Format Dial Gauge Dialog

The Format Dial Gauge dialog helps you to format a dial gauge. It appears when you right-click any pointer in a dial of a dial gauge and select Format Dial Gauge from the shortcut menu, or double-click any pointer in a dial of a dial gauge.

The dialog contains the following tabs: Circular Graph, Axis, 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 dials in the dial gauge.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Circular Graph

Size

Specifies the size of the dials.

Angle
Specifies the degree for angles of the dials. Select the angle of the gauge from the drop-down list or select Customized to open the Customize Gauge Angle dialog to specify the start angle and stop angle.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the dials, in pixels.
Hole Size
Specifies the relative size of a dial in a percentage of total dial size.
Start Style
Specifies the style of the start graph of the dials.
End Style
Specifies the style of the end graph of the dials.

Border

Specifies properties for borders of the dials.

Line Style
Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.
Color
Specifies the color of the border.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color 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.

Show Range Name

Specifies whether to show the names of the ranges defined in the Range Color tab. When it is checked, the following options are enabled.

Font
Specifies the font format of text in the range names.
- 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 range names.
- 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: Web Report Studio and JDashboard do not support underlining chart text so this property will be ignored when the chart runs in Web Report Studio or 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.

Axis

The tab consists of four sub tabs: Axis, Tick Mark, Label and Format.

Axis

Specifies properties of the axis in the dial gauge.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Axis - Axis tab

Show Axis

Specifies whether to show the axis in the dial gauge.

Type

Specifies the position relationship of the axis and the dials.

Inside
If selected, the axis will be inside the dials.
Outside
If selected, the axis will be outside the dials.
Center
If selected, the axis will be in the center of the dials.

Option

Specifies the values to display on the axis.

Minimum
Specifies the minimum value of the axis. You can also use a formula to control the property.
Maximum
Specifies the maximum value of the axis. You can also use a formula to control the property.

Line

Specifies the properties of the axis line.

Color
Specifies the color of the line.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the line.
Style
Specifies the style of the line.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the line.
Use Range Color
Specifies whether to use the color you define for the ranges as the line color. If checked, the Color and Transparency options will be disabled.

Gap

Specifies the gap between the axis and the dials if the axis is displayed inside or outside of the dials.

Tick Mark

Specifies properties of the tick marks on the axis.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Axis - Tick Mark

Type

Specifies the type of the tick marks on the axis.

None
Specifies not to display the tick marks on the axis. It's meaningless to specify all the other tick mark related properties if this type is selected.
Inside
Specifies to display the tick marks inside the axis.
Outside
Specifies to display the tick marks outside the axis.
Center
Specifies to display the tick marks in the center of the axis.

Major Tick Mark Line

Specifies properties of the major tick mark line.

Correlate with Axis
If checked, the line properties of the major tick marks will correlate with that of the axis automatically.
- Color
  Specifies the color of the major tick mark line. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
- Style
  Specifies the style of the major tick mark line.
- Transparency
  Specifies the color transparency of the major tick mark line. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
- Thickness
  Specifies the thickness of the major tick mark line.
Increment
Specifies the distance between two adjacent major tick marks on the axis.
Number of Tick Marks
Specifies how many major tick marks to be displayed on the axis.
Tick Mark Length
Specifies the length of the major tick mark line.

Minor Tick Mark Line

Specifies properties of the minor tick mark line.

Correlate with Axis
If checked, the line properties of the minor tick marks will correlate with that of the axis automatically.
- Color
  Specifies the color of the line. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
- Style
  Specifies the style of the line.
- Transparency
  Specifies the color transparency of the line. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
- Thickness
  Specifies the thickness of the line.
Increment
Specifies the distance between two adjacent minor tick marks on the axis.
Number of Tick Marks
Specifies how many minor tick marks to be displayed on the axis.
Tick Mark Length
Specifies the length of the minor tick mark line.

Label

Specifies properties of the major tick mark labels.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Axis - Label

Type

Specifies the type of the labels.

None
If selected, the labels will not be shown.
Normal
If selected, the labels will be shown as you specify.
- Label Every N Major Tick Marks
  Specifies the frequency at which the major tick marks will be labeled.
- Number of Major Labels
  Specifies how many major tick mark labels to be displayed on the axis.
  - Auto
    If checked, all major tick mark labels will be shown.
  - Fixed
    If checked, you can specify the number of the major tick mark labels to be displayed on the axis.
Range Value
If selected, the labels will show the range values you define.
Min and Max Values
If selected, the labels will show the minimum value and maximum value defined in the Axis sub tab.

