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Overview


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The Chart step formatting menu bar provides you with all the formatting options for your chart. You can use these options to change settings such as the legend, background, axis and label.

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Note: the menus and items contained within them will change based on the type of chart you are using.

 

Reset


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The Reset menu allows you to reset your chart or formatting options:

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  • Formatting: this will reset your formatting selections, but keep the chart type and field selections defined.
  • Chart: this will reset your chart, including all formatting, field, and chart type selections, returning it to an empty state.

 

Chart Settings


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The chart format options are the most dynamic options and are based on the type of chart selected. For example for a pie chart you will be able to set the shadow colour and exploding slice options. The common options found in the chart format drop down include interactivity options such as visible series selection.

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Option

Description

Shading

Define whether the area has shading or is a solid colour.

Curved

Define whether the corners to the bars/columns will be curved or squared.

Glow

Define whether the bars/columns will have a glow applied.

Shadows

Define whether the bars/columns have a shadow applied.

Colour Set

The colour applied to this chart will be based the selection made. Possible options are; Metric, Monochrome, Configuration Defaults.

  • Metric: The colour applied to this chart will be based the default colours applied to metrics in the view. If no colour was defined for a metric, configuration defaults will be used.
  • Monochrome: The colour applied to this chart will be based on different shades of a single selected colour.
  • Configuration Defaults: The colour applied to this chart will be based on the defaults defined in configuration.
  • Reference Code: The colour applied to this chart will be based on the defaults applied to the Org Reference Code.

Colour

This is only available if Monochrome is selected above. Define the colour to be used for monochromatic colouring of the chart.

Opacity

Select the opacity percentage of the chart. The lower the percentage, the more transparent it is.

Other Segment

Select the % of total a segment must be smaller than, in order to be grouped into an 'Other' segment in a pie chart. If 0 there is no grouping.

Shadow Colour

Define the colour of the shadow effect applied to the pie.

Outline Colour

Define the colour of the outline of the pie and segments.

Outline Width

Define the width of the outline of the pie and segments.

Pie Shading Style

Define the shading style to apply to the pie.

Start Position

Select the position relative to an analogue clock face that the first segment in the pie should start.

Explode Slice

Define which segment(s) of the pie should be split from the main pie.

Depth Factor

Select the percentage of the chart display to be used for the 3D height of the pie.

Keep Circular

Display the pie to fill the full chart area. This means the pie may be stretched so there is no empty space.

Hollow Shapes

Display the line shapes with a solid colour centre at each data point, or hollow, depending on the selection.

Curved Lines

Display straight or curved lines between each data point, depending on the selection.

Total Value

Define the total value contained in the proportional infographic image. If left blank the series total will be used. If the series total is less, there will be 'empty colour' for the rest of the image. If it is more, everything after the specified value will be ignored.

Empty Colour

Define the colour to be displayed if the specified Total Value is not met by the selected series.

Orientation

The image used by the proportional infographic will be filled from the top down.

Scale

Display a scale above the comparative infographic that shows the min and max values, and the central point.

Scale Font

Define the formatting for text displayed above the comparative infographic images.

Label Font

Define the formatting for the label text displayed below the comparative infographic images.

Text Font

Define the formatting for text displayed above the comparative infographic images.

Maintain Aspect Ratio

DDisplay Display the raster map using the same aspect ratio as the original image. This means that it will not be stretched and as such may leave some empty space.

Border Colour

Define a colour to be used as an outline for each region on the map.


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OptionDescription
Summarise ValueSpecify if the number should be summarised - shortened to the nearest unit, followed by a unit label.
Decimal PlacesDefine the number of decimal places to be displayed for the summarised value.
RoundingDefine the rounding you wish to apply to the summarised value.


 

 

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The title option allows you to change the title of the chart as well as the style – such as the font settings.

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Option

Description

Title Contents

Define what should be shown in the Chart Title area.

  • Auto Title: Display a title that is automatically generated based on the fields used in the chart. Note: only available for Auto Charts.
  • Report Name: Display the report name as the title of the chart.
  • Animation Field: Display the value of the animation field for each frame as the chart title.
  • Metric: Display the name of the currently selected series as the chart title. 
    Note: the chart has to be a single metric series selection. This means that it can only display one metric at a time. To do this just add one metric to the chart and then enable series selection, rather than adding all metrics and allowing users to toggle multiple at a time.
  • Custom: Display a custom defined chart title.
  • None: Hide the chart title.

Custom Title

Display a custom defined chart title.

Style

Use the system default formatting for the chart title text.


 

Legend


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The Legend is a box that identifies the patterns or colours that are assigned to the data series or categories in a chart. This section of the menu lets you set the following options.

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Option

Description

Background Colour

Define the background colour for the legend area of the chart.

Border

Specify the border type for the legend area of the chart.

Conditional

Limit the number of values displayed in the legend area of the chart.

Limit

Specify a limit for the number of values displayed in the legend area of the chart.

Prefix Field NameShow or hide the name of the colour field (prefix) in the legend.
Legend Limit

Enable this button to set a limit to the number of items in the legend. If the item number exceeds this limit, then the legend will not be displayed.

