Date Picker Plume: every field and setting explained
Every field well and every Format pane setting of Date Picker Plume: what it does, the values you can choose and its default value, card by card, in pane order.
Lire en françaisThis page describes everything Date Picker Plume offers: the field wells, then each card of the Format pane, in the order they appear. Each setting's default value is in bold, and premium features carry a ★. For a guided first visual, see getting started.
The visual's fields
| Field (exact name) | Required? | How many fields | What to drag in (column or measure, type) | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Yes | 1 | A date column (Date or Date/time), not the hierarchy | The filtered column; it forms the days of the calendar | Calendar[Date] |
| Value (data and heatmap) | No, but recommended | 1 | A measure | Grays out the days where it is blank; colors the calendar (heatmap ★) | Revenue |
| Tooltips | No | Several | Measures | Added to each day's tooltip | Transaction Count |
| Preselection | No | 1 | A measure that returns a date or a range as text | Period selected when the report opens ★ | Preselected Period |
| Dynamic format | No | Several | Measures named card.setting | Drive a Format pane setting with DAX | — |
Date. A single column, of date type. A column of years is rejected with a clear message. A Date/time column is grouped by day. If a date hierarchy is dragged in, the filter still targets the original column, but the display is not suitable: choose Date.
Value (data and heatmap). A date is "without data" if it is not in the column, or if this measure is blank for it. Can you put several measures in it? No, only one; add the others to Tooltips. Without a measure, every date in the column counts as "with data."
Tooltips. Each day's tooltip shows the date, the value, your tooltip measures, the week, the public holiday if any, and the status (without data, not selectable). The Tooltips card turns it on or off.
Preselection. A measure that returns the period to select when the report opens, in ISO dates: a date ("2026-03-31") or a range ("2026-01-01;2026-03-31"). Computed example: Preselected Period = FORMAT ( MAX ( Calendar[Date] ) - 6, "yyyy-mm-dd" ) & ";" & FORMAT ( MAX ( Calendar[Date] ), "yyyy-mm-dd" ). Premium feature ★; for common cases (this month, last 30 days, YTD), a free Shortcut in the Preselection card is enough, with no measure. Details in the shared basics.
For the Dynamic format field, see the shared basics.
The Format pane settings
Header
The Header card sets the slicer's title line and its button to clear the selection.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Show | Shows or hides the header line | On / Off |
| Text | Header text; left empty, it uses the field name | Free text (empty) |
| Size | Title size, in points | 7 to 36 (14) |
| Bold | Makes the title bold | On / Off |
| Italic | Makes the title italic. | On / Off |
| Underline | Underlines the title. | On / Off |
| Color (empty = text) | Title color; empty = the style's text color | Color (empty) |
| Background color | Fills the header row's background, like the native title background. | Color (empty) |
| Horizontal alignment | Puts the title on the left, in the center or on the right. When centered, the title stays in the middle even with the counter and the Clear button. | Left / Center / Right |
| Text wrap | A long title goes on two lines (breaking between words) instead of being cut with "…". | On / Off |
| Show divider | Draws a line under the header. | On / Off |
| Color (empty = lines) (appears if Show divider is on) | Line color. Empty: the style's line color. | Color (empty) |
| Line style (appears if Show divider is on) | Line pattern. | Solid / Dashed / Dotted |
| Width (appears if Show divider is on) | Line thickness, in pixels. | 1 to 6 (1) |
| Show value / selection count | Shows a summary of the selection in the header (the date, the range or "5 dates · …") as soon as a date is chosen | On / Off |
| "Clear" button | Button that removes the selection (and therefore the filter) | On / Off |
| Clear button label (appears if "Clear" button is on) | Replaces the word "Clear" | Free text (empty = "Clear") |
Calendar
How the calendar looks: number of months, weeks, public holidays, cells.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Display as | Visible calendar: always shown. Compact field: one line with the chosen period, which opens the calendar on click | Visible calendar / Compact field (calendar on click) |
| Number of months (0 = fit the size) | Months shown side by side, then in rows; 0 = as many as the frame can hold | 0 to 12 (0) |
| First day of the week | First column of the calendar; also used by the Whole week mode | Monday / Sunday / Saturday |
| Week numbers | Shows the week number at the start of each row (in Whole week mode, clicking it selects the week) | On / Off |
| Week numbering | How week numbers are calculated | ISO 8601 (Europe) / Week containing January 1 (US) |
| Days of adjacent months | Shows days of the previous and next month to fill the rows | On / Off |
| Highlight today | Circles today's date | On / Off |
| Shade weekends | Lightly shades Saturdays and Sundays | On / Off |
