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Format Activity Gauge Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Format Activity Gauge dialog box to format an activity gauge chart. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click on an activity gauge chart and select Format Graph from the shortcut menu.

This topic contains the following sections:

You see these elements on all the tabs:

OK

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 button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Circular Graph Tab Properties

Specify the properties for circles in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Circular Graph

Circular

Specify the size of the circles.

  • Hole Size
    Specify the relative size of a circle in a percentage of total circle size.
  • Circular Gap
    Specify the distance between the circles.
  • Start Style
    Specify the style for the start graph of the circles.
  • End Style
    Specify the style for the end graph of the circles.
  • Start Mark
    Specify the mark for the start graph of the circles.
  • Stop Mark
    Specify the mark for the stop graph of the circles.

Fill

Specify the color of the circles.

  • Color
    Specify the color of the circles.
  • Color List
    Select to open the Color List dialog box, and then specify the color of the circles.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency for color of the circles.
  • Background
    Specify the background color of the circles.
    • Auto
      Select if you want to use colors that are lighter than the circles automatically. Server disables the Background property when Auto is selected.
  • Use Range Color
    Select if you want to use the color you defined for the ranges as the color of the circles. Then, Server disables the Color, Color List, and Transparency properties in the tab.

Value

Specify the values you want to display in the chart.

  • Minimum Value
    Specify the minimum value in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property.
  • Maximum Value
    Specify the maximum value in the chart. You can also use a formula to control the property.

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Pointer Tab Properties

Specify properties of the pointers in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Pointer

Show Pointer Value

Select if you want to show the pointer values.

  • Position
    Select the position relationship of the value and the pointers. If you select customized, the X and Y settings in the General tab of the Format Pointer Label dialog box will take effect.

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Target Tab Properties

Specify properties of the target in the activity gauge.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Target

Use Target Value

Select if you want to use the target value for the activity gauge.

  • Target Value
    Specify the value of the target. You can also use a formula to control the value.

Target Value

Specify properties of the target value.

  • Show Target Value
    Select if you want to show the target value on the activity gauge.
    • Position
      Select the position of the target value relative to the circle. If you select customized, the X and Y settings in the General tab of the Format Target Label dialog box will take effect.

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Frame Tab Properties

Specify properties for the frame of the activity gauge chart.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Frame

Size

Specify the size properties of the frame.

  • Frame Size
    Specify the size of the frame.

Fill

Specify the color and transparency of the frame.

  • Fill
    Specify the color you want to fill the frame.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency of the color you want to fill the frame.

Border

Specify the properties for the border of the frame.

  • Line Style
    Specify the line style you want to apply to the border.
  • Border Type
    Specify the type of the border.
  • Color
    Specify the color of the border. To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency for color of the border.
  • Thickness
    Specify the thickness of the border, in inches.

Gauge Group Name

Specify the properties for the gauge group name.

  • Show Gauge Group Name
    Select if you want to show names for the circles in the activity gauge which are values of the field on its category axis. If the activity gauge contains no category field, the group name shows Report by default.
    • Position
      Select the position of the names relative to the circles. If you select customized, the X and Y settings in the General tab of the Format Gauge Label dialog box will take effect.

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Range Color Tab Properties

Specify different colors to fill the circles in the activity gauge in different ranges.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Range Color

Add buttonAdd button

Select to add a new color range.

Remove buttonRemove button

Select to remove the selected color range.

Minimum

Specify the minimum value of the range.

Maximum

Specify the maximum value of the range.

Color

Specify the color schema of the range.

Select in the color cell. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.

Name

Specify the name of a range.

Others

Specify the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you define.

  • Name
    Specify the name for the values.
  • Color
    Specify the color for the values. To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.

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Hint Tab Properties

Specify properties of the data marker hint.

Format Activity Gauge dialog - Hint

Show Category and Series

Select to include the category and series values in the data marker hint.

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.

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