Tip: This helps in stopping a really big legend from being displayed if it contains too many items. (Reveals the Limit option once enabled.)

Legend Item Shape

Select a shape for the chart’s legend items using this drop down. You can choose between the square or circle shapes, or even a line.

Tip: The default shape will be based on the selected chart. For example, bar or column charts will have square icons in their legends, whereas line charts or trend items will show lines by default.

Show Trends in Legend

Use this to show or hide trend items in the legend.

Tip: This is a useful feature if you have too many trend items and want to hide them in the legend. The trend lines will still appear in the chart, however.

Variance Field NamesThis setting appears when a variance function is used in the colour field. When switched on, it shows the names of the two variance values on their respective side of the colour range. Disable this toggle to hide the variance names from the sides of the colour range.
Colour Range ValuesUse this toggle to show or hide the numeric values of the colour range.


 

Axis


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A line bordering the chart plot area used as a frame of reference for measurement. The y axis is usually the vertical axis and contains data. The x-axis is usually the horizontal axis and contains categories.

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The Axis scale drop down lets you determine the scale dimensions. Generally you will only be able to set the Y Axis attributes – unless you are using XY charts in which case you can set both X & Y attributes.

Option

Description

Scale

Define the boundaries of the axis.

Lower Bound

Define a custom starting point for the axis.

Upper Bound

Define a custom cut-off point for the axis.

Scale Unit

Define the scale unit for the axis. Labels will be displayed at these increments, or multiples of the unit.

Reference Line

Define the position (by providing the exact value or by selecting a drop down option), colour, and label for this reference line. More than one reference lines can be added by using the Add Item option.


 

Background


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The Background options let you set the style and colour of the main chart elements such as the plot and chart areas. You can apply elements such as background images and or gridlines.

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The entire chart and all its elements are described as the chart area. The drop down options let you set the background colours applied to the chart area.

Option

Description

Style

Define the border style for the chart.

Colour

Define the colour of the border for the chart.

Width

Define the width of the border for the chart.


 

Labels


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Labels can be added to charts to print out the values of the data point onto the chart in text format. Charts that support labels include line, pie, and bar charts. Note: These settings will differ according to the selected chart type.

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Option

Description

Style

Specify the background shading style for the label.

Direction

Specify the gradient shading style for the label background colour.

Colour

Specify the colour(s) to be used in the label background.

Shadow Colour

Select the colour to be used as the shadow effect on the chart labels.

Border

Define the border style for the label.

Border Colour

Define the colour of the border for the labels of the chart.

Border Width

Define the width of the border for the labels of the chart.


 

Series


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Series

 

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Option

Description

Aggregation LabelThis allows you to toggle the display of a label in front of the field name, based on the chart level aggregation applied.

Style

Specify the shading style for the series.

Direction

Select the direction of the gradient shading to be applied to the series.

Colour

Define the colour(s) to be applied to the series.

Combination Sub Chart

Specify which sub chart this series belongs to. This will define the type of chart, and which vertical axis it will use.

Shapes

Define whether line shapes are on, off, or system default.

Thickness

Define the width of the line in pixels.


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Option

Description

Display

Enable/Disable the display of conditional formatting alerts on the chart.

Style

Select how to display the alerts on the chart from three styles:

  • Area: display the conditional formatting alert as a range on the chart. This will create a block of colour for the whole range of the alert.
  • Bar: display the conditional formatting alert by highlighting bars that fall into the alert range.
  • Line: display the conditional formatting alert as a line on the chart. This will create a line positioned at the lowest value in the alert range.

Position

Define whether the alert should be displayed in the foreground (in front) of the chart, or in the background (behind) the chart.


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Category

 

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OptionDescription
Sort By

Specify how the data in the chart is ordered, from one of these options;

    • Data Order - order this data based on the order the values appear in the report table.
    • Alphanumeric - order this data based on the values in the chart, alphabetically.
    • Reference Code - order this data based on the values in the chart, by Reference Code custom sort order.
    • Series - order this data based on the values in the Sort Series field.
Sort SeriesSpecify which series should be used to order the data in the chart.
Sort DirectionSpecify if the data should be sorted in ascending or descending order.


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OptionDescription
Category HighlightSpecify if certain category values should be highlighted in the chart, changing the colour specified by the series.
Highlighted ValueSelect the value(s) to be highlighted in the chart, from the list provided.
Highlight ColourSelect a colour to use as the category highlight.


 

GIS Settings


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Option

Description

Selectable

Allow the user to enable and disable the layer when viewing the map.

Default

The layer will be enabled when the map is initially loaded.

Colour

Define the colour to be applied to the layer.

Foreground

The layer will be displayed in front of the map.

Zoom Levels

Define the number of zooms it takes for the layer to show and then hide on the map display.

Labels

Display the labels for each value in the layer.

Point Size

Define the diameter (pixels) of each point.

Bubble Fill Type

Define the shading effect to be applied to the bubbles.


 

Combination Charts


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Option

Description

Chart Type

Define the type of display this chart will use.

Secondary Y Axis

Define which vertical axis this chart will use.


 

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