General Properties

The Hit List General property sheet controls the look and feel of the hit list. To open the property sheet, right-click on the hit list element, either in the Report toolbox or on the Hit List Designer, and select Properties from the menu, or in the Hit List Designer page, click the Properties button.

Note that if any changes made to the properties have not been saved, this will be indicated in the Properties header bar. Click Save or Save and Close to save the changes.

Click on the properties and tabs in the illustration below for further information.

Figure 1 - The Hit List > General properties

• Rendering Style - sets the appearance and customization possible for the visual component. In Version 17.5, several components have received additional capabilities to the out-of-the-box appearances and ability to style elements using custom CSS styles (go to Rendering Style Property for more information). The Rendering Style version number reflects the following:
• Version 1: The component rendering style prior to Version 17.5.
• Version 2: The component rendering style after Version 17.5.

Note that version 2 will be the default for all new reports.

• Style - select the style to be used for the hit list, from those available in Layout and Styles.
• Exportable - when this box is selected, a link is displayed above the table. Viewers can click the link and specify their email address to receive an Excel or PowerPoint export of all responses to the open text question according to the filter settings.
• Hit List Caching - hit lists are cached on the Forsta Plus servers so that new visitors can view the cached lists without them having to be regenerated. Using this method, the servers do not have to re-calculate the lists in the database, thus saving waiting time. Default is selected; uncheck the box if you do not want the hit list to be cached.
• Render content as HTML - if checked, then the hit list content will be rendered as HTML (i.e. <b>Test</b> will look like Test etc.). Otherwise HTML tags will be removed. This affects only view and preview; it does not affect exports.
• Filters - you can filter hit lists by having a fixed filter specified on the root, the folder or the page level, and you can specify a filter directly on the hit list. Click the ... button to open the Report Filters page, which lists all the filters available to the report, and select the desired filter. On completion, save the changes.
• Name - type in a name for the hit list. This then identifies the list in the report tree.
• Hidden - check this box if you wish to hide the item temporarily from the report page. Uncheck the box to show the item again.

The Forward and Backward buttons in the hit list use by default the > and < characters. Use the Prev Titles and Next Titlestabs to specify other text for the buttons. You can specify a text for each button in each selected language.