Table of Contents (TOC)

Show Elements in TOC

By default, each element of your report will be considered and displayed in the TOC, even if you add the TOC element later on. You can opt-out for each element, which you don't want to be visible in the TOC (for example headers, paragraphs, certain objects, etc.). 

Besides this, you can also set the following properties individually for each element:

• The Indent to create a topic hierarchy,
• a Label that represents the element in the TOC (by default the element's Caption is populated as a label),
• and the Font Style to separate sections in the TOC

You can find these settings under TOC Table of Contents of each Chart, Table, or Text element:

• Go to TOC settings for Charts
• Go to TOC settings for Tables
• Go to TOC settings for Text elements

Basic TOC Settings

Here begins the description of all available settings for a TOC element. Start by adding a TOC element and set general element properties.

Adding TOC element

1. On your Sense sheet, select the ancoreShare button to which you want to add the element.
2. On the properties panel, click Report Elements > Add Element.
3. Click on Type and select Table of Contents from the dropdown list.

NOTE: The Add Element button is always available at the bottom of the properties panel. For multiple elements, please scroll down to see the button.

Caption

When you add a TOC element, the caption is automatically populated as TOC Table of Contents.
You can rename this field to provide a meaningful caption that will help you in navigating through your report elements.

Visibility

You can choose whether to display this TOC element on a page of your report as well or to generate it only in the meta data to utilize it for PDF bookmarks.

• Show TOC on page: The TOC is a visible element of the report and in addition the TOC is shown as bookmarks in a PDF reader.
• Bookmarks only: TOC is not visible on the report page, but as bookmarks in a PDF reader.

Calculation condition

In the Calculation Condition field, specify an expression to display the TOC element. It works just like the activation condition but is specific to each element. You can specify the value as a calculated formula. Refer to the Qlik documentation to know more.

Anchor

If there is another existing element on your sheet that comes before in order, you will see an Anchor tab. This setting defines the relative position of elements on the report page. Drag the orange box "B" to set the position of this TOC element with respect to the preceding element "A" or choose an anchor position from the drop-down list above.

To learn more about how all the positioning and sizing settings work together and affect each other, and how to precisely position the elements on your report by combining them, go to Positioning and Sizing elements.

Position

Click the Position tab to define general position settings for the TOC element on your report.

• Optionally, select to Place element on new page to add a new page to the report and start with this there.
• Use the alignment options to align the TOC element horizontally on the report page.

Font

Click the Font tab to specify the font properties of the TOC element.

• Font Family: Select one of the typeface options from the list.
• Font Color: Use the color picker or provide a HEX code to choose the font color.
• Fill Color: Fills the background of the TOC area. Use the color picker or provide a HEX code.
• Font Size: Specify the font size for table content. You can use the expression for dynamic sizing. 

The Font Style (bold, italic, etc.) can be set for each element separately in the corresponding TOC menu of the elements:

• Font Style for Chart in TOC
• Font Style for Table in TOC
• Font Style for Text element in TOC

Size

Click the Size tab to set the sizing type and optionally the width of the TOC element on your report.
You can choose any of the following options:

• Automatic: By default, the TOC element takes 100% of the page width.
• Percentage of page size: Select this option to define the Width as a percentage of the report page.
• Numeric value: Select this option to provide a specific Width value manually.
  By default, the width is measured in millimeters, but you can change the page unit in the Report Settings.

Spacing

Click the Spacing tab to define the distance of the TOC element from neighboring elements on your report. You can do this separately for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. The behavior of spacing depends on the selected size type.

1. If you have set the size type as Automatic or Percentage of page size, then the spacing will act as padding and affect the visual size of the text element.
2. If you have set the size type as Numeric, the spacing will act as a margin and affect the actual position of the text element.

Cell Padding

The TOC is basically a table with two columns, left one for the content headers and right one for the page numbers. Click the Cell Padding tab to define the distance of table content from the cell lines inside this table. Enter the padding value for Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.

Optionally, provide an expression for specifying conditional padding value.

NOTE: The cell padding value is always specified in points.

Border

Add a border framing the TOC. 

Borders are particularly useful when designing the report with multiple elements, as they present a clear picture of what element takes up how much space exactly. Once you have this visibility, you can easily decide the size and margin for all elements.