| Public holidays | Holiday calendar shown (a dot under the date, the name in the tooltip) | None / France / France (Alsace-Moselle) / United Kingdom (England) / United States (federal) / Belgium / Switzerland (Geneva) / Germany (national) |
| Extra holidays or closures | Your dates, one per line or separated by ;, followed by an optional label; a range uses .. (e.g. 2026-12-24 Christmas Eve ; 2026-08-10..2026-08-21 Summer closure). They count as public holidays | Free text (empty) |
| Cell shape | Shape of each day | Rounded / Square / Circle |
| Maximum cell size (px) | Limits the size of the cells when the frame is large | 14 to 120 (44) |
| Month names | How the month name is written | Long (October 2026) / Short (Oct '26) |
| Quick month and year picker | Clicking the month name opens a grid of months and years | On / Off |
| Month shown on open | Month shown when the calendar appears | The selection's (else latest date) / The latest date in the data / Today's |
Selection
How dates are picked, and how the selection is summarized.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Mode | Range: 1st click = start, 2nd click = end (Shift + click extends, Esc cancels). Single date. Whole week and Whole month: one click selects the whole week or month. Several dates ★: each click adds or removes a date (Shift + click adds the selectable dates in between) | Range (two clicks) / Single date / Whole week / Whole month / Several dates ★ |
| A range filters (appears if Mode = Range (two clicks) or Whole week or Whole month) | With rules (e.g. only Fridays), Only the selectable dates sends only those dates to the report | Every date between start and end / Only the selectable dates |
| Maximum range length (days, 0 = no limit) (appears if Mode = Range (two clicks)) | A longer range is shortened, with a message | 0 to 3660 (0) |
| Selection summary | Line under the calendar: start → end and length | On / Off |
| Typed dates (From / To) | Adds boxes where you can type dates (15/03/2026, 2026-03-15; the day/month order follows the language) | On / Off |
| Date format | How dates are written in the summary and the compact field | Short (10/06/2026) / Medium (Oct 6, 2026) / Long (Tue, October 6, 2026) |
| "From" label (appears if Typed dates (From / To) is on) | Replaces the word "From" | Free text (empty) |
| "To" label (appears if Typed dates (From / To) is on) | Replaces the word "To" | Free text (empty) |
| Text when nothing is selected | Text shown when nothing is chosen | Free text (empty = "All dates") |
Selectable dates
The rules that decide which days can be picked. A date is selectable if it meets all the conditions of this card.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Dates without data | How to handle days missing from the column or whose Value is blank | Greyed out, not selectable / Greyed out but selectable / Like the others |
| Value equal to 0 = no data | Also treats days at 0 as "without data" | On / Off |
| Monday | Mondays are selectable | On / Off |
| Tuesday | Same for Tuesdays | On / Off |
| Wednesday | Same for Wednesdays | On / Off |
| Thursday | Same for Thursdays | On / Off |
| Friday | Same for Fridays | On / Off |
| Saturday | Same for Saturdays | On / Off |
| Sunday | Same for Sundays | On / Off |
| Position in the period | Keeps only one specific day of each period | Any date / Last day of the month / First day of the month / Last working day of the month / First working day of the month / Last date with data in the month / Last day of the week / First day of the week / Last day of the quarter / Last day of the year |
| Grey out public holidays | Makes public holidays non-selectable (the list chosen in Calendar, plus your closures) | On / Off |
| Grey out future dates | Makes dates after today non-selectable | On / Off |
| Advanced rules ★ | Rules written in English or French, one per line (see the dedicated how-to guide) | Free text (empty) |
| Look of non-selectable dates | How days that cannot be picked are drawn | Faded / Faded and struck through / Hidden (empty cell) |
Heatmap ★
Colors each day by the Value measure, like a heatmap. Without a measure, nothing is drawn (and no watermark appears).
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Show ★ | Turns the heatmap on | On / Off |
| Colors | Where the colors come from: the style's gradient palette, from background to accent, or two colors you choose | Gradient palette (style) / From background to accent / Chosen start and end |
| Low values color (appears if Colors = Chosen start and end) | Color of the smallest values | Color (empty) |
| High values color (appears if Colors = Chosen start and end) | Color of the largest values | Color (empty) |
| Scale | Linear: color proportional to the value. By rank: each shade covers the same number of days. Distance from zero: diverging palette around 0 (positive and negative values) | Linear / By rank (quantiles) / Distance from zero (diverging) |
| Reverse | Reverses the direction of the gradient | On / Off |
| Intensity (%) | Softens the colors | 10 to 100 (100) |
| Value in the cells | Writes the value in each cell (larger cells, black or white text depending on contrast) | On / Off |
| Legend (min – max) | Shows the legend with the measure name | On / Off |
Colors are computed over every date with data, not just the months shown: they stay comparable from one month to the next.
