Chart Definition dialog

The dialog appears when you right-click a chart which is based on a business/report cube and select Format Chart from the shortcut menu. It helps you to modify the definition of the chart and contains the following three tabs:

• Chart Type tab
• Display tab
• Style tab

OK

Applies the settings and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Chart Type tab

This tab allows you to set the type of the chart. See the tab.

Chart Type

Lists all the chart types.

Subtype

Shows subtypes of the selected chart type in thumbnail form.

Chart Type Groups

Lists the subtype(s) defined for the chart.

Removes the selected subtype.

Display tab

This tab allows you to set the fields that will be displayed in the chart. See the tab.

Resources

Displays all the dimension objects and measure objects used in the chart.

Adds the selected cube element to the chart.

Removes the selected cube element.

Category

Lists the dimension object that will be displayed on the category axis.

Series

Lists the dimension object that will be displayed on the series axis.

Show Values

Lists the measure object(s) that will be displayed on the value axis.

Order/Select N

Opens the Order/Select N dialog to define the sort order and Select N condition in the chart.

Style tab

This tab allows you to select a style for the chart. See the tab.

Style

Lists the available styles.

• Custom
  There is no style information in this style and it is only used to support reports built with previous versions which did not bind any style or the bound style cannot be found in the style list.

Preview

Displays a diagram illustrating the effect of the selected style on the chart.