Automatically Advancing Slides in a Carousel Container

Using a carousel container is one way to put multiple charts, reports, and other content items into a single container. Carousel containers include an unobtrusive control that allows users to cycle through the items added to it, as shown in the following image.

Unlike tabbed or accordion containers, carousel containers also include the option to autoplay the content within them, allowing you to show all of the content in the carousel container without requiring user interaction.

To enable autoplay for a carousel container, select the container and open the Settings tab on the Properties panel. The Autoplay interval and Rerun content properties are available in the Container Settings section. To enable autoplay, set the Autoplay interval to a value higher than zero (0) to enable autoplay. The Autoplay interval is the amount of time, in seconds, that each slide is shown before advancing to the next slide.

When the Autoplay interval is set, the Rerun content option becomes available. This option is turned off, by default. When enabled, the content on a slide of the carousel container refreshes each time it is displayed. When Rerun content is not enabled, the content on each slide only loads the first time it is displayed, and it is not refreshed unless manually prompted from the menu on the container toolbar.