Chart Paper Properties

This topic describes the properties of the Chart Paper object.

Property Name	Description
General
Display Name	Specify the display name of the object. Data type: String
Instance Name	Server displays the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Height	Specify the height of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the height. This property takes effect only when you set the Placement property for the chart legend to customized. Data type: Float
Width	Specify the width of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the width. This property takes effect only when you set the Placement property for the chart legend to customized. Data type: Float
X	Specify the horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. This property takes effect only when you set the Placement property for the chart legend to customized. Data type: Float
Y	Specify the vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. This property only takes effect when you set the Placement property for the chart legend to customized. Data type: Float
Coordinate Paper
Graph Position	Select the position of the paper contents relative to the paper background. Data type: Enumeration
Reverse Painting Order	Select true if you want to reverse the order of graphic objects in a combo chart. Data type: Boolean
Scale X	Specify the percentage for elongating or shortening the X axis. Type a numeric value to change the percentage. Data type: Float
Scale Y	Specify the percentage for elongating or shortening the Y axis. Type a numeric value to change the percentage. Data type: Float
Others (available to org charts only)
Layout Mode	Select how the org chart tree expands from the root node. Top Down The org chart tree expands from top to bottom. Bottom Up The org chart tree expands from bottom to top. It is the reverse of the Top Down mode. Left Right The org chart tree expands from left to right. Data type: Enumeration
Graph for bar/bench/line/area chart
Depth	Specify the depth of the bars/benches/lines/areas when you set Use Depth to true. This property applies to 2D charts only. Type a numeric value to change the depth. Data type: Float
Direction	Specify the angle of the axis along the depth of the bars/benches/lines/areas. This property applies to 2D charts only. Type a numeric value to change the direction. Data type: Integer
Use Depth	Select true to make the bars/benches/lines/areas visually three-dimensional. This property applies to 2D charts only. Data type: Boolean If the chart is a combo chart composed by bars, areas, and lines, when you set the depth properties for one of the three types, they will apply to all the three types.
Background
Border Color	Specify the color of the paper border. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border End Caps	Select the ending style of the paper border line. Data type: Enumeration
Border Joint	Select the joint style of the paper border line. Data type: Enumeration
Border Style	Select the line style of the paper border. Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness	Specify the width of the paper border, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Border Transparency	Specify the color transparency of the paper border, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Border Type	Select the border type of the paper. Data type: Enumeration
Border Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Color	Specify the color of the paper background. This property applies when Fill Type of the paper background is set to Color. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency of the paper background color, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Fill Type	Select the fill pattern for the paper background. None No fill. Color Select to fill with a specified color. More Effects Specify either a gradient or an image as the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog box Data type: Enumeration
Inset Bottom	Specify 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	Specify 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	Specify 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	Specify 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
Hint (unavailable to org chart)
Category Name	Specify the name of the category field to display in the data marker hint. By default, Server uses the display name of the category field in the hint to label the category value. You can customize the name to help others better understand the value. This property only applies when the Customize Category and Series Names property value is true. Data type: String
Chart Value Names	Select the ellipsis button in the value cell to open the Customize Chart Value Names dialog box, and then specify the names of the chart value fields to display in the data marker hint. By default, Server uses the display names of the fields in the hint to label the chart values. This property only applies when the Customize Chart Value Names property value is true. Data type: String
Customize Category and Series Names	Select true to customize the names of the category and series fields in the data marker hint. Data type: Boolean
Customize Chart Value Names	Select true to customize the names of the chart value fields in the data marker hint. Data type: Boolean
Series Name	Specify the name of the series field to display in the data marker hint. By default, Server uses the display name of the series field in the hint to label the series value. You can customize the name to help others better understand the value. This property only applies when the Customize Category and Series Names property value is true. Data type: String
Show Tips	Select true to show the hint when you hover over a data marker in the chart, which displays the values the data marker represents. The hint is also available in the HTML output. If this property is false, Server ignores all the other hint properties. Data type: Boolean
Category (X) Axis (unavailable to pie, indicator, gauge, heat map, org, and KPI charts)
Auto Major Unit	Select true to automatically define the interval unit between two adjacent major tick marks, or false to use the user defined major interval unit. Data type: Boolean
