Format Indicator

This dialog appears when you double-click an indicator of a chart in a report, or right-click it and then select Format Indicator from the shortcut menu. It enables you to format the indicators in an indicator chart.

The dialog contains the following tabs: General, Frame, Range Color and Behaviors (the Behaviors tab is available to charts in library components only).

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

Specifies the general properties of the indicators.

Format Indicator - General

Style

Specifies the style of the indicators.

Single
Specifies to use an indicator to show each value.
Multiple
Specifies to use multiple indicators to show each value.

Option

Left Margin
Specifies the gap between the left labels and the left indicators, in pixels.
Top Margin
Specifies the gap between the top labels and the top indicators, in pixels.
Range Radius
Specifies the relative size of an indicator in a percentage of the total indicator size.
Style
Specifies the shape of the indicator graph.
Fill Type
Specifies how to fill the indicators. Not available when the value of the indicator chart is Boolean or String type.
- all
  Specifies to fill the whole indicator.
- base on max value
  Specifies to fill the portion of the indicators calculated based on the the maximum value. When a value in the chart is less than the minimum value, the indicator will not be filled. When a value in the chart is greater than the minimum value, the value divided by the maximum value you specify will be the portion to be filled.

Border

Specifies the properties for borders of the indicators.

Line Style
Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.
Color
Specifies the color of the border.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Value

Specifies the maximum and minimum values displayed on the chart. The default value is Auto, which means using the actual minimum and maximum values in the chart. You can also specify the values by yourself. Not available when the value of the indicator chart is Boolean or String type.

Value Label

Specifies the values of the indicators.

Show Value
Specifies whether to show the values of the indicators.
- Position
  Specifies the position relationship of the values and the indicators. Select the position from the drop-down list.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Frame

Specifies properties for the frame of the indicator chart.

Format Indicator - Frame

Size

Specifies the size properties of the frame.

Frame Size
Specifies the size of the frame.

Fill

Specifies the color and transparency of the frame.

Fill
Specifies the color to fill the frame.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency of the color to fill the frame.

Border

Specifies the properties for borders of the frame.

Border Type
Specifies the type of the border.
Color
Specifies the color of the border. To edit the color, click the color image and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.
Line Style
Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency for color of the border.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.
End Caps
Specifies the ending style of the border line.

butt
Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
round
Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
square
Ends 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.

Line Joint
Specifies the line joint style for the border line.
- miter
  Joins path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
- round
  Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
- bevel
  Joins path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.
- joint round
  Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at the specified radius.
Path
Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.
- Outline Path
  Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
- Fill Path
  Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.
Dash
Specifies the dash size of border line.
- Auto Adjusted Dash
  If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
- Fixed Dash Size
  If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Category Label

Specifies properties for the category labels.

Show Category Label
Specifies whether to show the category labels for the indicators. The label displays the category value each indicator represents.
- Position
  Specifies the position relationship of the labels and the indicators.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Range Color

The options in the tab differ with value types of the indicator chart: Boolean type, or Numeric/String type.

Range Color tab for Boolean type values

Specifies different colors or images to fill the indicators.

Format Indicator - Range Color for Boolean type values

Show Image

Specifies whether to use images instead of colors to represent the values. If checked, you can select an image to represent a specified value, and the color setting in the Color column will be ignored.

Value

Lists the value for the indicator chart.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the value. Click in the color cell to customize the color on the color palette.

Image

Specifies the image to represent the value.

Name

Specifies the name of the value.

Range Color tab for Numeric/String type values

Specifies the general properties of the indicators.

Format Indicator - Range Color for String/Numeric type values

Show Image

Adds a new value range.

Removes the selected value range.

Minimum

Specifies the minimum value of the range.

Maximum

Specifies the maximum value of the range.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the value. Click in the color cell to customize the color on the color palette.

Image

Specifies the image to represent the value.

Name

Specifies the name of the value.

Others

Specifies the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you have defined.

Name
Specifies the name for the values.
Color
Specifies the color for the values. To edit the color, click the color image and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.
Image
Specifies the image to represent the values.

Behaviors

Specifies some web behaviors to the indicators. This tab is only available to charts in library components.

Format Indicator - Behaviors

Adds a new web behavior line.

Removes the selected web behavior.

Moves the selected web behavior up a step.

Moves the selected web behavior down a step.

Events

Specifies the trigger event.

Actions

Specifies the action you want the event to trigger.

Opens the Web Action List dialog to bind a web action to the event.

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