Format Area Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Format Area dialog box to format the areas of an area chart.

Server displays the dialog box when you right-click an area chart and select Format Graph from the shortcut menu.

Format Area dialog

Depth

Specify the depth properties of the chart areas.

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

Static Data Label

Specify the properties of the static data labels on the areas.

Show Static Data Label
Select true if you want to show the static data labels on the areas. Only when it is true can the following static data label properties work.
Style
Select the display type for data values in the static data labels.
- Value
  Select to display the value for each area node.
- Percent
  Select to display the percentage of each area node to the total.
- Value and Percent
  Select to display the value and the percentage for each area node.
Position
Select the position of the static data labels on the areas.
- Autofit
  Select to display the static data labels automatically.
- Top Center
  Select to display the static data labels in the upper center of the nodes on the areas.
- Top Left
  Select to display the static data labels on the upper left of the nodes on the areas.
- Top Right
  Select to display the static data labels on the upper right of the nodes on the areas.
- Bottom Left
  Select to display the static data labels on the lower left of the nodes on the areas.
- Bottom Center
  Select to display the static data labels in the lower center of the nodes on the areas.
- Bottom Right
  Select to display the static data labels on the lower right of the nodes on the areas.
Auto Arrange
Area charts do not support this property.
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.

Graph Border

Specify the properties for the border of the areas.

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.
Customize Chart Value Names
Select if you want to customize the names of the fields used as the values in the chart. Server uses the customized names in the data marker hint. Then select the ellipsis button to open the Customize Chart Value Names dialog box.

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

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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