Chart Paper Properties

This topic lists the properties of the Chart Paper object in a KPI chart.

Property Name	Description
Geometry
Height	Specifies the height of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Width	Specifies the width of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
X	Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property of the KPI chart is set to static. Enter a numeric value to change the position. Data type: Float
Y	Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property of the KPI chart is set to static. Enter a numeric value to change the position. Data type: Float
CSS
Class	Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file. Data type: String
Style	The property can be used in two ways. Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the report or library component level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name. Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
Coordinate Paper
Graph Position	Specifies the position of the paper contents relative to the paper background. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Reverse Painting Order	Specifies whether to reverse the order of graphic objects in a combo chart. Data type: Boolean
Scale X	Specifies the percentage for elongating or shortening the X axis. Enter a numeric value to change the percentage. Data type: Float
Scale Y	Specifies the percentage for elongating or shortening the Y axis. Enter a numeric value to change the percentage. Data type: Float
Shadow Contents	Specifies whether to add shadows to the chart. Data type: Boolean
Background
Border Color	Specifies the color of the paper border. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border End Caps	Specifies the ending style of the paper border line. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Joint	Specifies the joint style of the paper border line. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Outlined	Specifies whether to show the paper border line in Outline Path. If the property is set to true, the paper border line will be shown in Outline Path; otherwise, in Fill Path. Data type: Boolean
Border Style	Specifies the line style of the paper border. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness	Specifies the width of the paper border. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Border Transparency	Specifies the transparency of the paper border, in percent. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Border Type	Specifies the border type of the paper. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Variable Dash	Specifies whether to resize the dash automatically. true - If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically, and the option Auto Adjust Dash in the Format Paper dialog will take effect. false - If selected, the dash size will be of fixed size, and the option Fixed Dash Size in the Format Paper dialog will take effect. Data type: Boolean
Color	Specifies the color of the paper background. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to color. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Fill Transparency	Specifies the transparency of the paper background, in percent. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Fill Type	Specifies the fill pattern for the paper background. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Can be none, color, texture, gradient or image. Data type: Enumeration
Gradient End Color	Specifies the color of the point where the gradient ends. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gradient End X	Specifies the horizontal position where the gradient ends, measured in a percentage of the paper width. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient End Y	Specifies the vertical position where the gradient ends, measured in a percentage of the paper height. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Start Color	Specifies the color of the point where the gradient begins. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gradient Start X	Specifies the horizontal position where the gradient begins, measured in a percentage of the paper width. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Start Y	Specifies the vertical position where the gradient begins, measured in a percentage of the paper height. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Style	Specifies the gradient style for the paper background. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to gradient. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Image File	Specifies the file name of the image, a portion of which will be displayed as the paper background. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Enter the file name with suffix in the value cell. If the image is outside of the current catalog, you should include the full path of the image correctly. Data type: String
Image Height	The four properties, Image X, Image Y, Image Width, and Image Height, together are used to define a portion of the image (the portion is a rectangle), which will be displayed as the paper background. They take effect when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Image Height specifies the height of the image portion, measured in a percentage of the image height. Data type: Integer
Image Layout	Specifies the layout style for the image that will be displayed as the paper background. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Choose an option from the drop-down list. tile - Repeats the image over the entire area (default). center - Displays the image in the center of the area. scaled - Stretches the image to cover the entire area. Data type: Enumeration
Image Width	The four properties, Image X, Image Y, Image Width, and Image Height, together are used to define a portion of the image (the portion is a rectangle), which will be displayed as the paper background. They take effect when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Image Width specifies the width of the image portion, measured in a percentage of the image width. Data type: Integer
Image X	The four properties, Image X, Image Y, Image Width, and Image Height, together are used to define a portion of the image (the portion is a rectangle), which will be displayed as the paper background. They take effect when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Image X specifies the distance between the left border of image and the portion that will contain the pattern, measured in a percentage of the image width. Data type: Integer
Image Y	The four properties, Image X, Image Y, Image Width, and Image Height, together are used to define a portion of the image (the portion is a rectangle), which will be displayed as the paper background. They take effect when Fill Type of the paper background is set to image. Image Y specifies the distance between the top border of image and the portion that will contain the pattern, measured in a percentage of the image height. Data type: Integer
