# Customizing dashboard layouts in Amazon Quick Sight
Customizing dashboard layouts

You can customize a dashboard's layout to organize your data to fit your business requirements. You can choose from three dashboard layouts. You can also change the size, background color, border color, and interactions of a visual to create a fully customized dashboard.

Use the following topics to learn more about customizing dashboards and visuals.

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# Types of layout
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# Choosing a layout
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# Customizing visuals in a free-form layout
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# Conditional rules
](conditional-rules.md)

# Types of layout


There are three dashboard layout designs you can choose from: **Tiled**, **Free-form**, and **Classic**.

## Tiled layout


Visuals in a **Tiled** layout snap to a grid with standard spacing and alignment. You can make visuals any size and place them wherever you want within a dashboard, but visuals can’t overlap. 

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Dashboards are displayed as designed, with options to fit to screen or view at actual size. You can also fit an entire dashboard to your window by choosing **Fit to window** for **View** in the top-right corner. This option was previously called **Optimized**.

**Note**  
On mobile devices, tiled layout dashboards appear as a single column in portrait mode or exactly as designed in landscape mode. 

## Free-form layout


Visuals in a **Free-form** layout can be placed anywhere in your dashboard using precise coordinates. You can drag a visual to the exact place you want, or you can enter the coordinates of the visual’s location. Use the following procedure to enter the exact coordinates of the visual's location.

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Dashboards are displayed the way that you choose to design them, with options to fit to screen or to view at its actual size. You can optimize free-form layouts for viewing at specific resolutions, with the default being 1,600 pixels. You can also fit an entire dashboard to a browser's window by choosing **Fit to window** for **View** in the top-right corner.

**Note**  
Dashboards with optimized resolutions might appear bigger or smaller on a viewer's computer if the viewer's computer resolution doesn't equal the set resolution of the dashboard.   
Switching from **Free-form** to another layout might cause some visual elements to shift.  
On mobile devices, **Free-form** dashboards appear as published with no changes to the layout.

## Classic layout


Visuals in a **Classic** layout snap to a grid with standard spacing and alignment. Dashboards hide data or change formatting to fit smaller screen sizes. For example, if you change a visual to make it considerably smaller, the on-visual menu and editors are hidden so that the chart elements have more room to display. Bar chart visuals can also display fewer data points.

If you reduce the size of the browser window, Amazon Quick Sight resizes and if necessary reorders visuals for optimal display. For example, smaller visuals that were side by side might be displayed sequentially. The original layout is restored when the size of the browser window is increased again.

**Note**  
On mobile devices, classic layout dashboards appear as a single column or exactly as designed in landscape mode.

# Choosing a layout


**To change a dashboard's layout**

1. Open the [Quick console](https://quicksight.aws.amazon.com/).

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis that you want to change.

1. On the analysis page, choose **Edit** and then choose **Analysis Settings**.

1. Expand **Sheet layout** and choose the layout that you want to use.

1. When finished, choose **Apply**.

# Customizing visuals in a free-form layout


You can use the free-form layout to fully customize the color, size, location, and visibility of each visual in a dashboard.

## Organizing visuals


Besides dragging a visual to its preferred location within a dashboard, there are many different ways to move a visual to the exact location it needs to be.

**To enter the coordinates of the visual's location**

1. Choose the visual that you want.

1. On the menu in the upper-right corner of the visual, select the **Format visual** icon.

1. In the **Properties** pane that opens, choose **Placement**. 

1. Enter the **X** and **Y** coordinates of the location you want to place your visual. You can also adjust the size of the visual by entering **Width** and **Height** values. 

Selected visuals can also be moved pixel-by-pixel using your keyboard's arrow keys.

You can overlay visuals on top of one another to create multi-layered visuals that show data.

Visuals can be organized into multiple layers that can be manually moved to the front and back.

**To move overlaid visuals to the front and back**

1. Choose the visual that you want.

1. On the three-dot menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Menu options**.

1. For **Menu options**, choose from the following:
   + **Send to back** sends the visual to the back.
   + **Send backward** sends the visual one layer back.
   + **Bring forward** rings the visual one layer forward.
   + **Bring to front** brings a visual to the front.

## Changing a visual's background color


The colors of a visual’s background, border, and selection frame can be customized in the **Display settings** pane of the **Properties** pane.

**To change the color of a visual's background, border, or selection frame**

1. Choose the visual that you want to change.

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose the **Properties** icon.

1. In the **Properties** pane that appears on the left, choose **Display settings**.

1. Navigate to the **Card style** section and perform one or more of the available actions:
   + To change the color of a visual's background, choose the **Background** color box, and then choose the color that you want.
   + To change the color of a visual's border, choose the **Border** color box, and then choose the color that you want.
   + To change the color of a visual's selection frame, choose the **Selection** color box, and then choose the color that you want.

   If you want to use a custom color for your visual's background, border, or selection frame, choose the color box of the property that you want to change, and then choose **Custom color**. In the **Custom color** window that appears, choose your custom color or enter the color's hexadecimal code. When you are finished, choose **Apply**.

You can also reset a visual's customized background back to its default appearance.

**To reset the appearance of a visual**

1. Choose the visual that you want to change.

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose the **Properties** icon.

1. In the **Properties** pane that appears on the left, choose **Display settings**.

1. Choose the color that you want to reset, and then choose **Reset to default**.

## Hiding visual backgrounds, borders, and selection colors


You can also choose not to show the background border, or selection color of a visual. This is useful for when you want to overlap multiple visuals. You can hide a visual’s background, border, and selection colors by choosing the eye icon next to the **Border**, **Background**, or **Selection** color boxes. You can also remove a visual’s loading animation by clearing the **Show loading animation** box. 

