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. |
Show Table Grid |
For a facet-type chart (i.e., a chart with both a measure and dimension on the same axis or with multiple dimensions on the same axis), displays a solid line around the entire plot area and displays a solid axis line to separate the dimension and measure axis labels. Use the adjacent color chip to select the color for the line surrounding the plot area. To set the color of the axis separator line, right click on the line and select 'Axis Properties' from the context menu. See Editing a Chart Axis for details about setting the axis color. |
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. |
Always Show Color in Map |
When a column is bound to the 'Color' field of the Visual panel in the Chart Editor, this setting ensures that the color is always used to fill the map regions. Otherwise, if another column is simultaneously bound to the 'Shape', 'Size', or 'Text' fields of the Visual panel, the color generated for the 'Color' binding will be applied to the plotted points rather than to the map regions. |
Banding |
Adds alternating colored bands to a specified categorical or timescale axis. Select the desired band color from the color picker. The band 'Size' setting is an integer indicating the number of category groups (for a categorical axis) or the number of date groups (for a timescale axis) to be spanned by each band. |

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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