A style is an XML file with the file extension ‎*.visustyle.xml‎. It contains a specific set of style properties which are automatically checked for consistency.

You can create a new style or customize an existing style. The Visualization Style Editor is provided for this purpose.

If you customize a style, then a new style is created as a hierarchy of styles. A hierarchy consists of at least two styles based on each other. The nesting depth is unrestricted. A hierarchy is identified simply with its top derived style. You can derive multiple different styles from one base style by extending the styles by differing style properties. This saves memory and therefore should be your preferred method.

A base style does not have to be consistent for itself. Instead, you must identify it as an incomplete style. Only the top derived style must be consistent.

For more information, see: ⮫ “Entries in the Visualization Style ”