Set Modern Grid as the Default Grid in a Dashboard

The AC/MakeModernGridDefaultViz deployment feature flag was introduced in MicroStrategy ONE (September 2024) to control the default visualization and grid name in dashboards.

When the feature flag is disabled, which is the default setting, the default visualization is a Grid and the Grid panel looks as shown below.

When the feature flag is enable, the Grid is renamed as Classic Grid, the Grid (Modern) is renamed as Grid, the default visualization in dashboards displays as Grid but is Grid (Modern), and the Grid panel looks as shown below.

Active Grid (Modern) as the Default Grid

If you want to make the Grid (Modern) your default visualization, you can enable the deployment feature flag using the following:

For a Windows Intelligence Server Environment

1. Open the Registry Editor and go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\MicroStrategy\DSS Server\DeploymentFeatureFlags. If the path does not exist, create all missing folders in the hierarchy.
2. Right-click DeploymentFeatureFlags.
3. Choose New and String Value.
4. Set the Name as AC/MakeModernGridDefaultViz.
5. Right-click AC/MakeModernGridDefaultViz and choose Modify....
6. Set the Value data as true. The final registry should match the image below.
7. Restart the Intelligence server.

For a Linux Intelligence Server Environment

1. Edit the [Strategy Software Installation Path]/MSIReg.reg file.
1. For example, [Strategy Software Installation Path] is the following on Linux: /opt/mstr/MicroStrategy.
2. Add the entry under step 3 to to enable the feature flag.
3. Restart the Intelligence server.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MicroStrategy\DSS Server\DeploymentFeatureFlags]
"AC/MakeModernGridDefaultViz"="true"

Note: If you are using a clustered Intelligence server environment, these steps must be repeated on each node in the cluster.