## Disabling visual menus


Use the **Interactions** panel of the **Properties** pane to hide the **Context** menu and **On-visual** menu from selected visuals. You can hide secondary visual menus to make the visual less crowded or to make a visual act like an overlay. 

The **Context** menu opens on data-point clicks. Common actions in the **Context menu** include **Focus**, **Exclude**, and **Drill-down**.

The **On-visual** menu appears on the top-right side of a visual. The **On-visual **menu is used to access the **Proeprties** pane, **Maximize** the visual, access the **Menu options** panel, and review an **Anomaly insight**.

You can turn off the secondary visual menus by clearing the **Context menu** and **On-visual menu** options.

**Note**  
You can't preview changes to the **Interactions** panel in **Analyses**. Publish the dashboard to view your changes.

# Conditional rules


This feature is currently available with the **Free-form** layout. Conditional rules are used to hide or show visuals when specific conditions are met. This can be useful when you have multiple versions of the same visual overlapped with each other and want the dashboard viewer to see a version that best represents the parameter value they select. 

Conditional rules use parameters and parameter controls to hide and show visuals. Parameters are named variables that can transfer a value for use by an action or an object. This feature supports string and number parameters. To make the parameters accessible to the dashboard viewer, you add a parameter control. A parameter control allows users to choose a value to use in a predefined filter or URL action. For more information about parameters and parameter controls, see [Parameters in Amazon Quick](parameters-in-quicksight.md).

Use the sections below to set up and use conditional rules.

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# Hiding a visual by default
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# Setting a conditional rule
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# Using conditional rules
](using-conditional-rules.md)

# Hiding a visual by default


In the **Interactions** pane of the **Properties** pane, you can choose to hide a visual by default. Doing this can be useful if you want the viewer to only see visuals based on specific conditions.

**To hide a visual by default**

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis that you want to customize.

1. Choose the visual that you want to add a rule to.

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Properties**.

1. In the **Properties** pane that opens, choose **Interactions** and open the **Rules** dropdown.

1. In the **Rules** menu, choose **Hide this visual by default**.

Hidden visuals appear fully hidden in a viewing dashboard. In the **Analyses** pane, hidden visuals are visible with the message “Hidden based on rule”. With this display, you can see where all of a dashboard's visuals are located.

**Note**  
You can't create conditional rules that hide visuals that are already hidden by default or that show visuals that already appear by default. If you change the default appearance of a visual, existing rules that contradict the new default appearance will be disabled.

# Setting a conditional rule


When you set up a conditional rule, you create a conditional statement that will hide or show a visual when a specific condition is met. You can currently create conditional rules that hide or show a visual. If you want to create a conditional rule that makes a hidden visual appear, choose **Hide this visual by default** in the **Rules** menu of the **Properties** pane. 

**Note**  
Before you begin, make a parameter and a corresponding parameter control to base your new conditional rule on. Supported parameters are string parameters and number parameters. For more information about parameters and parameter controls, see [Parameters in Amazon Quick](parameters-in-quicksight.md).

**To set a conditional rule**

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis you want to customize.

1. Choose the visual that you want to add a rule to.

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Properties**.

1. In the **Properties** pane that appears on the left, choose **Interactions**, and then choose **Rules**.

1. Choose **ADD RULE**.

1. In the first menu in the **Add rule** pane, choose the parameter you want.

1. In the second menu in the **Add rule** pane, choose which condition you want. For string parameters, supported conditions are **Equals**, **Starts with**, **Contains**, and **Does not equal**. For number parameters, supported conditions are **Equals**, **Starts with**, **Contains**, and **Does not equal**.

1. Enter the value you want the conditional rule to meet.
**Note**  
Values are case-sensitive.

1. Choose **Add rule** to apply the new conditional rule to the visual. To cancel the rule, choose **Cancel**.

Conditional rules can also be edited and deleted. 

**To edit a conditional rule**

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Properties**.

1. In the **Properties** pane that appears on the left, choose **Interactions**, and then choose **Rules**.

1. Choose the menu icon on the right-hand side of the rule you want to edit, and choose **Edit**.

1. Make the changes that you want and choose **Save**.

**To delete a conditional rule**

1. On the menu in the upper-right hand side of the visual, choose **Properties**.

1. In the **Properties** pane that appears on the left, choose **Interactions**, and then choose **Rules**.

1. Choose the menu icon on the right-hand side of the rule you want to edit and choose **Delete**.

# Using conditional rules


Once you have set up a conditional rule that is connected to a parameter and a parameter control, you can use the parameter control to enable or disable the conditional rules you have set. 

**To enable a conditional rule**

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis you want to customize.

1. On the **Controls** bar at the top of your workspace, choose the dropdown icon.

1. Choose the parameter control associated with the conditional rule you created.

1. Choose the value associated with the conditional rule that you created from the parameter's menu. You can also enter the value that you want into the **Search value** box.
**Note**  
Values are case-sensitive.

   Selecting the correct value causes the visual to appear or disappear depending on the rule you set.

You can also bring a parameter control to the sheet your visual is on. This is useful when you want a parameter control to be next to the visual it is associated with or when you want to add a conditional rule to the control so it appears only when specific conditions are met. 

**To bring a parameter control to a sheet**

1. From the Quick homepage, choose **Analyses**, and then choose the analysis you want to customize.

1. On the **Controls** bar at the top of your workspace, choose the control that you want to move.

1. At the upper right-hand side of the control, open the **Menu options** menu. 

1. Choose **Move to sheet**.

**To move a parameter control back to the Controls bar**

1. On your dashboard, select the parameter control you want to move. 

1. On the upper right-hand side of the control, open the **Menu options** menu. 

1. Choose **Move to top of sheet**.