The Visual specific settings contain formatting properties that allow you to change the default behavior of the visual, besides the standard format sections there are a number of additional format sections that allow you to change the behavior of this visual:

• License: here you can enter your PREMIUM license information to disable any license reminders.
• Milestones: you can change the standard colors of each of the milestone lines, and change the shapes per line. There are 7 different shapes available. Options available:
  • Stacked Milestones: by default off. This option is available if you have multiple milestones with the same milestone date and reporting date. Set it on to display a heavy asterisk shape, it will allow users to quickly spot projects with multiple milestones on the same date. Hover over the stacked milestones shape to see a tooltip with all the milestones names. Additionally, you can customize the color of the stacked milestones shape.
  • Apply settings to: select the column you want to format from the drop-down menu.
  • Color: change the color of the milestone lines.
  • Shape: change the shape of the milestones.
• Lines: these options allow you to change the chart orientation and visual style of all the milestone lines.
  • Chart orientation: Horizontal (default), Vertical.
  • Styles: Line styles (Dashed, Solid, Dotted), Stroke width, Show markers (On/ Off), Marker size.
• X-Axis: the formatting options for the x-axis (Reporting Date axis) are similar to the options available within the Line Chart (standard Power BI visual). These familiar options allow you to change the visibility and formatting of the x-axis elements (like: color, title, labels, etc.). Here you can set the Date type, the options range from Year to Second.
  • Style: Position (Top, Bottom), Date type (Auto, Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Month, Quarter, Year).
  • Values: change the Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline) and font Color.
  • Title: Title text, Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline) and font Color, Title Position (Align left, center, right) and Title color.
• Y-Axis: the formatting options for the y-axis (Milestone Date axis) are also similar to the options available for the X-Axis. As additional option, you can set the Minimum category width.
  • Style: Date type (Auto, Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Month, Quarter, Year).
  • Values: change the Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline) and font Color and Minimum category width.
  • Title: Title text, Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline), Title Position (Align left, center, right) and Title color.
• Gridlines: by default the chart has horizontal and vertical thin and light background lines in the grid.
  • Horizontal: turn on/off the horizontal gridlines and set the Style (Dashed, Solid, Dotted), the Color and Width.
  • Vertical: turn on/off the vertical gridlines and set the Style (Dashed, Solid, Dotted), the Color and Width.
• Date diagonal: the formatting settings of the diagonal line on the same Reporting and Milestone Dates. This includes Line style (Dashed, Solid, Dotted), Color and stroke Width.
• Legend: Show/hide the legend by clicking the toggle on/off. Available options:
  • Direct labeling: set on this option to add a label next to the line, this will help you to beter identify the different lines.
    • Overflow text: if Direct labeling is on, this flag will show all labels (even if they overlap).
    • Position: the position of the labels Before first, After first, Before last, After last.
    • Show background: if Direct labeling on, this will toggle the label backgrounds.
  • Position: the positioning of the legend Top, Bottom, Left, Right, Top Center, Bottom Center, Left Center, Right Center.
  • Title: hide/show the legend title or change the Legend name.
  • Style: change the Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline).
    • Use milestone color: if Direct labeling is on, it will pick up the different colors set under the Milestones or switch off to select one default Color for all labels.
    • Background color: if both Direct labeling and Show background are on, you can change the color of the labels.
    • Background opacity: if both Direct labeling and Show background are on, you can change the opacity of the label background.
• Zoomslider: enable the zoomslider option to easily examine a smaller range of the date/time in the MTA chart without having to use a filter. The zoomslider is added on the chart’s x-axis and can be used for horizontal scrolling. Click and drag endpoints on sliders to adjust the dimensions of the chart, slide both endpoints toward the center. The closer the two endpoints are to each other, the more you zoom in to display shorter, finer segments. Click and hold down the left mouse button on the center section of the zoom bar and then scroll left or right to a particular point. Click on the date label to display and select from the Calendar instead. The zoomslider can also be switched off/on. Available formatting subcategories:
  • Color: to change the color of the zoomslider (endpoints and line).
  • Style: to change the Font family, text Size, emphasized text (Bold, Italic, Underline) and Font color of the zoomslider date labels.

The General settings contain options that affect the visual container and are consistent across all visual types. Here you can also customize the general Title and Tooltips.