Chart Components

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. Having selected your chart type, the data selection panel will be refreshed to display the appropriate options for the chart.

Standard Components

Horizontal Axis

Vertical Axis

Colour

Size

Animation

Specialty Components

Image

Used for Raster Maps, Comparative Infographics, and Proportional Infographics

Label

Used for Google,

Description

Used for Google,

Link

Used for Google,

Latitude

Used for Google,

Longitude

Used for Google,

Geo Field

Used for Google GIS Maps, GIS Maps, GIS Bubble Maps, GIS Heat Maps,

Tool Tip

Used for Google GIS Maps, GIS Maps, GIS Bubble Maps,

Measure

Used for Meters

Radar

Used for Radars

Events

Used for Events

Value

Used for Financial Lines

Volume

Used for Financial Lines, High Low, Candlestick

Trend

Used for Financial Lines, High Low, Candlestick

Start

Used for High Low, Candlestick

End

Used for High Low, Candlestick

High

Used for High Low, Candlestick

Low

Used for High Low, Candlestick

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.

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

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

Meter Charts

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

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.

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

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

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.

Animation uses a date field to slice up the chart into frames, much like a section slices up a table into sub tables. Simply select the date field, such as Year, as the animation field and Yellowfin will create a frame per year value. When you return to the report preview page you will be able to play the animation or step through using the navigation buttons.

It is also recommended that you change the Chart Title option to display the Animation Field, rather than the Report Name, in order to provide the report writer with a label for each frame.

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.