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# General formatting and styling

## General 

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<table><thead><tr><th width="194">Setting</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Layout mode</td><td>You can choose between a centered or top layout mode. The top layout mode positions the diagram towards the top of the window.</td></tr><tr><td>Sort field type</td><td>You can choose the sort type between value or name for either an alphabetic or numeric sort.</td></tr><tr><td>Sort on value</td><td>You can define the sort order here</td></tr><tr><td>Background</td><td>Pick a background color for the visualization canvas.</td></tr><tr><td>Hide null dimensions</td><td>Hide nodes where the selected dimension contains a <code>null</code> labels/dimension name. </td></tr><tr><td>Hide Null/NaN values</td><td>Hide nodes where the measure value is <code>null</code> or <code>NaN</code>. This prevents missing or invalid numeric values from being displayed in the tree.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Nodes

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| Setting             | Description                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Positive value      | Select a color for nodes with positive values.                                                                                       |
| Negative value      | Select a color for the nodes with negative values                                                                                    |
| Backgound           | Select a color for the node backround.                                                                                               |
| Maximum depth       | Choose a value to set the maximum allowable drill-down levels. Once this limit is reached, the '+' icon will no longer be displayed. |
| Node height         | Select a value for the node height                                                                                                   |
| Max nodes per level | Select a value to control the maximum nodes per level.                                                                               |
| Node width          | Select a value to control the node width                                                                                             |
| Node spacing        | Select a value to optimize the horizontal distance between two nodes.                                                                |
| Radius in (px)      | Select a value to control the node radius. Higher value will make the nodes appear rounded.                                          |
| Truncate label      | You can trucncate long labels with this option.                                                                                      |

### Links&#x20;

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| Setting        | Description                                            |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Positive color | You can select the color for links with positive value |
| Negative color | Select a color for links with negative value           |
| Link width     | To control the thickness of the link.                  |


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