Chart Editor Sections

Chart Editor Sections

Chart Section

The Chart Section allows you to:

  • Refine Chart display parameters including the type of chart and its display characteristics.
  • Open the chart series window to apply functions and labels to the existing graphed data.
  • Alter the chart type from the default of a bivariate plot.

Chart display features are those which affect the overall appearance of the chart. They include those properties and methods that define the colour of the chart background, titles and their position, margins, borders and bevels, background images, frame and axis visible, pen colours and widths, 3D, walls, etc.

The Chart characteristics are grouped into the tabbed pages:

  • Series
  • Panel
  • Axes
  • General
  • Titles
  • Walls
  • Paging
  • Legend
  • 3D

See also:

  • Chart Editor
  • Chart Section

 

Series Section

In the series section, you can make specific changes to a series of your choice from the chart.

The section contains parameters dependent on the type of the series that is selected.

For example:

A Polar Series will show different parameters in the Series section than a Line Series.

Every Series type has, at least, 2 values for each point. These values are designed as X and Y point co-ordinates. Extended Series types have more than 2 values, like BubbleSeries has X, Y and Radius values for each point.

The Series characteristics are grouped into tabbed categories which will vary depending on the chart series chosen.

All charts will however have the tabbed pages of General, Format, Data Source  and  Marks.

Note

Series formatting is chart dependent and there are a multitude of formatting parameters for each individual series style. You are advised to select an appropriate series style for your data and spend time testing the formatting features to customise the look of your series. A comprehensive listing of all formatting possibilities is beyond the scope of this help guide, however the formatting tools are, for the most part, similar to those used to customise the chart e.g. see Chart Legend.

See also:

  • Chart Editor
  • Chart Series

 

Print Section

DataSight offers standard methods to print the on-screen chart 'as is' to the Printer.

Print your chart

  1. Go to the Chart Editor.
  2. Click the Print

This will print the chart to the Print Preview window as it appears on-screen.

You can change various print parameters, such as choosing Landscape or Portrait orientations, as required.

See also:

  • Print Your Chart

 

Tools Section

The extensive range of tools in the Chart Editor can be used to annotate your chart with text, lines, symbols and so on.

The features in the Tools section can be very useful and it is advised to spend some time familiarising yourself with the different possibilities.

The settings in many tools are already replicated in various Chart and Series Sections, and their addition provides another means by which you can refine your chart display.

There are three main types of tools:

  • Series Tools
  • Axis Tools
  • Other Tools

See also:

  • Chart Editor
  • Manage Tools

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