Auto Maximum	Select true to automatically define the maximum value to label the tick marks, or false to use the user defined maximum value. Data type: Boolean
Auto Minor Unit	Select true to automatically define the interval unit between two adjacent minor tick marks, or false to use the user defined minor interval unit. Data type: Boolean
Auto Minimum	Select true to automatically define the minimum value to label the tick marks, or false to use the user defined minimum value. Data type: Boolean
Axis Color	Specify the color for the axis. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Axis End Caps	Select the ending style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Joint	Select the joint style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Style	Select the style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Thickness	Specify the thickness for the axis. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Axis Transparency	Specify the transparency for the axis, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Axis Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Gridline Color	Specify the color for the gridlines. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gridline End Caps	Select the ending style for the gridlines. Data type: Enumeration
Gridline Joint	Select the joint style for the gridlines. Data type: Enumeration
Gridline Style	Select the style for the gridlines. Data type: Integer
Gridline Thickness	Specify the thickness for the gridlines. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Gridline Transparency	Specify the transparency for the gridlines, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Gridline Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Increment	Specify the increased amount between two adjacent values on the axis. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the increased amount. This property applies to bubble charts which use the axis to show numeric data only. Data type: Integer
Label Axis Gap	Specify the distance between the labels and the axis. Type a numeric value to change the gap. Data type: Float
Label Color	Specify the color for the label text. This property applies when Label Fill Type is set to Color. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Label Every N Tick Marks	Specify the frequency to label the tick marks. Type 1 to label every tick mark, type 2 to label every two tick marks, type 3 to label every three tick marks, and so on. Data type: Integer
Label Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency for the label text, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Label Fill Type	Select the fill pattern for the label text. None No fill. Color Select to fill with a specified color. Data type: Enumeration
Label Font Face	Select the font face for the label text. Data type: Enumeration
Label Font Orientation Automatically	Specify whether to adjust the rotation angle of the label text on the axis automatically. true Select to automatically adjust the rotation angle of the label text according to the length of the text, in degrees. If the text can completely display horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 0. If it cannot, the default rotation angle will be 30 anticlockwise. Server displays an ellipsis (…) from the right side of the label, along with part of the name instead of the entire name. false Select if you want to use the value of the Label Font Rotation property to determine the rotation angle of the label text. Data type: Boolean
Label Font Rotation	Specify the rotation angle of the label text around its center, in degrees. Type a numeric value to change the rotation. Data type: Float
Label Font Size	Specify the font size for the label text. Type an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Label Font Style	Select the font style for the label text. Data type: Enumeration
Label Position	Select whether to show the label text outside or inside the axis. This property takes effect only when the Use Depth property is false. Data type: Enumeration
Major Interval	Specify the interval between two adjacent major tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the interval. Data type: Float
Major Interval Unit	Select the interval unit between two adjacent major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Minor Interval	Specify the interval between two adjacent minor tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the interval. Data type: Float
Minor Interval Unit	Select the interval unit between two adjacent minor tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Label 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. Data type: Boolean
Major Tick Mark Length	Specify the length of the major tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the length. Data type: Float
Major Tick Mark Line Color	Specify the color of the major tick marks. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Major Tick Mark Line End Caps	Select the ending style for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Joint	Select the joint style for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Style	Select the line type for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Thickness	Specify the thickness of the major tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Major Tick Mark Line Transparency	Specify the color transparency of the major tick marks, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Major Tick Mark Line Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. This property applies when the Major Tick Mark Line Style property is not Solid Line. Data type: Boolean
Major Tick Mark Type	Select the position of the major tick marks relative to the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Maximum	Specify the maximum value to label the tick marks. Data type: Float
Maximum Length	Server enables this property when you set Truncate to "true". You can use it to specify the maximum number of characters the major tick mark labels on the axis can display. When a label contains more characters than the specified number and is truncated, Server displays an ellipsis (…) for the cut-off part, and the ellipsis takes three characters out of the maximum length. However, when you set the property value to less than 4, Server displays the specified number of characters in the label with no ellipsis.
