Charts
From LongJump Support Wiki
Revision as of 22:32, 26 January 2012 by imported>Aeric (→Advanced Options for Charts)
Charting options provide the ability to create graphical representations of your data in Reports.
Add a Chart to a Report
- In a new or existing Report, click the [Group] tab
- In the Row Group section, select one or two fields to define grouping
- Charts can contain information grouped by one or two levels
- Column grouping is not used in Charts
- Click the Chart tab and select the type, size and location for the chart you want to display
- Learn more: Customizing Charts
- Enter Title, Size and Legend information
- Click the [Preview] button to check that the chart displays as intended
- Click [Save]
Customizing Charts
The following features are available in charts:
- Choose the chart type: Pie, Doughnut, Funnel, Line, Area, Bar Chart, Meter Gauge
- Choose the data set to include in the chart (X-Axis and Y-Axis)
- Choose the chart size (height and width), title, legend, orientation, location, etc., as appropriate for the chart type
Chart Formats
Available chart formats for Reports:
X-Axis and Y-Axis in Charts
X-Axis
- The X-Axis displays values horizontally (left-right).
- X-Axis options in charts are defined via the Group tab
To select X-Axis Options:
- From the Fields tab, select fields to display in the report
- From the Group tab, use the Row Group section to create X-Axis options
Y-Axis
- The Y-Axis displays values vertically (up-down)
- Y-Axis options in charts are defined via the Compute tab
To select Y-Axis Options:
- From the Compute tab, click the checkbox icon to select available Y-Axis field(s)
- Fields that have a Numeric Return Type (i.e., Number (integer or decimal), Percent or Currency) are displayed in the Compute grid, and become available as Y-Axis options
- The options for these fields are Total, Average, Minimum, and Maximum
Advanced Options for Charts
The choices in the Advanced Options section depends on the type of chart.
Common Options
- Title: Chart Title
- Size: The chart size: Small, Medium, Large or Custom
- If Custom is selected:
- Height: Height of the chart, in pixels
- Width: Width of the chart, in pixels
Options for Line, Area, and Bar Charts
- Chart Location: Above or Below the data table
- Chart Font: Style of the font used in the chart
- Chart Font Size: Size of the font used in the chart
- Value Labels: Show or hide the labels
- X-Axis Label: Show or hide the label
- Y-Axis Label: Show or hide the label
- Y Axis Number Format: Shown for vertical bar, line, and area charts
- Options:
- %% - a percent sign
- %c - a character with the given number
- %s - a string
- %d - a signed integer, in decimal
- %u - an unsigned integer, in decimal
- %o - an unsigned integer, in octal
- %x - an unsigned integer, in hexadecimal
- %e - a floating-point number, in scientific notation
- %f - a floating-point number, in fixed decimal notation
- %g va floating-point number, in %e or %f notation
- X Axis Number Format: Shown for horizontal bar charts
- Options: Same as those show for Y Axis Number Format, above
- Y-Axis Ticks: The number of ticks displayed
- X Axis Tick Angle
- Y-Axis Maximum Range: The largest value displayed on the Y-Axis
- Y-Axis Minimum Range: The smallest value displayed on the Y-Axis
- Bar Width(px): Width of each bar, in pixels
- Bar Padding(px)
- Bar Margin(px)
- Y Padding
- X Padding
- Edge Tolerance
- Display value as stacked
- Hide Zero Point Labels
- Markers: Show or hide the markers
- Point Label Location
Additional Options for Line Charts
- Trend Line: Show or hide the trend line
Meter Gauge Options
- Chart Location: Above or Below the data table
- Value Labels: Show, Hide
- Gauge Start Value
- Gauge End Value
Options for Pie, Doughnut, and Funnel Charts
- Chart Label Position: Above Data Table, Below Data Table
- Chart Labels: Show Values, Show Percentages, None
- Chart Border: Show or hide the chart border
- Chart Label Position: Offset of each label from the chart segment
- Shadows: Show or hide shadows
- Legend Position: Left, Right, Bottom, Hide
- Legend Placement Outside Grid, Inside Grid, Outside,
- where the "grid" is the box the chart is displayed in.
- Legend Columns: The number of columns in the legend