Group Options Dialog

The Group Options dialog helps you to specify the sort order of the group values and define the number of the group values to show in a chart. It appears when you select the Order/Select N button in the Display screen of the chart wizard when the chart type is heat map.

Group Options dialog

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Group Order

Specifies in which manner to sort the group values.

Ascend
Values will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C).
Descend
Values will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A).
No Sort
Values will be sorted in the original order in database.

Group Selection

Specifies the number of group values that will be displayed in the chart.

Select
Specifies the Select N condition to define the number of the group values that will be displayed.
- All
  Specifies to display all group values in the chart.
- Top N
  If selected, specify a number in the field to the right and the first N group values in the chart will be displayed. You can also select a parameter from the drop-down list, which returns an integer, and then specify a value for the parameter when viewing the report to dynamically define the Top N condition.
- BottomN
  If selected, specify a number in the field to the right and the last N group values in the chart will be displayed. You can also select a parameter from the drop-down list which returns an integer, and then specify a value for the parameter when viewing the report to dynamically define the Bottom N condition.
Based On
If the option is selected, you can select a field added to the value axis of the chart to sort the group values based on this field, or select Custom Sort to customize the sort manner in the Custom Sort dialog.
- Ascend
  Sorts the group values based on the select field in an ascending order.
- Descend
  Sorts the group values based on the select field in a descending order.
Remaining Categories In
Enabled only when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list. Select this option and then type a character string in the text box to group all the group values beyond the top/bottom N range.
Overall Series
Not supported on group values.
Skip First
If you select the Skip First option and type a number M in the text box to the right, then the first M group values in the chart will be skipped and the Select N condition will take effect beginning with the M+1 value. The skipped values will be included in the remaining group together with all the group values beyond the top/bottom N range. Enabled when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list.

Accepts the changes and exits the dialog.

Cancel

Discards the changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

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