Creating a List Lens

List lenses display the values for the selected property in a list layout with icons, similar to a directory explorer view. Follow the steps below to create a List lens.

1. In the dashboard that you want to add a lens to, click Lenses in the main toolbar and select New. The Create Lens dialog box is displayed:

   

2. On the Create Lens dialog box, select List, and then click Next. Graph Studio displays the General Information dialog box.

   

3. Type a Title and optional Description for the lens.

4. Click Finish. The lens Designer dialog box is displayed so that you can configure the lens.

   

5. In the Path field under Title, select the property that contains the values you want to display in the list.

6. If you want to include a subtitle for each value in the list, click the Path field under Subtitle and select the property to supply the subtitle values. For example, in the image below, Actor Name is chosen as the Title with Movie Name as the subtitle.

   

7. If you have a property that contains an icon to use in place of the default question mark icons, click the Path field under Icon and select the property.

8. If you want the Title to be formatted as a hyperlink to another lens, you can click Hyperlink and select the lens to link to.

9. When you have finished configuring the lens, click Save to save the configuration and add the lens to the dashboard.