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Group Options

The Group Options dialog helps you to set the sort order of the group values and define the number of the group values to show in the chart. This dialog appears after you select the Top N button above the Area box when the chart type is Heat Map in the Chart Wizard, Insert Chart dialog, Convert to Chart dialog, or To Chart dialog, or in the Bind Data screen of chart in the Web Report Wizard.

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
    If selected, all group values in the chart will be displayed.
  • 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 checked, 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.
• Remaining Groups In
  Enabled when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list. Check 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 input a number M in the Skip First text box, 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.

OK

Accepts the changes and exits the dialog.

Cancel

Discards the changes and closes the dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

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