Grouping Data Creating and Using Chart Views

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4.2.3 Configuring Chart View General Formatting Properties

Although they have differences when displayed, chart views have formatting characteristics in common. In addition to the general properties common to all views see Section 6.2, Configuring General Formatting Properties , the properties in Table 4–2 are also available.

4.2.4 Grouping Data

Data is organized in groups in the Chart views, and also the Collapsed List view. For example, using the SamplesProduct Sales data object Figure 4–1 a bar chart displays data grouped by the Company field. Table 4–2 General Properties for Chart Views Property Description Show When Chart Empty When there is no data to display in a chart the text entered in the field is shown. Chart Title Displays a chart title in addition to the view title. You can enter a custom chart title or choose a field from the list. Vertical Axis Label Displays a label along the vertical axis of the chart available for all charts except Pie Charts. You can enter a custom label or choose a field from the list. Select On Side or At End from the second list to determine the orientation of the label. Horizontal Axis Label Displays a label along the horizontal axis of the chart available for all charts except Pie Charts. You can enter a custom label or choose a field from the list. Select On Bottom or At End from the second list to determine the orientation of the label. Display Legend Displays a legend of the colors and patterns used in the chart. Include Aggregate Function In Series Displays the aggregate function in the series. Allow Diagonal Group Labels When space is limited, enables group labels to be displayed diagonally available for all charts except Pie Charts. Show Group Labels Displays group labels available for all charts except Pie Charts. Suppress Empty Groups When no data is available for a particular group, no pie slice is displayed available in Pie Charts only. Explode All Slices Displays pie slices in exploded view when the view is opened available in Pie Charts only. Creating and Using Views 4-11 Figure 4–1 Bar Chart If the numeric fields needed to group by are in the Chart Values list, select Include Value Fields to display in the Group By list. When you group by week, quarter, or year, week is based on a Sunday through Saturday week, and year is based on a January through December year with Q1 starting January 1. If you choose to group by a field of type datetime, some additional configuration is required. See Section 4.2.5, Configuring Time Groups.