Create an icon group

Icon groups are a prerequisite for visualization of indicators. If you want to visualize indicator values as icons in the user interface, you need to add icons already available in the icon gallery to an icon group. Add one icon per indicator value or range of indicator values which need to be visualized differently. The icon group will then be available on the Alfabet user interface for administrative users to define indicator visualization. One icon group can be used for multiple indicators.

1. Go to the Presentations tab.
2. Right-click the Icon Gallery node and select New Icon Group. A new icon group is displayed below the node in the explorer.
3. Click the icon group  and set the name Name and Caption in the attribute window. The name is a technical name that must be defined without whitespaces and special characters. The caption is visible to users on the user interface.
4. For each icon you want to add to the icon group, right-click the new icon group and select Create Icon Definition.
5. Expand the icon group, and for each icon definition in the group, click the icon definition and define the following attributes.
   • Name: Enter a name for the icon. The name is a technical name that must be defined without whitespaces and special characters.
   • Caption: Specify a caption. The caption is used for the icon on the user interface.
   • Icon: Select the icon from the icon gallery.

     Select an icon from the icon gallery

     Click in the attribute value field. Click the button on the right of the field. In the editor, select the icon gallery containing the icon and click the icon in the list. Click OK.

6. Click the Save   button in the toolbar.