Format Bubble Gauge Dialog Box Properties
This topic describes how you can use the Format Bubble Gauge dialog box to format the bubble gauges in a bubble gauge chart. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click on a bubble gauge chart and select Format Graph from the shortcut menu.
This topic contains the following sections:
You see these elements on all the tabs:
OK
Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help button
Select to view information about the dialog box.
Close button
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Staff Graph Tab Properties
Specify the properties for bubbles in the bubble gauge.
Bubbles
Specify the properties of the bubbles.
- Left Margin
Specify the gap between the left labels and left bubbles, in inches. - Top Margin
Specify the gap between top labels and top bubbles, in inches. - Range Radius
Specify the relative size of a bubble in a percentage of total bubble size. - Draw Category (X) Grid
Select if you want to draw category grid. - Draw Series (Z) Grid
Select if you want to draw series grid.
Border
Specify the properties for the border of the bubbles.
Show Border
Select if you want to show the border of the bubbles. Then, Server enables the following border properties.- Line Style
Specify the line style you want to apply to the border. - Color
Specify the color of the border. - Transparency
Specify the transparency for color of the border. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the border, in inches.
- Line Style
Value
Specify the minimum and maximum values for the color range. Server divides the values equally into three ranges, each of which uses the color you specify in the Range Color tab automatically. This setting works only when you do not specify ranges for the values in the Range Color tab.
- Minimum Value
Specify the minimum value you want to display in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property. - Maximum Value
Specify the maximum value you want to display in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property.
Frame Tab Properties
Specify the properties for the frame of the bubble gauge chart.
Size
Specify the size properties of the frame.
- Frame Size
Specify the size of the frame.
Fill
Specify the color and transparency of the frame.
- Fill
Specify the color to fill the frame. - Transparency
Specify the transparency of the color to fill the frame.
Border
Specify the properties for the border of the frame.
- Line Style
Specify the line style you want to apply to the border. - Border Type
Specify the type of the border. - Color
Specify the color of the border. To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. - Transparency
Specify the transparency for color of the border. - Thickness
Specify the thickness of the border, in inches.
Gauge Group Name
Specify the properties for the gauge group name.
- Show Gauge Group Name
Select if you want to show names for the bubbles in the bubble gauge which are values of the field on its 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. If you select customized, the X and Y settings in the General tab of the Format Gauge Label dialog box will take effect.
- Position
Range Color Tab Properties
Specify different colors to fill the bubbles in bubble gauge in different ranges.
![Add button](https://devnet.logianalytics.com/hc/article_attachments/9905619223831/btn_add1.gif)
Select to add a new color range.
Remove button
Select to remove the selected color range.
Minimum
Specify the minimum value of the range.
Maximum
Specify the maximum value of the range.
Color
Specify the color schema of the range.
Select in the color cell. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.
Name
Specify the name of a range.
Others
Specify the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you define.
- Name
Specify the name for the values. - Color
Specify the color for the values. To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.
Hint Tab Properties
Specify the properties of the data marker hint.
Show Category and Series
Select to include the category and series values in the data marker hint.Auto Scale in Number
Select true if you want to automatically scale the values that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Logi Report uses 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, Logi Report uses scientific notation to scale the values.
The default value auto means that the setting follows that of the chart.