General chart properties

 

Chart title properties
Text	The label to use for the chart title.
Position	Top – Label is positioned above the chart. Bottom – Label is positioned below the chart.
Font	See Fonts.
Format	See Fonts.
Color	See Colors.
Highlight color	See Colors.
Legend properties
Show legend	Displays or hides the legend.
Legend style	Displays the legend horizontally or vertically.
Alignment	The position of the legend horizontally. Select Custom to enter an exact value in the X field.
Position	The position of the legend vertically. Select Custom to enter an exact value in the Y field.
X	The exact position of the legend in X direction.
Y	The exact position of the legend in Y direction.
Show border	Displays or hides a border around the legend.
Font	See Fonts.
Format	See Fonts.
Color	See Colors.
Highlight color	See Colors.
Plot properties
Left offset	The distance from the left chart area border to the plot.
Right offset	The distance from the right chart area border to the plot.
Top offset	The distance from the top chart area border to the plot.
Bottom offset	The distance from the bottom chart area border to the plot.
Coord limits – Low X	The minimum value of the X axis
Coord limits – High X	The maximum value of the X axis.
Coord limits – Low Y	The minimum value of the Y axis.
Coord limits – High Y	The maximum value of the Y axis.
Layers properties – Right-click to add or remove a chart layer
Name	A layer name.
Type	The chart type: Pie, Bar or Line. For chart type specific properties, see: • Pie chart properties. • Line chart properties. • Bar chart properties.
X axes properties – Right-click in the chart and select Add > Axis X to add another X axis.
Coord limits	See Plot properties above.
Label alignment	The horizontal position of the X-axis label. There are three fixed positions: • Left • Center • Right
Label vertical position	The vertical position of the X-axis label. There are three fixed positions: • Top • Center • Bottom
Label placement	The alignment of the X-axis label relative to the end points of the X-axis. There are two fixed positions: • Start • End
Logical X position	The X coordinate where the Y-axis intersects the X-axis. This value relates to the logical graph coordinates.
Logical Y position	The Y coordinate where the X-axis intersects the Y-axis. This value relates to the logical graph coordinates.
Logical width	The logical width of the axis.
Logical height	The logical height of the axis.
Draw behind	Select to draw the axis behind any overlapping plot.
Data label	The label for the axis.
Label style	See Fonts and Colors.
Line	See Border and fill properties.
Y axes – See corresponding X axes options.
Support lines – See the X/Y axes options. Note: The support lines Logical height property means the logical distance between each of the support lines. The Logical Y position property is the Y coordinate where the first support line intersects the Y axis.
Legacy	Set this option to Yes to use the text formatting engine available for pre-5.6 installations. Note: In a post-5.6 release only the native StoryTeller formatting engine may be available. If you have set BiDi and Shaping to Complex, this will not work for texts in a chart with Legacy set to Yes.
Data – Click in the field and click the browse button to open the Chart Data panel. See Chart Data panel.