Inset Bottom	Specifies the bottom position of the background area, measured in a percentage of the paper height, from the bottom edge of the paper. Data type: Float
Inset Left	Specifies the left position of the background area, measured in a percentage of the paper width, from the left edge of the paper. Data type: Float
Inset Right	Specifies the right position of the background area, measured in a percentage of the paper width, from the right edge of the paper. Data type: Float
Inset Top	Specifies the top position of the background area, measured in a percentage of the paper height, from the top edge of the paper. Data type: Float
Texture Background Color	Specifies the background color of the texture. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to texture. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Texture Foreground Color	Specifies the foreground color of the texture. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to texture. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Texture Style	Specifies the texture style of the paper background. Applied when Fill Type of the paper background is set to texture. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Graph
Border Color	Specifies the line color for the border, not applying to line charts. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border End Caps	Specifies the ending style for the border, not applying to line charts. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Joint	Specifies the line joint style for the border, not applying to line charts. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Outlined	Specifies whether to show the border in outline form, not applying to line charts. If the property is set to true, the border will be shown in outline form; otherwise, in whole form. Data type: Boolean
Border Style	Specifies the line style for the border, not applying to line charts. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness	Specifies the thickness for the border, not applying to line charts. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Border Transparency	Specifies the line transparency for the border, in percent, not applying to line charts. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Border Variable Dash	Specifies whether to resize the dash automatically, not applying to line charts. If the property is set to true, the dash size will be adjusted automatically; otherwise, the dash size will be of fixed size. Data type: Boolean
Show Border	Specifies whether to show the borders. Data type: Boolean
For bar/bench chart
Bar Gap	Specifies the distance between each bar/bench in a category. Applies to clustered bar/bench charts only. Enter a numeric value to change the gap. Data type: Integer
Bar Style	Specifies the style of the bars/benches. Choose an option from the drop-down list. It can be normal or cylinder, however, if you specify the style to be cylinder, it will take effect only when the property Use Depth is set to true. Data type: Enumeration
Bar Width	Specifies the total width of the bars/benches in each category, measured in a percentage of the unit width. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Integer
Data Label Type	Specifies in which way the data labels will be displayed around the bars/benches. Applied only when Show Static Data Label is checked in the Format Bar dialog. Choose an option from the drop-down list. value - Shows the value for each bar/bench. percent - Shows the percentage of each bar/bench to the total. value and percent - Shows the value and the percentage for each bar/bench. Data type: Enumeration
Depth	Specifies the depth of the bars/benches when Use Depth is set to true. Enter a numeric value to change the depth. Data type: Float
Direction	Specifies the angle of the axis along the depth of the bars/benches. Enter a numeric value to change the direction. Data type: Integer
Suppress Label When 0	If true, the data label whose value is 0 will not be displayed. Data type: Boolean
Update Direction	Specifies the direction in which to paint the values when the chart is updated. Available to real time chart only. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Default - If it is a bench chart, paints the values from top to bottom, otherwise, from right to left. Reverse - If it is a bench chart, paints the values from bottom to top, otherwise, from left to right. Data type: Enumeration
Use Depth	Specifies whether to make the bars/benches visually three-dimensional. Data type: Boolean Note: If the chart is a combo chart composed by bars and areas/lines, when you set the depth properties for the bars, they will be applied to the areas/lines as well, and vice versa.
Vary Colors by Color List	Specifies whether or not to make the bar colors vary. It only takes effect on clustered bar/bench types and when the charts has no series field. Data type: Boolean
For line chart
Area Pattern List	Specifies patterns for the areas which are formed by the chart axes and the lines. Select in the value cell and select the small squares in the color tray one by one to specify the patterns for the areas. The patterns can be one or more of the following: Automatic, Color, Texture, and Gradient. Data type: String
Data Label Type	Specifies in which way the data labels will be displayed around the lines. Applied only when Show Static Data Label is checked in the Format Line dialog. Choose an option from the drop-down list. value - Shows the value for each line node. percent - Shows the percentage of each line node to the total. value and percent - Shows the value and the percentage for each line node. Data type: Enumeration
Depth	Specifies the depth of the lines when Use Depth is set to true. Enter a numeric value to change the depth. Data type: Float
Direction	Specifies the angle of the axis along the depth of the lines. Enter a numeric value to change the direction. Data type: Integer
Ignore Null Value	Specifies whether to skip null data values in order to draw continuous lines. true - When a null data value appears, it is skipped and the line is drawn from the previous data value to the next data value directly. false - When a null data value appears, draw it anyway and the line is broken at the point of the null data value. Data type: Boolean
Smoothed Line	Specifies whether to draw the lines smoothly without the sharp joints. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Label When 0	If true, the data label whose value is 0 will not be displayed. Data type: Boolean
Update Direction	Specifies the direction in which to paint the values when the chart is updated. Available to real time chart only. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Default - Paints the values from right to left. Reverse - Paints the values from left to right. Data type: Enumeration
Use Depth	Specifies whether to make the lines visually three-dimensional. Data type: Boolean Note: If the chart is a combo chart composed by lines and areas/bars, when you set the depth properties for the lines, they will be applied to the areas/bars as well, and vice versa.
