Color palette rule for map markers in Bold Reports®

In the Bold Reports® Web Report Designer, the color palette rule fills each map marker icon in a layer with a color from the applied palette, then uses progressively lighter shades.

How do I apply a color palette to map markers?

You apply a color palette to map markers in the Bold Reports® Web Report Designer from the Marker Color Rule category.

  1. Under the Marker Color Rule category, choose the Color Palette option in the type dropdown.
  2. Choose a palette from the Palette dropdown that appears under the type dropdown.

Map palette types

For example, set the palette type to BrightPastel. The map design with sample data then looks like the following image.

Color palette

How are the palette colors distributed?

During report processing, Bold Reports® automatically distributes the map marker icon colors on the map surface based on the selected palette and distribution type.

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