier as and more efficient to crea...

  • Significance testing between series

    StoryTeller has improved the significance testing between series in charts and tables, allowing for more complex comparisons when using text matching between...