Formatting a Chart with the Wizard 

Use

The wizard helps you to format a chart in only a few steps.  You choose a chart type, specify a title, determine the number of data series and categories, and define the properties of individual series and of the axes.

You can usually format the chart completely in the wizard. If you want to make further detailed changes to the chart, you can make them in the Chart Designer (see Determining Chart Properties).

Prerequisites

You have added a Web item of the type chart in the Web Application Designer and opened the Chart Designer by double-clicking on the Web item.

If you used the wizard last time you used the Chart Designer, it is opened with the wizard now.

Procedure

·        Choose Wizard.

The viewing window changes in structure: To the left are the individual wizard steps with short descriptions and properties that you can change for each step. The chart preview is displayed to the right.

The chart preview changes as you make your selections or entries for the properties. This gives you an impression of how your chart will eventually appear.

You can use the Continue and Back pushbuttons in the wizard to navigate to the next step or to return to the previous step.

Step 1: Select chart type

·        Choose the required chart type.

You display variations (for example, a 3D chart) on a chart type by clicking on the plus sign in front of the chart type in question and expanding the structure tree.

When choosing a chart type, make sure that it is suitable for your data source (see also Chart Types).

Step 2: Define texts and random data

You can set the following in the upper left window:

·        Define a title and subtitle for the chart

·        Determine labels for the axes

·        Assign a unit to the axes

Enter the following into the lower left window:

·        the number of series and categories that occur in your data source

·        The Minimum Value and Maximum Value that correspond to your query

The chart preview will then correspond to the number of data series and categories of the final chart, and you will be able to judge its appearance more easily. The values are determined using random data.

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Specify the maximum Number of Data Series and Number of Categories to be displayed in your chart, even if the data source contains more series or categories.

The same is true for Minimum Value and Maximum Value.

Step 3: Value of properties

In this step of the wizard you can determine the specific properties of all rows in your chart or you define each row individually (for all pie charts and polar charts: categories).

For example, you can change the chart type for just one series or label only one series.

       1.      In the upper left window, select All Series or choose an individual series.

       2.      Change the property for the selected series in the lower area of the window.

You can usually change the color and border color here, as well as the labels of a series. The properties available depend on the chart type.

Step 4: Element properties

In this step of the wizard you can set specific properties that affect the background, the drawing area or the legend. Sie können darüber hinaus die Schrift des Chart-Titels und Chart-Untertitels anpassen.

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·        For example, you can set a color ramp in the background:

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                            a.      Select Background in the upper left window.

                            b.      Enter a Color and a Secondary Color. Determine a color ramp in the Gradient field.

·        You can set the same properties for the drawing area and you can also set a transparency by entering a value between 0 and 100 into the Transparency field.

·        If you select Title or Subtitle you can determine the font, its orientation, size, color and style.

·        In order to change the properties of the legend, select the legend. Now, in the lower left window, you can set whether the legend should be visible (Visibility), whether you only want to see the legend (Only Legend) and where the legend should be positioned (for example Orientation ®  Left).

Step 5: Axis properties

You can format the axes of your chart in this step.

The wizard omits this step for chart types without a vertical axis, such as a pie chart.

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       1.      Select the required axis in the upper left window.

       2.      Choose the corresponding properties in the lower left-hand area.

If more axes are offered for formatting than are visible in the chart preview, the additional axes do not have the property Visibility. Check the Visibility field beneath the axis in question to make it visible and then format it as required.

Step 6: Completion

You close the wizard in the last step. You have the following options:

·        Choose Chart Designer to continue working on the chart.

·        Choose Complete to save the formatting settings for the chart and return to the Web Application Designer.

Result

Your settings are now saved with the Web item in the Web Application Designer. You can edit the chart and change your settings whenever you want. If you last edited the chart using the wizard, the wizard will also be opened when you next edit it.