For area chart
Data Label Type	Specifies in which way the data labels will be displayed around the areas. Applied only when Show Static Data Label is checked in the Format Area dialog. Choose an option from the drop-down list. value - Shows the value for each area node. percent - Shows the percentage of each area node to the total. value and percent - Shows the value and the percentage for each area node. Data type: Enumeration
Depth	Specifies the depth of the areas when Use Depth is set to true. Enter a numeric value to change the depth. Data type: Float
Direction	Specifies the angle of the axis along the depth of the areas. Enter a numeric value to change the direction. Data type: Integer
Ignore Null Value	Specifies whether to skip null data values in order to draw continuous areas. true - When a null data value appears, it is skipped and the area is drawn from the previous data value to the next data value directly. false - When a null data value appears, draw it anyway and the area is broken at the point of the null data value. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Label When 0	If true, the data label whose value is 0 will not be displayed. Data type: Boolean
Update Direction	Specifies the direction in which to paint the values when the chart is updated. Available to real time chart only. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Default - Paints the values from right to left. Reverse - Paints the values from left to right. Data type: Enumeration
Use Depth	Specifies whether to make the areas visually three-dimensional. Data type: Boolean Note: If the chart is a combo chart composed by areas and bars/lines, when you set the depth properties for the areas, they will be applied to the bars/lines as well, and vice versa.
Use Dropline	Specifies whether to show the lines that represent the data categories. Data type: Boolean
For pie chart
Angle X	Specifies the rotation angle of the chart around the X axis, in degrees. Enter a numeric value to change the rotation. Data type: Float
Angle Y	Specifies the rotation angle of the chart around the Y axis, in degrees. Enter a numeric value to change the rotation. Data type: Float
Data Label Type	Specifies in which way the data labels will be displayed around the pie. Applied only when Show Static Data Label is checked in the Format Pie dialog. Choose an option from the drop-down list. value - Shows the value for each pie section. category name - Shows the category name for each pie section. percent - Shows the percentage of each pie section to the total. value and percent - Shows the value and the percentage for each pie section. category name, value - Shows the category name and value for each pie section. category name, percent - Shows the category name and percentage for each pie section. category name, value, percent - Shows the category name, value and percentage for each pie section. Data type: Enumeration
Donut Hole	Specifies the radius percentage of the donut hole to the total pie circle. Applies to donut chart only. Data type: Float
Pie Gap	Specifies the distance between every two adjacent pie sections. Enter a numeric value to change the gap. Data type: Float
Section Explode Gap	Specifies the distance between each pie section and the pie center. Enter a numeric value to change the gap. Data type: Float
Show Pie/Donut Name	Specifies whether to show the name of the pie/donut. Data type: Boolean
Suppress Label When 0	If true, the data label whose value is 0 will not be displayed. Data type: Boolean
For bullet chart
Comparative Measure Color List	Specifies the fill effect of the comparative measures in the same data series. Select in the value cell to specify the effect. Data type: String
Comparative Measure Width	Specifies the width of the comparative measures. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Integer
Featured Measure Width	Specifies the width of the featured measures. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Integer
Graph Direction	Specifies the direction to draw the bullet chart, horizontally or vertically. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Qualitative Ranges Color List	Specifies the fill effect of the qualitative ranges in the same data series. Select in the value cell to specify the effect. Data type: String
Qualitative Ranges Width	Specifies the width of the qualitative ranges. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Integer
Special Featured Measure Graph Type	Specifies the graph type for the featured measures when the value (Y) axis does not start from the value zero. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Vary Colors by Color List	Specifies whether or not to make colors for the featured measures vary. Data type: Boolean
Hint
Category Name	Specifies the name of the category field to be displayed in the data marker hint. By default the display name of the category field is used in the hint to label the category value. You can customize the name to help end users better understand the value. This property is available only when Customize Category and Series Names is set to true. Data type: String
Color	Specifies the color of the hint text. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to color. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Customize Category and Series Names	Specifies whether the names of the category and series fields in the data marker hint can be customized. Applied when Show Category and Series is set to true. Data type: Boolean
Fill Transparency	Specifies the transparency of the background, in percent. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Fill Type	Specifies the fill pattern for the hint text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Can be none, color, texture or gradient. Data type: Enumeration
Font Effect	Specifies the special effect for the hint text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Integer
Font Face	Specifies the font face for the hint text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Font Rotation	Specifies the rotation angle of the hint text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0. Enter a numeric value to change the rotation. Data type: Float
Font Script	Specifies whether the hint text will be in superscript or subscript form, or neither of them. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Font Shearing	Specifies the shearing transformation of the hint text around its center. The default value is 0. Enter a numeric value to change the shearing. Data type: Float
Font Size	Specifies the font size for the hint text. Enter an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Font Strikethrough	Specifies the style for the line by which the hint text is struck through. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Font Style	Specifies the font style for the hint text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Font Underline	Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the hint text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. When patterned line or bold patterned is selected, a line or bold line in the pattern of the text will be drawn. Data type: Enumeration 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.
