Editing a Chart Axis

To edit the labels and line format of an axis, right-click the axis or axis label, and select 'Axis Property' from the context menu. This opens the 'Axis Properties' dialog box.

Note: To hide axis line and labels, right-click the axis and choose 'Hide Axis' from the context menu. To reveal a hidden axis, right-click the chart and select 'Show All Axes' from the context menu.

The Label tab of the 'Axis Properties' dialog box offers the following options:

Show Axis Labels

Display text labels on the axis.

Rotation

The angle of the label text.

 

The Line tab of the 'Axis Properties' dialog box offers the following options:.

Logarithmic Scale

Set logarithmic scaling for the axis. (The logarithm base is selected automatically.)

Reverse

Orient the axis with maximum at bottom, minimum at top.

Shared Range

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), this specifies that sub-charts in the same column share the same X-axis scaling, and sub-charts in the same row share the same Y-axis scaling. Otherwise, sub-charts are individually scaled.

Ignore Null

For Date/Time and Categorical axes, 'Ignore Null' suppresses the display of null dimension values. When 'Ignore Null' is disabled, null values are represented without labels.

Truncate Long Labels

When enabled, truncates labels that exceed 1/3 of the total chart width or height (using ellipses to indicate omitted text). When disabled, truncates labels only if they exceed 2/3 of the total chart width or height.

Show Axis Line

Display the axis line, in the specified color.

Show Ticks

Display tick marks on the axis line.

Axis Line & Tick Color

Color of the axis line and tick markers.

Minimum

Lowest value shown on axis

Maximum

Highest value shown on axis

Minor Increment

The interval between axis tick marks

Major Increment

The interval between axis labels. For a date/time field which is represented as a time-series (e.g., when 'As time series' is selected in the 'Edit Dimension' panel), the increment is specified in terms of the prevailing time unit (weeks, months, etc.)

 

The Alias tab is avail­able for dimension (categorical) axes.

The Alias tab of the 'Axis Properties' dialog box allows you to change the labels displayed on the axis. To modify the labels of a categorical axis, follow the steps below.

1. Right-click the axis, and select 'Axis Properties'. This opens the 'Axis Properties' dialog box.

2. Click the Alias tab. This displays a table containing the mapping between original axis labels and new axis labels.

3. Double-click the cells in the 'Alias' column that correspond to the axis labels that you wish to rename, and enter the desired replacement text.

 

4. Click 'OK' to close the dialog box. This updates the axis labels with the specified replacement text.

 

See Also

Editing a Chart Legend, for information about modifying legend labels.

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