Maximum Value	Specify the maximum value of the data appearing on the X axis. This property applies to bubble charts which use the axis to show numeric data only. Data type: Float
Minimum	Specify the minimum value to label the tick marks. Data type: Float
Minimum Value	Specify the minimum value of the data appearing on the X axis. This property applies to bubble charts which use the axis to show numeric data only. Data type: Float
Minor Tick Mark Length	Specify the length of the minor tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the length. Data type: Float
Minor Tick Mark Type	Select the position of the minor tick marks relative to the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Number of Labels	Specify the number of tick mark labels you want to show. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the number of labels. Data type: Integer
Number of Tick Marks	Specify the number of tick marks you want to show. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the number. This property applies to bubble charts only. Data type: Integer
Number of Visible Values	Specify the number of data items you want to select on the scroll bar and display on the axis by default. This property is available to 2D scroll bar charts of bar, bench, line, area, and stock types. Data type: Integer
Percentage of Scrolling Area Height	Specify the height percentage the scroll bar occupies the whole size of the chart. This property is available to 2D scroll bar charts of bar, bench, line, area, and stock types. Data type: Float
Position Axis	Select the position where you want to display the data point and label on the X axis. On Tick Marks Select to align the data point and label with each tick mark on the X axis. Between Tick Marks Select to display the data point and label between each two tick marks on the X axis. Data type: Enumeration
Scrollable Chart	Specify whether to make the chart scrollable. If true, Server adds a scroll bar in the chart, with which you can control the visible value range on the axis. This property is available to 2D charts of bar, bench, line, and area types. Data type: Boolean
Show Axis	Select true to show the axis. Data type: Boolean
Show Axis Label Tips	Select true to show the complete label text when you hover over a label on the axis in the HTML or Web Report output. Data type: Boolean
Show Chart in Scrolling Area	Select true to show the thumbnail chart on the scroll bar. This property only applies when you set Scrollable Chart to true for 2D charts of bar, bench, line, and area types. Data type: Boolean
Show Gridline	Select true to show the gridlines perpendicular to the axis. Data type: Boolean
Show Tick Mark Labels	Select true to show the tick mark labels. Data type: Boolean
Truncate	Select true to truncate the major tick mark labels when the label text contains more characters than the number you specify to the Maximum Length property. Data type: Boolean
Use Best Effect	Select true to hide the label which overlaps the one in front of it. Data type: Boolean
Use Constant Interval	Select true to use a constant interval to label the tick marks. If true, Server increases the values of the tick marks continually on the axis based on the following properties, instead of just using the data values. Data type: Boolean
Value (Y) Axis (unavailable to pie, indicator, heat map, org, and KPI charts)
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. Data type: Boolean
Auto Scale on Y Axis	Select true to recalculate the scale of Value (Y) Axis when the Number of Visible Values property value changes. This property only applies when you set the Scrollable Chart property value to true for 2D charts of bar, bench, line, and area types. Data type: Integer
Axis Color	Specify the color for the axis. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Axis End Caps	Select the ending style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Joint	Select the joint style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Style	Select the style for the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Axis Thickness	Specify the thickness for the axis. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Axis Transparency	Specify the transparency for the axis, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Axis Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Gridline Color	Specify the color for the gridlines. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Gridline End Caps	Select the ending style for the gridlines. Data type: Enumeration
Gridline Joint	Select the joint style for the gridlines. Data type: Enumeration
Gridline Style	Select the style for the gridlines. Data type: Enumeration
Gridline Thickness	Specify the thickness for the gridlines. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Gridline Transparency	Specify the transparency for the gridlines, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Gridline Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Increment	Specify the increased amount between two adjacent values on the axis. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the increased amount. Data type: Integer
Label Axis Gap	Specify the distance between the labels and the axis. Type a numeric value to change the gap. Data type: Float
Label Color	Specify the color for the label text. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. This property applies when you set the Label Fill Type property value to Color. Data type: String
Label Every N Tick Marks	Specify the frequency to label the tick marks. Type 1 to label every tick mark, type 2 to label every two tick marks, type 3 to label every three tick marks, and so on. Data type: Integer
Label Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency for the label text, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Label Fill Type	Select the fill pattern for the label text. None No fill. Color Select to fill with a specified color. Data type: Enumeration
Label Font Orientation Automatically	Specify whether to adjust the rotation angle of the label text on the axis automatically. true Select to automatically adjust the rotation angle of the label text according to the length of the text, in degrees. If the text can completely display horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 0. If it cannot, the default rotation angle will be 30 anticlockwise. Server displays an ellipsis (…) from the right side of the label, along with part of the name instead of the entire name. false Select to use the Label Font Rotation property value to determine the rotation angle of the label text. Data type: Boolean
Label Font Face	Select the font face for the label text. Data type: Enumeration
Label Font Rotation	Specify the rotation angle of the label text around its center, in degrees. Type a numeric value to change the rotation. Data type: Float
Label Font Size	Specify the font size for the label text. Type an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Label Font Style	Select the font style for the label text. Data type: Enumeration
