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Format Bubble Gauge Dialog Box
You can use the Format Bubble Gauge dialog box to format a bubble gauge chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.
Designer displays the Format Bubble Gauge dialog box when you right-click any bubble in a bubble gauge chart and select Format Bubble Gauge from the shortcut menu, or double-click any bubble in the bubble gauge.
The dialog box contains the following tabs (Designer displays the Behaviors tab only when the chart is in a library component):
You see these buttons in all the tabs:
OK
Select to apply all changes and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Apply
Select to apply all changes and leave the dialog box open.
Help
Select to view information about the dialog box.
Staff Graph Tab
Use this tab to specify the properties for the bubbles in the bubble gauge.
Bubbles
You can specify the properties of the bubbles in this box.
- Left Margin
Specify the gap between the left labels and left bubbles, in pixels. - Top Margin
Specify the gap between top labels and top bubbles, in pixels. - Range Radius
Specify the relative size of a bubble in a percentage of total bubble size. - Draw Category (X) Grid
Select to draw the category grid. - Draw Series (Z) Grid
Select to draw the series grid.
Border
You can specify the properties for the border of the bubbles in this box.
- Show Border
Select to show the border of the bubbles. Designer enables the other border properties after you select the option. - Line Style
Select the line style to apply to the border. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the border, in pixels. - Color
Specify 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 in the text box. - Transparency
Specify the transparency for the color of the border.
Value
You can specify the minimum and maximum values to display in the chart in this box.
- Minimum
Specify the minimum value to display in the chart. You can select the button
to use a formula to control the value. - Maximum
Specify the maximum value to display in the chart. You can select the button to use a formula to control the value.
Frame Tab
Use this tab to specify the properties for the frame of the bubble gauge.
Size
You can specify the size properties of the frame in this box.
- Frame Size
Specify the size of the frame.
Fill
You can specify the color and transparency of the frame in this box.
- Fill
Specify the color to fill the frame. 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 in the text box. - Transparency
Specify the transparency of the color to fill the frame.
Border
You can specify the properties for the border of the frame in this box.
- Border Type
Select the type of the border.- none
Select if you do not want to show the border. - raised
Select to show 3-D border which appears as if it is raised off the page. - recess
Select to show 3-D border which appears as if it is pressed into the page. - shadow
Select to show two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object. - solid
Select to use single-line border.
- none
- Color
Specify 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 in the text box. - Line Style
Select the line style of the border. - Transparency
Specify the transparency for color of the border. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the border, in pixels. - End Caps
Select the ending style of the border line.- butt
Select to end unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration. - round
Select to end unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen. - square
Select to end 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.
- butt
- Line Joint
Select the joint style of the border line.- miter
Select to join path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet. - round
Select to join path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width. - bevel
Select to join path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment. - joint round
Select to join path segments by rounding off the corner at the specified radius.
- miter
- Path
Specify the fill pattern of the border.- Outline Path
Select to use outline path for the border. - Fill Path
Select to use whole path for the border.
- Outline Path
- Dash
Specify the dash size of the border if you select a dash line style for the border.- Auto Adjust Dash
Select to adjust the dash size automatically. - Fixed Dash Size
Select to use fixed dash size.
- Auto Adjust Dash
Gauge Group Name
You can specify the properties for the gauge group names in this box.
- Show Gauge Group Name
Select to show names for the bubbles in the bubble gauge, which are values of the field on the category axis. If the bubble gauge contains no category field, the group name shows "Report" by default. - Position
Select the position of the names relative to the bubbles: top, bottom, or center, or customized.
Range Color Tab
Use this tab to specify the value ranges for the bubble gauge and the color and name of each range.
Add button
Select to add a new range.
Remove button
Select to delete the specified range.
Minimum
The column shows the minimum values that you specify for the ranges.
Maximum
The column shows the maximum values that you specify for the ranges.
Color
The column shows the colors that you specify for the ranges. To edit the color, select in the cell and customize the color in the color palette.
Name
The column shows the names that you specify for the ranges.
Others
You can specify the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you define in this box.
- Name
Specify the name for the values. - Color
Specify 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 in the text box.
Hint Tab
Use this tab to specify the properties for the hint of the bubble gauge.
Show Category and Series
Select to include the category and series values in the hint.
Auto Scale in Number
Specify whether to automatically scale the Number values in the hint which fall into the following two ranges:
- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units 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, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.
By default, Designer selects "auto" for the option, meaning, Designer applies the setting that you specify for the same property on the chart in the Report Inspector for the values. If you select "true", Designer applies the specified format to the integer part of the values after scaling them; however, if the specified format conflicts with the logic of Auto Scale in Number, for example, the values display in percentage, Designer ignores the Auto Scale in Number setting. Select "false" if you do not want to scale the values.
- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units 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, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.
By default, Designer selects "auto" for the option, meaning, Designer applies the setting that you specify for the same property on the chart in the Report Inspector for the values. If you select "true", Designer applies the specified format to the integer part of the values after scaling them; however, if the specified format conflicts with the logic of Auto Scale in Number, for example, the values display in percentage, Designer ignores the Auto Scale in Number setting. Select "false" if you do not want to scale the values.
Behaviors Tab
Designer displays the Behaviors tab only when the bubble gauge chart is in a library component. You can use it to specify web behaviors to the bubble gauge.
Add button
Select to add a new web behavior line.
Remove button
Select to delete the specified web behavior.
Up button
Select to move the specified web behavior higher in the list. At runtime, when an event bound with more than one action happens, JDashboard triggers the upper action first.
Down button
Select to move the specified web behavior lower in the list.
Events
The column shows the events that you select to trigger the web actions.
Actions
The column shows the actions that you specify for the events to trigger. To bind a web action to an event, select the ellipsis button 
in the action cell and Designer displays the Web Action List dialog box for you to specify the web action.