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Format | Chart CentreVu Report Designer Version 8 User Guide
Formatting a Chart in a Report
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Formatting a Chart in a Report
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The changes you make to a report’s format affect only your view of the
report. The changes do not affect how other CMS users see the report
unless you are in Design Mode.
Selecting Chart from the Format menu opens the Chart Format Options
window. The Chart Format Options window gives you access to the
General, Axis, Data, Data Labels, Fonts, Series Labels, Legend, Title,
Type, and 3D Effects tabs for formatting charts on reports.
Charts provide a graphical representation of data. Values or data points
are displayed in formats such as bars, lines, filled areas, and pie charts.
These data points are grouped into series that are identified with unique
colors. In many chart types, one data point from each series is grouped
together by category across an axis. A chart can also have a title and a
legend. Categories are plotted along the x-axis, values are plotted along
the y-axis. A two-dimensional chart shows series next to each other,
while a three-dimensional chart plots series along the z-axis.
If the report you are designing includes a chart, you can format how the
chart is displayed and what is displayed on the chart. The formatting is
done in the Chart Format Options window, which is accessed by doing
the following:
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Double-clicking on a chart in the report,
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Selecting Chart from the Format menu, or
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Selecting Format Chart from the right mouse button pop-up menu.
The following sections describe each of the tabs.
Title
Legend
X-Axis
Y-Axis
Z-Axis
Series Labels