# Measure properties

This section describes the properties that can be configured for measures in Finance Tables.

### **General properties**

* **Hide column in sidebar**
* **Hide inline filter**
* **Cumulative subtotals**
* **Hide grand total**

### **Measure role**

* **None**
* **AC (Actual)**
* **PL (Plan)**
* **PY (Prior Year)**
* **FC (Forecast)**

### **Visualization**

Available chart types are:

* **None**
* **Waterfall**

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* **IBCS bar**

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* **Pin**

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### **Variance coloring**

When supported by the selected visualization, the following options are available:

* **Variance coloring**
* **Variance color mode**
* **Reverse steering**

### **IBCS bar options**

When **IBCS bar** is selected, the following options may be available:

* **Stack bars by role**
* **Stacked bar chart**
* **Normalize to 100%**
* **Segment order**

### **Default sorting**

* **Set a default sorting order**
* **Ascending**
* **Descending**

### **Truncation**

* **Truncate values above and/or below**
* **Min value**
* **Max value**

### **Colors**

The following fixed colors can be configured for the column:

* **Column background color**
* **Column font color**
* **Header Background Color**
* **Header Font Color**

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For conditional coloring, see [Conditional coloring](/finance-tables/configuration/configuration-screen/data-tab/conditional-coloring.md)
{% endhint %}


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