Gradient End Color	Specifies the color of the point where the gradient ends. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gradient End X	Specifies the horizontal position where the gradient ends, measured in a percentage of the hint width. Applies when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient End Y	Specifies the vertical position where the gradient ends, measured in a percentage of the hint height. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Start Color	Specifies the color of the point where the gradient begins. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gradient Start X	Specifies the horizontal position where the gradient begins, measured in a percentage of the hint width. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Start Y	Specifies the vertical position where the gradient begins, measured in a percentage of the hint height. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Data type: Integer
Gradient Style	Specifies the gradient style for the hint text. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to gradient. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Line Color	Specifies the color of the thin lines that are used to point to the static data labels. Applies to pie charts only. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Outline Color	Specifies the color for the hint text outline. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Outline End Caps	Specifies the ending style for the hint text outline. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Outline Joint	Specifies the joint style for the hint text outline. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Outline Outlined	Specifies whether to show the hint text outline in outline form. If the property is set to true, the outline will be shown in outline form; otherwise, in whole form. Data type: Boolean
Outline Style	Specifies the style for the hint text outline. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Outline Thickness	Specifies the thickness of the hint text outline. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Outline Transparency	Specifies the transparency for the hint text outline, in percent. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Outline Variable Dash	Specifies whether to resize the dash automatically. If the property is set to true, the dash size will be adjusted automatically; otherwise, the dash size will be of fixed size. Data type: Boolean
Series Name	Specifies the name of the series field to be displayed in the data marker hint. By default the display name of the series field is used in the hint to label the series value. You can customize the name to help end users better understand the value. This property is available only when Customize Category and Series Names is set to true. Data type: String
Show Category and Series	Specifies whether to include the category and series values in the data marker hint. Data type: Boolean
Show Tips	Specifies whether to show the hint that displays the values a data marker represents when the mouse pointer points at the data marker in Logi JReport Designer view mode, in HTML result, or at server runtime. If this property is set to false, all the other hint properties will be ignored. Data type: Boolean
Texture Background Color	Specifies the background color of the texture. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to texture. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Texture Foreground Color	Specifies the foreground color of the texture. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to texture. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Texture Style	Specifies the texture style for the hint text. Applied when Fill Type of the hint text is set to texture. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Threshold Line
Fill Threshold1	Specifies whether to fill the first threshold area with a semi-transparent color. Data type: Boolean
Fill Threshold2	Specifies whether to fill the second threshold area with a semi-transparent color. Data type: Boolean
Fill Transparency	Specifies the transparency of the background, in percent. Enter a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Show Threshold Line1	Specifies whether to show the first threshold line. Data type: Boolean
Show Threshold Line2	Specifies whether to show the second threshold line. Data type: Boolean
Threshold Line Color1	Specifies the color for the first threshold line. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Threshold Line Color2	Specifies the color for the second threshold line. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Threshold Line Style	Specifies the style for the threshold lines. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Threshold Value1	Specifies the value for the first threshold line. Data type: Float
Threshold Value2	Specifies the value for the second threshold line. Data type: Float
MeanLine
Color	Specifies the color of the mean line. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Node Style	Specifies the style of the nodes that represent the average values. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Show	Specifies whether to show a line that represents the average value of each category group. Not applies to bubble charts. Data type: Boolean
Type	Specifies the type of the mean line. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration

Note: For combo chart, the graph properties will respectively apply to the corresponding chart types.

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