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Format Radar Dialog

The Format Radar dialog helps you to format the radar in a radar chart. It appears when you right-click any line which connects two value nodes in a radar chart and select Format Radar from the shortcut menu, or double-click any line connecting two value nodes in a radar chart.

The dialog contains the following tabs: General, Fill, Border, Data Label, and Hint.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

Specifies the general format of the radar chart.

Options

• Show Category Name
  Specifies whether to show the category names on the radar chart.
• Use Fill Radar
  Specifies whether to use colors to fill the radar areas.
  • Radar Fill Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for colors of the radar areas.

Line

• Thickness
  Specifies the thickness for the radar lines, in pixels.
• Node Style
  Specifies the type of node styles on the radar lines.
• Width
  Specifies the width for node styles on the radar lines, in pixels.
• Height
  Specifies the height for node styles on the radar lines, in pixels.

Arrow Style

Specifies the style for arrows on the lines.

• None
  If selected, no style will be applied to the arrows.
• Sharp
  If selected, arrows will be sharp.
• Round
  If selected, arrows will be round.
• Plain
  If selected, arrows will be plain.

Fill

Specifies the color pattern to fill the radar areas.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the selected radar areas in the same data series. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency of the color schema.

Self Settings

Specifies whether to edit the color pattern for the radar areas themselves. When unchecked, the color settings defined here will be synchronized to the Pattern List property on the chart object in the Report Inspector, which can also be applied by data markers of other subtypes if the chart is a combo chart.

Color List

Opens the Color List dialog to modify the color pattern for radar areas in the same data series respectively.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border

Specifies properties for the border of the radar.

Show Border

Specifies whether to show the border of the radar. When it is checked, the other border properties in the tab will be enabled.

Color

Specifies the color for border of the radar.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to border of the radar.

Thickness

Specifies the weight of the border.

End Caps

Specifies the ending style of the border line.

• butt
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
• round
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
• square
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a square projection that extends beyond the end of the segment to a distance equal to half of the line width.

Line Joint

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

• miter
  Joins path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
• round
  Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
• bevel
  Joins path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

• Outline Path
  Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
• Fill Path
  Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of border line.

• Auto Adjust Dash
  If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
• Fixed Dash Size
  If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Data Label

Specifies properties for data labels displayed on the radar.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels on the radar.

• Show Static Data Label
  Specifies whether or not to show the static data labels on the radar. Only when it is checked can the following static data label related properties take effect.
• Position
  Specifies the position of the static data labels on the radar.
  • auto fit
    The static data labels will be displayed automatically.
• Data Label Type
  Specifies in which way to display the data values in the static data labels.
  • value
    Shows the value for each value node.
  • percent
    Shows the percentage of each value node to the total.
  • value and percent
    Shows the value and the percentage for each value node.
• Auto Scale in Number
  Specifies whether to automatically scale the static data labels that are of the Number data type when the label values fall into the two ranges:
  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
  • When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values.

  By default it is set to auto which means that the setting follows that of the chart.

• Suppress Label When 0
  If true, the static data label whose value is 0 will not be displayed on the chart.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

• Font list
  Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
• Font Size
  Specifies the font size of the text.
• Font Color
  Specifies the font color of the text.
• Transparency
  Specifies the color transparency of the text.
• Rotation
  Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
• Shearing
  Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

• Style
  Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Strikethrough
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
• Underline
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned. When patterned line or bold patterned is selected, a line or bold line in the pattern of the text will be drawn.

  Note: JDashboard does not support underlining chart text so this property will be ignored when the chart is used in a dashboard.

• Superscript
  Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Embossed
  Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
• Outlined
  Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
• Subscript
  Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Engraved
  Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
• Shadowed
  Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Hint

Specifies properties for the hint of the radar.

Show Category and Series

Specifies whether to include the category and series values in the hint.

Auto Scale in Number

Specifies whether to automatically scale the values displayed in the hint that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:

• When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
• When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values.

The option "auto" means that the property setting follows that of the chart.

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