Format Bar Dialog Box Properties

You can use the Format Bar dialog box to format the bars of a bar chart or bench chart. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

Format Bar dialog box

Style

Select the style of the bars in the chart.

Normal
Select to make the bars be quadrate.
Cylinder
Select to make the bars be columned. It takes effect only when you select Use Depth in the dialog box.
Vary Colors
Select to make each bar of the chart take a different color schema. It takes effect for clustered bar/bench types when the chart has no series field.

Size

Specify the size of the bars in the chart.

Depth

Specify the depth properties for the bars of the chart.

Use Depth
Select true if you want to make the bars visually three-dimensional.
- Depth
  Specify the depth of the bars, in inches.
- Depth Direction
  Specify the angle of the axis along the depth of the bars, in degrees.

Static Data Label

Specify the properties of the static data labels on the bars. 3D bar/bench charts do not support this property.

Show Static Data Label
Select true if you want to show the static data labels on the bars. Only when it is true can the following static data label properties work.
Data Label Type
Select the display type for data values in the static data labels.
- percent
  Select to display the percentage of each bar to the total.
- value
  Select to display the value for each bar.
- value and percent
  Select to display the value and the percentage for each bar.
Position

Autofit
Select to display the static data labels automatically.
Outside Top
Select to display the static data labels on the outside top of the bars.
Inside Top
Select to display the static data labels on the inside top of the bars.
Inside Center
Select to display the static data labels at the inside center of the bars.
Inside Bottom
Select to display the static data labels at the inside bottom of the bars.

Inside Center

Inside Top

Inside Bottom

true

true
Server displays the static data labels horizontally at the specified position if the bars have enough space horizontally, otherwise displays them vertically. If a bar does not have enough space both vertically and horizontally, Server does not display its static data label.
false
Server displays the static data labels at the specified position. If data labels overlap, Server does not display some of them.

Auto Scale in Number
Select true if you want to automatically scale the values that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:
- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Report uses the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
- When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Report uses scientific notation to scale the values.
The default value auto means that the setting follows that of the chart platform.

Graph Border

Specify the properties for the border of the bars.

Show Border
Select to show the border and enable the border properties.
- Line Style
  Select the line style of the border.
- Color
  Specify the color of the border.
- Thickness
  Specify the thickness of the border.
- Transparency
  Specify the transparency for the border color.

Hint

Specify the properties of the data marker hint.

Show Category and Series
Auto Scale in Number
Select true if you want to automatically scale the values that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:
- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Report uses the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
- When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Report uses scientific notation to scale the values.
The default value auto means that the setting follows that of the chart platform.

Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

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