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Overview

In the chart data panel you will be prompted to select the series you wish to use in your chart and also edit the series style options.

Chart Components

Horizontal Axis

Vertical Axis

Colour

Size

Animation

Start

End

High

Low

Volume

Trend

Data Selection

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The following table displays the data selection options for the various types of charts that you select.

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title Bar, Column, Line, Pie, Area, Combination Charts
Option Description Label This is the category label for the X axis Series Typically a numeric value such as $. An item that you want to measure on your Chart Colour This option is only available if you have a cross tab data set available and is used to determine the colour applied for cross tab series data.

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title Financial Charts
Option Description Label This is the label for the X axis, time series data. Start Share value at the beginning of the time period (commonly: day) End Share value at the end of the time period (commonly: day) High The highest value the share reached in the time period Low The lowest value the share reached in the time period Volume Number of shares traded in the time period Trend A metric the user created to display a trend line on the chart

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title Bubble Charts / Scatter Plots
Option Description X Axis The value to be displayed on the X axis - must be numeric Y Axis The value to be displayed on the Y axis - must be numeric Size The value that defines the size of the bubble relative to all other points on the chart - must be numeric Colour The item that defines the colour of the bubble - must be a dimension

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title Meter Charts
Option Description Series Meter charts only display a single value - select the series to be used for this value.

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title Image Maps
Option Description Map Choose the relevant map that you want to use to display your data. Layer The layer is the image layer that has reference codes associated with zones on the map. Label The label is the field in your data set that has the reference codes that match your layer data. Colour The colour you wish to use as the maximum colour variable.

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title Google Maps
Option Description Label The label for the roll over bubble Description A description that is contained in the roll over bubble Link A hyperlink that can be embedded into the bubble to take the user to an external site / report. Latitude The Latitude coordinates column Longitude The Longitude coordinates column

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title GIS Maps
Option Description GIS Field This is the field in your report that contains the GIS data types Colour The maximum colour to be used for the heat map

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title Event Chart
Option Description Label Time value Value Metric shown in the line (the top of the chart) Event Binary values that signify if the event was occurring on each of the time values.

Animation

Charts that are built with a date or datetime field available will have an Animation option displayed in the Chart Data area.

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Note: The animation option will only be available if a date field has been used in the report. It's also important to remember to use a date field that won't create too many frames, as animation is meant for high level data, like year rather than day.

Series Settings

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The choices available for your series settings will vary based on the chart type selected and whether Conditional Formatting has been applied to your data.

Series Colour Settings

Series Conditional Formatting

If a series has conditional formatting applied to it you will have the option for appropriate charts to display these on the chart in a variety of styles.

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