Characteristics
Each chart target shows the following characteristics:
- A non-adjustable input name e.g. primary, value, size, etc.
- Some targets also have a 'Properties' button, that is generally meaningful even if no source has been applied
- For targets that have no source assigned:
- some sort of drop-zone indicator e.g. 'Drop items here'
- For targets that do have a source assigned:
- the column source name i.e. column name
- an icon, indicating the column source type
- depending on the source, a drop-down arrow to allow data aggregation, see 'Pivoting' below
Information about individual chart targets
Primary | Source identifies the row being shown. | Properties actually shows primary axis properties. | |
Values | Source shows the value of the row. | Properties shows primary axis properties, with a few series properties tacked on. Special case for hero text - has its own properties page here. | |
End Values | Source shows the other end of a value range. | ||
Size | Adjusts the size of the data point (bubble chart). | ||
Associate | Identifies the related data, for hierarchies/networks. | ||
Colour | Unique values get assigned unique colours. | Or if the report column has conditional formatting, this can be activated in the colour properties. | |
Text | Show a data label with this source value on all data points. | ||
Image | The background is painted with this image. | Can only be assigned a report image column. | |
Symbol | Unique values get assigned unique symbols, until all are exhausted. |
Drag and drop
Drag and drop is the only way to assign chart sources to chart targets.
- A source can be dragged from the toolbox to a target. This creates a new chart source entity
- The same source can be dropped in multiple places.
- Sources cannot be removed from the toolbar.
- A source can be dragged from one chart target to another. This creates a copy of the chart source entity
- A source can be removed from a chart target by dragging it onto the background