Shortcuts
The buttons for common dates. Each one has its own toggle. They adapt to the mode (in Whole month mode, "Last month" selects the month; in Several dates ★ mode, every selectable date of the period). They send fixed dates.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Show | Shows or hides the shortcuts | On / Off |
| Latest date | Selects the last date that is selectable and has data | On / Off |
| Today | Selects today's date | On / Off |
| Yesterday | Selects the day before | On / Off |
| Last 7 days | The last 7 days | On / Off |
| Last 30 days | The last 30 days | On / Off |
| This week | The week of the reference date | On / Off |
| Last week | The previous week | On / Off |
| Month to date | The month of the reference date | On / Off |
| Last month | The previous month | On / Off |
| Quarter to date | The quarter of the reference date | On / Off |
| Year to date | From January 1 to the reference date | On / Off |
| Last year | The previous year | On / Off |
| Last 12 months | The last 12 months | On / Off |
| Shortcuts reference date | Date from which "Last 7 days" is counted | Latest date in the data / Today |
| Custom shortcuts ★ | Your named periods, one per line or separated by ;, in the format Label: start - end (yyyy-mm-dd or dd/mm/yyyy) | Free text (empty) |
| Position | Where the shortcuts go | Top / Bottom / Left side |
Behavior
When the filter is sent. The selection offered on opening has moved to the Preselection card.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Apply the filter | Filter on click, or wait for a click on Apply (with Cancel) | As soon as selected / With an "Apply" button |
Number format
The format of the Value measure as written by the visual (values in the cells, heatmap legend, tooltips).
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Display units | Shortens large numbers ("2.4K") | Auto / None / Thousands / Millions / Billions |
| Decimals (-1 = auto) | Digits after the decimal point | -1 to 6 (-1) |
| Prefix | Text before each number (for example "$") | Free text (empty) |
| Suffix (e.g. €) | Text after each number; add a space before "€" if you want one | Free text (empty) |
Preselection
Selects a date or a period when the report opens, in two ways: a built-in shortcut, with no DAX and free, or a measure dropped into the Preselection field that returns a date or a range in ISO dates ("2026-01-01;2026-03-31", premium feature ★, watermark without a key). If both are set, the measure wins. The details (measure format, bookmarks, persistent filters) are in the shared basics.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcut (no DAX) | Period selected at opening without writing any DAX (free), calculated from the Shortcuts reference date (Shortcuts card). None: only the measure in the Preselection field counts. | None (measure only) / Today / Latest date in the data / Last 7 days / Last 30 days / Last N days / This week / This month / Previous month / Year to date (YTD) / Last 12 months |
| N (days) (appears if Shortcut (no DAX) = Last N days) | Number of days for the Last N days shortcut. | 1 to 3660 (30) |
| Apply | Once per session: the preselection applies the first time the slicer is displayed, then the reader is in control (if they change the selection, it doesn't come back when they switch pages). Reapply on every display: it comes back every time the page is displayed and whenever the measure's value changes. | Once per session / Reapply on every display |
| Force | Replaces an existing selection: saved in the report, recalled by a bookmark or by persistent filters. When off, that selection is kept and the preselection doesn't apply. | On / Off |
| Value separator | Character that separates the start and end of the range in the text returned by the measure ("2026-01-01;2026-03-31"). | Free text (;) |
| Report values not found (edit mode) | In edit mode, flags in the visual a measure whose text isn't a readable date. Readers never see this message. | On / Off |
Reports created with an earlier version keep their old Default selection (Behavior card): it becomes this shortcut. In Several dates ★ mode, the measure can also return a list of days ("2026-03-02;2026-03-09").
Frame (extra option)
Here the Frame card has one more option than the standard version, on by default in this visual.
| Setting | What it does | Options (default in bold) |
|---|---|---|
| Transparent background | Removes the visual's background. With Compact field, the frame stays transparent so the field can sit on top of another visual; with the visible calendar, the frame becomes opaque as soon as the style has a background | On / Off |
Shared cards (Plume Studio License, Style, Frame, Language and numbers): see the shared basics.
Premium ★ features of this visual
| Feature | Where to set it |
|---|---|
| Several dates ★ | Format › Selection › Mode = Several dates ★ |
| Advanced rules ★ | Format › Selectable dates › Advanced rules ★ |
| Heatmap ★ | Format › Heatmap ★ › Show ★ (with a measure in Value) |
| Custom shortcuts ★ | Format › Shortcuts › Custom shortcuts ★ |
| Preselection with a measure | Preselection field (the Preselection card's shortcuts are free) |
| Styles ★, palettes ★ and Theme JSON ★ | Format › Style (see the shared basics) |
Nothing is locked: without a key, these features work and show a discreet "Plume Visuals · Premium preview" watermark. The visual inserted with its default settings shows none. See the shared basics for the license.
Learn more
- Getting started with Date Picker Plume: the data to prepare and a first visual, step by step.
- Date Picker Plume: 8 how-to guides (Fridays, month ends, heatmap…): recipes for everyday needs.
- Getting started with Plume visuals: installation, license, styles and settings shared by every visual.
- The visual's page: Date Picker Plume. A question? Support.