Editing Plot Properties

To edit plot properties, right-click body of the chart, and select 'Plot Property' from the context menu. This opens the 'Plot Properties' dialog box, which contains two tabs: Line and Options.

The following properties are found under the Line tab of the 'Plot Properties' dialog box. (The properties shown depend on the chart style.)

X Grid

The line style and color of the X-axis grid.

Y Grid

The line style and color of the Y-axis grid.

Quadrant Grid

The style and color for a set of perpendicular line segments which divide the plot area into quadrants.

Diagonal Line

The style and color for a line segment which originates at the lower-left corner of the plot area and terminates at the upper-right corner of the plot area.

Trend Line

Specifies whether an interpolated trend line is displayed, and the method by which the trend line should be fit to the data (linear, quadratic, etc.). The menu and color chip below the 'Trend Line' menu specify the trend line style and color. If there is a dimension associated with the chart's 'Color' binding, select the 'One Per Color' option to create an independent trend line for each color group. (The trend line colors are matched to the corresponding data colors unless you explicitly specify a trend line color. In that case, all trend lines share the same color.)

 

The following properties are found under the Options tab of the 'Plot Properties' dialog box. (The properties shown depend on the chart style.)

Show Reference Line

Displays horizontal and vertical reference lines when the user moves the mouse over a data point.

Explode Pie

Displays a pie chart with small gaps between the slices.

Alpha

Sets transparency for the chart elements. If disabled, the default transparency for the particular chart type is used.

Show Values

Displays the aggregate measure values on the chart. If the chart also possesses a 'Text' binding, then the values displayed by 'Show Values' and those displayed by the 'Text' binding appear on different lines. Use a 'Text' format to individually format the values. For example, if the top value represents a date and the bottom value represents a number, you can apply the following text format: “Date: {0,date,yyyy}\nAmount: {1,number,$#}”. (Note: By default, measure values are also displayed as a tooltip when the user hovers the mouse over the chart. Tooltips are visible when the Viewsheet is previewed or viewed in the Portal.)

Stack Value

Displays a single aggregate value for each primary (X-axis) grouping, rather than for each individual subseries grouping.

Show Points

For a Line-type chart, adds markers at the locations of the individual data points.

Show Lines

Displays line segments connecting the points on the chart. To display a fitted line, use the 'Trend Line' option instead.

Fill Time-Series Gaps

When the 'As time series' option is set for a dimension (see Editing a Dimension), the 'Fill Time-Series Gaps' option specifies how missing data should be represented on the chart. When the option is disabled, plotted lines simply ignore the missing data and connect adjacent points. When the option is enabled, you can choose to represent gaps with either 'Null', which leaves an empty space at the location, or with 'Zero', which inserts a numerical value of 0 at the location.

Keep Element in Plot

Automatically extend the chart boundaries to display chart elements (including target lines) that exceed the specified axis maximum.

Banding

Adds alternating colored bands to the specified axis. Select the desired band color from the color picker.

 

See Also

Editing Chart Formats, for information about editing axis data.

Setting the Chart Style, for information on switching chart styles.

Changing the Chart View, for information about editing axis data.

Color Tab, for information on setting component fill and transparency.

Chart Properties, for general properties of the Chart component.

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