Format Activity Gauge Dialog

The Format Activity Gauge dialog helps you to format an activity gauge. It appears when you right-click on an activity gauge chart and select Format Activity Gauge from the shortcut menu.

The dialog contains the following tabs: Circular Graph, Pointer, Target, Frame, Range Color, Hint and Behaviors (the Behaviors tab is available to charts in library components only).

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

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.

Circular Graph

Specifies properties for the circles in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Circular Graph

Size

Specifies the size of the circles.

Hole Size
Specifies the relative size of a circle in a percentage of total circle size.
Circular Gap
Specifies the distance between the circles.
Start Style
Specifies the style for the start graph of the circles.
End Style
Specifies the style for the end graph of the circles.
Start Mark
Specifies the mark for the start graph of the circles.
Stop Mark
Specifies the mark for the stop graph of the circles.

Fill

Specifies the color of the circles.

Color
Specifies the color of the circles.
Color List
Opens the Color List dialog to modify the color pattern for each circle.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the circles.
Self Settings
Specifies whether to edit the color pattern for the circles 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.
Background
Specifies the background color of the circles.
- Auto
  Specifies to use colors that are lighter than the circles automatically. The Background option is disabled when Auto is checked.
Use Range Color
Specifies whether to use the color you defined for the ranges as the color of the circles. If checked, the Color, Color List and Transparency options will be disabled.

Value

Specifies the values to be displayed in the chart.

Minimum
Specifies the minimum value to be displayed in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property.
Maximum
Specifies the maximum value to be displayed in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property.

Pointer

Specifies properties for the pointers in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Pointer

Pointer Value

Specifies the pointer value properties.

Show Pointer Value
Specifies whether to show the pointer values.
- Position
  Specifies the position relationship of the value and the pointers. Select the position from the drop-down list or select customized to customize the position by dragging any pointer value in the design area.

Target

Specifies properties of the target in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Target

Use Target Value

Specifies whether to use the target value for the activity gauge.

Target Value
Specifies the value of the target. You can also use a formula to control the value.

Target Value

Specifies properties of the target value.

Show Target Value
Specifies whether to show the target value on the activity gauge.
- Position
  Specifies the position of the target value relative to the circle. Select the position from the drop-down list or select customized to customize the position by dragging the target value in the design area.

Frame

Specifies properties for the frame of the activity gauge chart.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Frame

Size

Specifies the size properties of the frame.

Frame Size
Specifies the size of the frame.

Fill

Specifies the color and transparency of the frame.

Fill
Specifies the color to fill the frame.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency to fill the frame.

Border

Specifies properties for border of the frame.

Border Type
Displays the type of the border.
Color
Specifies the color of the border. 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.
Line Style
Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the border.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.
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.
- joint round
  Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at the specified radius.
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.

Gauge Group Name

Specifies properties for the gauge group name.

Show Gauge Group Name
Specifies whether to show names for the circles in the activity gauge which are values of the field on its category axis. If the activity gauge contains no category field, the group name shows Report by default.
- Position
  Specifies the position of the names relative to the circles.

Range Color

Specifies different colors to fill the circles in different ranges.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Range Color

Add button

Adds a new color range.

Remove button

Removes the selected color range.

Minimum

Specifies the minimum value of the range.

Maximum

Specifies the maximum value of the range.

Color

Specifies the color schema of the range. Select in the color cell to customize the color on the color palette.

Name

Displays the name of the range.

Others

Specifies the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you define.

Name
Specifies the name for the values.
Color
Specifies the color for the values. 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.

Hint

Specifies properties for the hint of the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Hint

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.