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Format Series (Z) Axis Dialog Box
You can use the Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box to format the series axis (the 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 navigate to Format Axes > Format Series (Z) Axis on the shortcut menu, or double-click the series axis of a chart.
This dialog box contains the following tabs:
Designer displays these buttons in all the tabs:
OK
Select to apply your settings 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 axis options in this box.
- Draw Axis Only
Select if you do not want to show labels on the axis. Keep this option cleared 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 you point to 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.
You can specify line properties of the axis in this box.
- Color
Specify the color of the axis line. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box. - Style
Select the line style of the axis. - Transparency
Specify the transparency of the axis line. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the axis line, in pixels.
Label
You can specify options 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 place them at the best position on the axis. When you select this option, Designer hides some labels if 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 it 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
and type the label text manually.
- Label Text
Tick Mark Tab
Use this tab to specify properties of the tick marks on the series axis.
Tick Mark
You can specify 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. When you clear this option, you can specify line properties of the tick marks separately using the following options:- Color
Specify the color of the tick marks. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box. - Style
Select the line style of the tick marks. - Transparency
Specify the transparency of the tick marks. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the tick marks, in pixels.
- Color
Major Tick Mark
You can specify 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 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 style of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.
Font
You can specify the font style of the text in the major tick mark labels in this box.
- Font list
This drop-down list contains all the font faces 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 type the hexadecimal value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box. - Transparency
Specify the 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. - Superscript
Select to raise the text above the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available. - Subscript
Select to lower the text below 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. - Engraved
Select to make the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page. - Outlined
Select to display the exterior border around each character of the text. - Shadowed
Select to add a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.
Web Report Studio and JDashboard do not support underlining chart text, therefore, this property is ignored when the chart runs in Web Report Studio or is used in a dashboard.
Sample
This box displays a preview sample based on your selections.
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 labels on the axis automatically according to the length of the label text, in degrees.
Angle
Select and specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels 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
These 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
This 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 that fall into the 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
This box displays a sample for the selected format.
Stack
This 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.