The Chart property consists of three panels  - chart elements,  - chart element's properties,  - an interactive sample

Chart Elements

Series

Each series corresponds to a reporting field in a report setup. The visual appearance is defined by series' properties and data is provided be the corresponding reporting field.

Global series properties

Properties, which are applied to all series in the chart.

Gallery - Chart type. When you set the gallery with this property it applies to all the series in the chart. If you want to create a multitype (or combination chart) please use individual series property.

Stacked 100% - Allows you to select the stacked style in the chart. Applicable for Bars, Areas, and Gantts.

3D - Toggles the chart between 2D and 3D modes.

Cluster (Z Axis) - Displays a z-clustered 3D chart. Applicable for cluster capable charts (can not be used for pies, surfaces). When displaying a clustered chart, each series will have its own position in the z axis. Area charts are always clustered as there is no way to paint different series side by side.

Depth - 3D charts only. The value is a percentage of the marker's width (the distance between two consecutive points in the X-Axis). For example: 100% means the marker will have a depth equals to its width. 200% means the marker will have a depth double than its width.

3D View - 3D charts only. Allows you to enable or disable 3D view of the chart. Also permits angle and perspective attribute assignments.

Perspective - 3D view only. Allows you to set a 3D perspective to control the view of the chart depth. The perspective value specifies the ratio of the front of the chart to the back of the chart. It ranges from 0 (default) degrees to 100 degrees.

Y Rotation - 3D view only. Allows you to set a 3D rotation angle around the Y-axis. The value can be set to an integer between [0-360] indicating the degree of rotation around the Y-axis. To avoid jagged lines we recommend you use prominent angles (for example: 0,30,45,60,90, etc).

X Rotation - 3D view only. Allows you to set a 3D rotation angle around the X-axis. The value can be set to an integer between [0-360] indicating the degree of rotation around the X-axis. To avoid jagged lines we recommend you use prominent angles (for example: 0,30,45,60,90, etc).

Light - 3D view only. Allows to specify the light setting for a 3D chart.

Stacked - 2D pies only. A multi-sires pie/doughnut chart will draw each series on top of each other instead of side-by-side. The volume property may be used to control the size of each series. The first series is painted behind the others, so it should be set as the largest.

Shadows - 2D pies only. Adds a shadow effect to a 2D pie chart. When the Shadows property is applied to a 2D Pie chart, the outside edges of the pie appear rounded.

Slice separation - Pies only. Allows to set how the slices of a pie chart are displayed. The property can have the following values: pie slices are not separated; all pie slices are separated; only first pie slice is separated; only last pie slice is separated.

Distance - Sets the pie slice separation when using the Slice separation mode

Square ratio - Pies only. Forces pie charts to be contained in a perfect square

Palette - Allows you to set a pre-defined palette which affects color schema all chart's elements.

Sample points - Number of data points to use in the interactive sample.

Min number of bars - Bars, Gantts only. Use this property to keep bars width predictable when the number of bars is low.

Individual series properties

Visible - Shows/hides the series from the chart.

Gallery - Chart type. TARGET Reports support multiple chart types in a single chart.

Shape - Bar, cylinder, pyramid, and cone. Shapes are applicable for bars and gantts.

Stacked - Allows you to stack the selected series with the previous series to achieve multi-stacked charts. Stacked option applies only to Bar and Area charts

Color mode - TARGET Reports supports four color modes: Palette, Gradient, Data driven, and Fixed (except pies). Palette - the color is picked from the current palette; Gradient - allows to specify color from and color to, the resulting color will be an interpolation between the two; Data driven - select a reporting field to define the series' colors (color coding); Fixed - select a fixed color for the series.

Spline - Applies to lines and areas. Draws smoothed curves - spline approximation.

Show markers - 2D charts only. Draws point markers for the series. Markers shape and size can be controlled.

Ini values - This property applies to Bar, Area and Gantt charts only. It's an array property used to set initial values to the data points to achieve floating bars and area charts. You should select a reporting field to provide data for this property.

Volume - Allows you to specify a volume for a data point markers. By adjusting the volume, you can modify the amount of space you want between the items in the series. The property controls series diameter in case of pie charts.

Point Labels - Displays the value on each data point for the series. The following point levels properties can be controlled: font, color, angle, alignment, values.
Values shown as point labels can be: Y values, X values, % (pie charts), and arbitrary values defined by another reporting field.

High, Low, Open, Close - array values defined by reporting fields for financial charts.

Chart

Background - Sets the background color for the entire image.

Chart background - Sets the background color for the chart area of the entire image.

Margins - Specifies left, top, right, and bottom margins between the chart area and the bounding rectangle. 

Vertical Ratio - Defines the chart's height relatively to the chart's width. 100% means that height is equal to width.

Show Legend - Shows the legend box. Legend's position, font, foreground and background colors can be controlled.

Axes

Axes frame - Changes the style of the axes surrounding the chart area.

Frame color - Sets color of the axes frame.

Allow Y2 axis - Shows secondary Y axis.

Axis

Minimum - Defines the minimum value of the selected axis. You can enter a constant numeric values or word "auto" - in that case the minimum value will be calculated automatically. If you want to calculate the minimum value as a percentage of the actual minimum, you can enter 80% i.e.

Maximum - Defines the maximum value of the selected axis. You can enter a constant numeric values or word "auto" - in that case the maximum value will be calculated automatically. If you want to calculate the maximum value as a percentage of the actual maximum, you can enter 120% i.e.

Force 0 - Indicates whether or not to start an axis minimum value at zero.

Reversed - X axis only. All series data and the axis labels are inverted along the selected axis.

Show Axis - Show/hide the selected axis from the chart.

Show Labels - Show labels along the selected axis. The following labels properties can be controlled: font, color, angle, staggering.

Grid Lines - Shows/hides grid lines for the selected axis. Style and color of the grid lines can be edited.

Tick Marks - Controls tick marks style for the selected axis. The following style are supported: no tick marks; show tick marks on the outside of the selected axis; show tick marks on the inside of the selected axis; show tick marks that cross inside and outside the selected axis

Interlaced - Show the grid of alternating colors for the selected axis to improve chart readability

Related Sections

User Interface

Report Element

Property Editors

TARGET reporting concept