Likert fields and settings

Every field well and every setting in the format pane of version 1.0.1.0, read from the package you download. The internal names in grey are what a PBIR file or a report-authoring agent uses. Which features need a licence is on the Likert page; every setting works in edit mode with or without one.

9 fields · 14 cards · 49 settings Markdown for AI assistants catalog.json

Fields

Field	Takes	Needed	What it is for
Question`question`	Column	Optional	One row of the battery per question (statement)
Answer (scale)`answer`	Column	Optional	Scale answers in model sort order (use Sort By Column on the answer field)
Value`value`	Measure	Optional	Respondent count — or Sum of Weight for weighted results
Segment (comparison)`segment`	Column	Optional	Optional (premium): compare groups side by side with significance letters
Sum of Weight² (significance)`weightsq`	Measure	Optional	Optional: SUM(weight²) enables effective bases for weighted significance testing
Dimension / Group`group`	Column	Optional	Optional: the section a statement belongs to (Leadership, Tools, …) — drawn as a header with its pooled score
Question Text`questionText`	Column	Optional	Optional: the full wording behind a short question code — shown in tooltips, the caption and the footnote
Benchmark (top box)`benchmark`	Measure	Optional	Optional: a norm or benchmark for each statement's top box, as a fraction (0.62) or percent (62) — the delta shows next to the net
Wave / Period`wave`	Column	Optional	Optional: tracker mode — the bars show the latest wave and the top box its change since the previous one

Theme`theme`

Setting	Type and options
Theme`selectedTheme`	SmartVisuals `smartvisuals` Dark `dark` Clean (White) `clean` Slate `slate`
Transparent Background`transparentBg`	On / off
Quick Style`stylePreset`	Custom (keep my settings) `custom` Agency deck `agency` Executive summary `executive` Compact tracker `compact`

Scale`scaleSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Neutral Handling`neutralMode`	Auto (middle of odd scale) `auto` No neutral `none` Custom position `custom`
Neutral Position (1-based)`neutralIndex`	Number
Reverse Scale Order`reverseScale`	On / off
N/A Answer Labels (comma-separated)`naLabels`	Text
Include N/A in Base`naInBase`	On / off
Collapse Scale (disagree / neutral / agree)`collapseScale`	On / off

Colors`colorSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Positive Side`positiveColor`	Colour
Negative Side`negativeColor`	Colour
Neutral`neutralColor`	Colour
N/A`naColor`	Colour

Bars`barSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Corner Radius`cornerRadius`	Number
Bar Thickness (%)`thickness`	Number
Gap Between Segments`segmentGap`	Number

Answer Colors`answerColors`

Setting	Type and options
Color`fill`	Colour

Labels`labelSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Show % in Segments`showPct`	On / off
Decimal Places`decimals`	Number
Min Segment % to Label`minSegmentPct`	Number
Font Size`fontSize`	Number
Font`fontFamily`	Inter `inter` Segoe UI `segoe` Arial `arial` Georgia `georgia`
Font Color`fontColor`	Colour
Show Base (n=)`showBase`	On / off

Nets (Top/Bottom Box)`netSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Show Top Box`showTopBox`	On / off
Show Bottom Box`showBottomBox`	On / off
Box Size (scale points)`boxSize`	Number
All Statements Row`showTotalRow`	On / off
Benchmark Label`benchmarkLabel`	Text
Show Change vs Previous Wave`showWaveDelta`	On / off
Show Margin of Error (±)`showMarginOfError`	On / off

Sorting`sortSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Sort Questions By`sortBy`	Data order `data` Top box (high → low) `topDesc` Top box (low → high) `topAsc`

Legend`legendSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Show Legend`show`	On / off
Position`position`	Bottom `bottom` Top `top`

Means`meansSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Show Mean (scale 1..k)`showMean`	On / off
Decimal Places`meanDecimals`	Number

Significance (Premium)`significance`

Setting	Type and options
Test Top Box vs Total`enabled`	On / off
Confidence Level`confidence`	90 % `90` 95 % `95` 99 % `99`
Min Base for Testing`minBase`	Number
Higher / Letters (empty = theme)`positiveColor`	Colour
Lower (empty = theme)`negativeColor`	Colour
Explain Letters in Footer`showLetterLegend`	On / off
Hatch Low Bases`lowBaseHatch`	On / off

Smart Caption`insights`

Setting	Type and options
Show Caption`show`	On / off
Position`position`	Top `top` Bottom `bottom`

Footnote`footnote`

Setting	Type and options
Show Footnote`show`	On / off
Template ({base} {n} {neff} {wave} {question} {source})`template`	Text
Source`source`	Text

Dimensions`groupSettings`

Setting	Type and options
Dimension Score Bars`groupBars`	On / off

Setting a value in PBIR

In a visual.json, a setting goes under visual.objects, by card and internal name. Toggles take true or false, choices and text a value in single quotes ('auto'), numbers a D suffix (12D).

"visual": {
  "visualType": "likertChartC10A5AA51A7D4B5CACF036FDC102623C",
  "objects": {
    "theme": [{
      "properties": {
        "transparentBg": { "expr": { "Literal": { "Value": "true" } } }
      }
    }]
  }
}

Likert fields and settings

Fields

Themetheme

ScalescaleSettings

ColorscolorSettings

BarsbarSettings

Answer ColorsanswerColors

LabelslabelSettings

Nets (Top/Bottom Box)netSettings

SortingsortSettings

LegendlegendSettings

MeansmeansSettings

Significance (Premium)significance

Smart Captioninsights

Footnotefootnote

DimensionsgroupSettings