Gap

Specifies the gap properties for the data labels.

Label Axis Gap
Specifies the distance between the data label and the axis, in pixels.
Best Effect
Specifies whether to adjust the data labels automatically to make them placed best. If checked, some labels will be hidden when they are overlapped.

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. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the text. Disabled when Use Range Color in the Axis sub tab is checked.
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 tick mark 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.
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.

Format

Specifies the data format of the major tick mark labels.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Axis - Format

Category

Lists the category types. Select one to customize its format.

Format

Displays all the formats of the selected category. Select the required one and select Add to add it as the format of the specified category. You can add only one format for each category.

Properties

Displays the properties of the format you select. If the formats listed in the Format box cannot meet your requirement, define the format in the text field and then select Add to add it as the format of the specified category.

Auto Scale in Number

Specifies whether to automatically scale the major tick mark 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. When it is true, the specified format applies to the integer part of the values after scaled, but if the specified format conflicts with Auto Scale in Number, for example the values are displayed in percentage, then the Auto Scale in Number setting is ignored.

Stack

Lists all the formats you select from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack list box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack list box.

Apply

Applies the specified format in the Stack list box to the major tick mark labels.

Pointer

Specifies properties for the pointers in the dial gauge.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Pointer

Pointer Style

Specifies the style of the pointers.

Arrow
Specifies to use arrow as the pointer style.
- Value Pointer
  Specifies the style of the value pointer. Select a style from the drop-down list or select Customized and specify another image as the value pointer.
- Width
  Specifies the width of the arrow.
- Height
  Specifies the height of the arrow.
Mark
Specifies to use mark as the pointer style.
- Value Pointer
  Specifies the style of the value pointer. Select a style from the drop-down list or select Customized and specify another image as the value pointer.
- Width
  Specifies the width of the marks.
- Height
  Specifies the height of the marks.
- Position
  Specifies the position relationship of the marks and the dial.
- Gap
  Specifies the distance between the pointer and the dial, in pixels.
Style List
Opens the Style List dialog to specify the style for pointers in the same data series respectively.

Pointer Color

Specifies color properties of the pointers.

Color
Specifies the color of the pointers.
Color List
Opens the Color List dialog to modify the color pattern for pointers in the same data series respectively.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the pointers.
Self Settings
Specifies whether to edit the color pattern for the pointers 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.
Use Range Color
Specifies whether to use the color defined for the ranges as the pointer color. If checked, the three properties above will be disabled.

Pointer Value

Specifies the pointer value properties.

Show Pointer Value
Specifies whether to show the pointer values.
- Position
  Specifies the position relationship between the values 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.

Pointer Border

Specifies properties for the border of the pointers.

Show Pointer Border
Specifies whether to show the border of the pointers. When it is checked, the following border properties are enabled.
- Line Style
  Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
- Thickness
  Specifies the weight of the border, in pixels.
- Color
  Specifies the color of the border.
- Transparency
  Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Target

Specifies properties of the target in the dial gauge.

Format Dial Gauge dialog - Target

Use Target Value

Specifies whether to use target value for the dial gauge.

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

Pointer Style

Specifies the pointer style for the target value.

Target Pointer
Specifies the style of the target pointer. Select a style from the drop-down list or select Customized and specify another image as the target pointer.
Width
Specifies the width of the target pointer.
Height
Specifies the height of the target pointer.
Position
Specifies the position of the target pointer relative to the dial.
Gap
Specifies the distance between the target pointer and the dial.

Pointer Color

Specifies color properties of the target pointer.

Color
Specifies the color of the target pointer.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the target pointer.

Target Value

Specifies properties of the target value.

Show Pointer Value
Specifies whether to show the target value on the dial gauge.
- Position
  Specifies the position of the target value relative to the dial. 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 dial gauge.

Format Dial 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 of the color to fill the frame.

Border

Specifies the properties for border of the frame.

Border Type
Specifies 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 arcs in the dial gauge which are values of the field on its category axis. If the dial gauge contains no category field, the group name shows Report by default.
- Position
  Specifies the position of the names relative to the dial.

Range Color

Specifies different colors to fill the dials in different ranges.

Format Dial 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 dial gauge.

Format Dial 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.