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Format Series (Z) Axis Dialog Box

You can use the Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box to format the series (Z) axis of a chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box when you right-click any chart element and select Format Axes > Format Series (Z) Axis from the shortcut menu, or double-click the series axis of a chart.

The dialog box contains the following tabs:

• Axis Tab
• Tick Mark Tab
• Font Tab
• Orientation Tab
• Format Tab

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.

Axis Tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the series axis.

Option

You can specify the options for the axis in this box.

• Draw Axis Only
  Select if you do not want to show labels on the axis. Keep the option unselected if you want to draw the axis with labels.
• Number of Labels
  Specify how many labels to display on the axis.
• Show Axis Label Tips
  Select to display the complete label text when the mouse pointer points at a label on the axis.
• Label Every N Tick Marks
  Specify to display a label every N tick marks.
• Show Gridlines
  Select to show gridlines on the axis.

Line

You can specify the line style for the axis in this box.

• Color
  Specify the color of the axis. 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.
• Style
  Select the line style for the axis.
• Transparency
  Specify the transparency for the color of the axis.
• Thickness
  Specify the thickness for the line of the axis, in pixels.

Label

You can specify the properties for the labels on the axis in this box.

• Label Axis Gap
  Specify the distance between the labels and the axis, in pixels.
• Best Effect
  Select to adjust the labels automatically to have them placed in the best way. If you select the option, Designer hides some labels when they overlap.
• Auto
  Designer enables this option if the axis displays a field, and uses the values of the field as the major tick mark labels on the axis by default. Clear the option if you want to customize the label text.
  • Label Text
    Specify the text of the major tick mark labels on the axis. Select a field from the drop-down list to use its values as the label text or select the button to type the label text manually.

Tick Mark Tab

Use this sub tab to specify the properties of the tick marks on the series axis.

Tick Mark

You can specify the line properties of the tick marks in this box.

• Correlate with Axis
  Select to apply the line properties that you define for the axis in the Axis tab to the tick marks. If you clear the option, you can specify the line properties for the tick marks separately using the following options:
  • Color
    Specify the color of the major tick mark line. 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.
  • Style
    Select the style of the major tick mark line.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency for the color of the major tick mark line.
  • Thickness
    Specify the thickness of the major tick mark line, in pixels.

Major Tick Mark

You can specify the properties of the major tick marks on the axis in this box.

• None
  Select if you do not want to display major tick marks on the axis.
• Inside
  Select to display the major tick marks inside the axis.
• Outside
  Select to display the major tick marks outside the axis.
• Cross
  Select to display the major tick marks across the axis.
• Major Tick Length
  Specify the length of the major tick marks on the axis.

Minor Tick Mark

You can specify the properties of the minor tick marks on the axis in this box.

• None
  Select if you do not want to display minor tick marks on the axis.
• Inside
  Select to display the minor tick marks inside the axis.
• Outside
  Select to display the minor tick marks outside the axis.
• Cross
  Select to display the minor tick marks across the axis.
• Major Tick Length
  Specify the length of the minor tick marks on the axis.

Font Tab

Use this tab to specify the font format of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Font

You can specify the font format of the text in the major tick mark labels in this box.

• Font list
  The drop-down list contains all the font faces that you can select to apply to the text.
• Font Size
  Specify the font size of the text.
• Font Color
  Specify the font color of the text. 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 color transparency of the text.
• Rotation
  Specify the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
• Shearing
  Specify the gradient of the text.

Effects

You can specify the special effects of the text in the major tick mark labels in this box.

• Style
  Select the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Strikethrough
  Select the style of the horizontal line using which to strikethrough the text. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
• Underline
  Select 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 you select "patterned line" or "bold patterned", Designer draws a line or bold line in the pattern of the text.

Web Report Studio and JDashboard do not support underlining chart text, therefore, Logi Report Engine ignores this property when the chart runs in Web Report Studio or is used in a dashboard.

• Superscript
  Select to raise the text above the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Embossed
  Select to make the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
• Outlined
  Select to display the inner and outer borders of each character.
• Subscript
  Select to lower the text below the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Engraved
  Select to make the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
• Shadowed
  Select to add a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Sample

The box displays a preview sample of your selection.

Orientation Tab

Use this tab to specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Automatic

Select to adjust the rotation angle of the major tick mark label text on the axis automatically according to the length of the text, in degrees.

Angle

Select and specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark label text on the axis in the text box. When you change the rotation angle in the text box, the red line in the spin box changes correspondingly, and vice versa.

Format Tab

Use this tab to specify the data format of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Category & Format

The two boxes list the category types and the formats of each category that Designer provides by default. Select a category and a format for this category, then select Add to add it as the format of the category. You can add only one format for each category.

Properties

The text box shows the properties of the format that you select in the Format box. If the default formats Designer provides for a category cannot meet your requirement, you can define your own format in the text box and select Add to add it as the format of the category.

Auto Scale in Number

Specify whether to automatically scale the Number values 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.

Sample

The box displays a sample for the selected format.

Stack

The box lists all the formats that you select from different categories.

Add

Select to add a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Select to remove the specified format from the Stack box.

Apply

Select to apply the specified format to the major tick mark labels.

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