Add shapes and text

You can add shapes and text to your Planning Analytics Workspace books. You can use these objects in combination with pictures and color to make engaging dashboards.

About this task

Suppose that you want to create a shape that looks like this:

Shapes example

The image consists of two shapes and some text.

Procedure

  1. In Edit mode, click the Widgets icon.
    Widgets icon
  2. Under Shapes, select Left arrow and Sticky note 2. The book looks like this:
    Shapes example with arrow and page
    To resize the widgets, select each one and use the handles to resize.
    Tip: Use the Send to front or Send to back options in the ribbon to layer shapes with images, other shapes, text, and views.
    Layering widgets
  3. To change the color of the widgets to the light blue shown in the example, select both widgets in the book and click Properties Properties icon.
  4. Under Appearance, select the fill color.
    Tip: You can also change opacity. This technique is useful if you are layering shapes over images.
  5. To add text, click the Text icon under Standard in the Widgets panel.
    You can format the text in Properties Properties icon.

Adding shapes and text in IBM® Planning Analytics Workspace Classic

Procedure

  1. In Edit mode, click the shapes Shapes icon icon on the upper right of the screen and click a shape to select it. Scroll through the shapes by clicking the arrows.
    Select this arrow shape Arrow shape, and this page shape Page shape. It looks something like this:
    Shapes example with arrow and page
  2. Press Ctrl and click the shapes to select them, and then click Properties Properties icon.
  3. Select the fill color, and then click Properties again to close it.
    The example uses light blue, with no border.
    Tip: You can change opacity. This technique is useful if you are layering shapes over images.
  4. To make an image similar to the example, click each shape and resize them using the handles Handles for resizing.
  5. Add text by clicking Text Text icon.
  6. Format text by clicking Properties Properties icon with your text selected.
    Tip: You can layer shapes with images, other shapes, text, and views by changing the order of the shape in relation to the other objects. On the shortcut bar, click the object, then click the order icon Order icon.