Effects of live formatting

When live formatting runs, it impacts appearance settings and can override some style changes that you make in Analyst's Notebook. You can work with live formatting effectively by understanding the impact on other functions.

The default appearance of chart items is defined by your schema. You can reset all chart items to their default setting during live formatting setup. This clears any existing manual or conditional changes applied to chart items before you run live specifications.

When you run live formatting, the changes are immediate. At any point after starting live formatting, you can click Stop and Reset Formatting to return items to their default appearance.

If you add new i2 Analyze records, or expand records while live formatting is running, the specifications are applied to those items. If you stop formatting and add new items, the changes occur as soon as you start formatting again.

Live formatting overrides manual style changes if you apply them to any item that is modified by a conditional formatting specification. If you make manual changes from the Style tab, the affected chart items revert to the style specified by live formatting when it runs next.

When you copy altered entities and links onto a new chart, they retain their appearance. The style change that is invoked by formatting specifications persists unless you choose a different style or reset the style to default settings.

You cannot stop and start live formatting by clicking Undo or Redo. While you might restore or apply style changes through these actions, they are overridden as soon as you add or expand another record. You have more control over formatting by using specifications and the live formatting commands.