Label Position	Select whether to show the label text outside or inside the axis. This property only takes effect when you set the Use Depth property value to false. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Length	Specify the length of the major tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the length. Data type: Float
Major Tick Mark Line Color	Specify the color of the major tick marks. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Major Tick Mark Line End Caps	Select the ending style for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Joint	Select the joint style for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Style	Select the line type for the major tick marks. Data type: Enumeration
Major Tick Mark Line Thickness	Specify the thickness of the major tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Major Tick Mark Line Transparency	Specify the color transparency of the major tick marks, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Major Tick Mark Line Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. This property applies when the Major Tick Mark Line Style property is not Solid Line. Data type: Boolean
Major Tick Mark Type	Select the position of the major tick marks relative to the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Maximum Value	Specify the maximum value of the data appearing on the Y axis. Data type: Float
Minimum Value	Specify the minimum value of the data appearing on the Y axis. Data type: Float
Minor Tick Mark Length	Specify the length of the minor tick marks. Type a numeric value to change the length. Data type: Float
Minor Tick Mark Type	Select the position of the minor tick marks relative to the axis. Data type: Enumeration
Number of Labels	Specify the number of tick mark labels you want to show. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the number of labels. Data type: Integer
Number of Tick Marks	Specify the number of tick marks you want to show. The default is to let Logi Report Designer determine the number. Data type: Integer
Show Axis	Select true to show the axis. Data type: Boolean
Show Axis Label Tips	Select true to show the complete label text when you hover over a label on the axis in the HTML or Web Report output. Data type: Boolean
Show Gridline	Select true to show the gridlines perpendicular to the axis. Data type: Boolean
Show Tick Mark Labels	Select true to show the tick mark labels. Data type: Boolean
Start Value	Specify the position where the axis label starts to show, applied when you set the Use Start Value property value to true. Data type: Float
Use Best Effect	Select true to hide the label which overlaps the one in front of it. Data type: Boolean
Use Start Value	Select true to set the start value of the axis. Data type: Boolean
Wall (unavailable to gauge, heat map and org chart)
Border Color	Specify the color of the border of the wall. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border End Caps	Select the ending style of the wall border line. Data type: Enumeration
Border Joint	Select the joint style of the wall border line. Data type: Enumeration
Border Style	Select the line style of the wall borders. Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness	Specify the width of the border, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Border Transparency	Specify the color transparency of the wall borders, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Border Variable Dash	Select true to adjust the dash size automatically or false to use the fixed dash size. Data type: Boolean
Bound Color	Specify the color of the bound wall, applied when you set the Bound Fill Type property value to Color. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Bound Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency of the color schema to compound with the basic fill which you set in the wall area, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Bound Fill Type	Select the fill type of the bound wall. None No fill. The default value. Color Select to fill with a specified color. More Effects Select to specify either a gradient or an image as the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog box. Data type: Enumeration
Color	Specify the color of the wall, applied when you set the Fill Type property value to Color. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency of the background color, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Fill Type	Select the fill pattern for the wall. None No fill. Color Select to fill with a specified color. More Effects Select to specify either a gradient or an image as the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog box. Data type: Enumeration
Show Wall	Select true to show the wall. Data type: Boolean
Threshold Line (unavailable to gauge, bubble, heat map and org charts)
Fill Threshold1	Select true to fill the first threshold area with a semi-transparent color. Data type: Boolean
Fill Threshold2	Select true to fill the second threshold area with a semi-transparent color. Data type: Boolean
Fill Transparency	Specify the transparency of the background color, in percent. Type a numeric value to change the transparency. Data type: Integer
Show Threshold Line1	Select true to show the first threshold line. Data type: Boolean
Show Threshold Line2	Select true to show the second threshold line. Data type: Boolean
Threshold Line Color1	Specify the color for the first threshold line. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Threshold Line Color2	Specify the color for the second threshold line. Choose a color or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Threshold Line Style	Select the style for the threshold lines. Style1 Select to use two threshold areas (Threshold Line1 and Threshold Line2) to emphasize the data series that are higher than the first threshold line or lower than the second threshold line. Style2 Select to use a single threshold area (Threshold Line1) to emphasize the data series that are between the higher and the lower threshold lines. A threshold line marks a specific data point that you specified. You usually use it for comparing with data series to see whether the data is higher or lower than this point. For example, if you want to see whether the production zones successfully accomplished their production tasks, you can set a threshold line to represent the goal output, and another to represent the lowest acceptable output quantity. Using the threshold lines, you can spot out of range zones at a glance. Stock charts, radar charts, scatter charts, and bubble charts have no threshold lines. Data type: Enumeration
Threshold Value1	Specify the value for the first threshold line. Data type: Float
Threshold Value2	Specify the value for the second threshold line. Data type: Float

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For a combo chart, the graph properties respectively apply to the corresponding chart types.
A combo chart may contain two value axes, namely, the Y1 and Y2 axes. The properties of the Y1 or Y2 axis are the same as those of the Y axis.

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