SmartVisuals Split-flap

The departure board your data already has. Bind a table and it flips in, character by character, like the split-flap board in a 1970s station. Then it pages itself on the wall screen, lights a lamp beside every status and, when the data refreshes, flips only the characters that changed.

Real split-flap mechanics

• Every character sits on its own drum that only turns forward, so a change walks through the characters in between and the board settles in a cascade: sweep, curtain, row by row, scattered or all at once, at the speed you choose.
• Only what changed flips. A data refresh turns just the characters that moved; resizing or switching the theme never re-flips the board.
• Digit drums for times and numbers, and accented letters (Č, Ř, Ö, Ł, É and more) added right next to their letter when your data uses them.
• Write {green}, {red} or {yellow} in the text for a solid colour flap.

Your data, in columns

• Time, destination or item, up to six detail columns, up to six number columns and a status column, each bound to a field. Numbers are never cut short. Every column has its heading, width, alignment and visibility in the format pane, listed by the field's own name.
• Status words become On track, Watch, Problem or Done from word lists you can edit, with English, Czech, German, French, Spanish and Polish built in. The word stays on the board and each class lights a lamp of its own shape, so status never depends on colour alone.
• Or let a measure drive the status: a DAX measure that returns text such as Delayed, or a code. Codes, ranges and thresholds (1, 5 to 15, or a comparison such as greater than 30) map to the four classes and print as your own labels, so a board follows your business rules without a calculated column.
• Three layouts: a departure board, a message board that word-wraps one message per page, and KPI tiles with a big value. A plain table style shows the same data calmly for the boardroom.

Made for wall screens

• Long lists page themselves, with a page indicator and progress bar, and keep paging through automatic page refresh. Hovering or pressing P pauses; Page Up and Page Down turn the page.
• A live clock and date in the header, in the viewer's time zone, UTC or a city of your choice (London to Los Angeles, daylight saving included), 24 or 12 hour.
• Responsive: rows, tiles and flap height fit the visual size, sharp on a 4K screen and readable on a small tile. An optional one-pixel drift protects OLED screens from burn-in.
• Four themes with their own character: a teal terminal, the classic black airport board, a gallery white board and a blue station board. Every colour of the board, flaps, lamps and labels can be changed, and shadows and the title rule switched off.

Built for real reports

• Cross-filter and highlight: click a row to filter, Ctrl+click for several, right-click for the context menu; bookmarks keep the selection. When a measure is bound, highlights from other visuals dim the rows they leave out.
• Tooltips and report page tooltips with every field of the row, formatted as on the board, on touch screens too.
• Conditional formatting by rules: status words, codes, ranges or thresholds, from a column or a DAX measure, colour the word, the lamp or the whole row.
• Setup guide built in: with no fields bound, a flipping demo board shows which fields to add.
• Localized in 20 languages: format pane, field descriptions and board text.
• PDF and PowerPoint export and email subscriptions capture the settled board.

Accessibility

• Keyboard navigation: one tab stop with a visible focus outline; arrow, Home/End, Page Up/Down, Enter/Space, Escape and P keys. Screen readers get a table of the current page and live announcements. Windows high contrast, status by word and lamp shape (never colour alone), WCAG contrast on every theme.
• Accessibility card: Reduce motion (follow system, always, off) makes flips and page progress instant; focus outline colour and width; minimum text size.

Free and private

• Completely free: no paid tier, no watermark, nothing locked.
• Runs fully offline: no external calls, no telemetry, the flap font is built in. Sound-free by design, so it is welcome in an open office.

New in 1.0.1.0: the Accessibility card and 20 languages. Docs and FAQ: https://smartvisuals.io/visuals/split-flap - Release notes: https://smartvisuals.io/changelog#split-flap - Support: https://smartvisuals.io/support#split-flap - Requests and bug board: https://smartvisuals.io/feedback

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