SparkBar Chart Designer

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This dialog is used to format any SparkBar In-Cell Charts in your report.

For details about how to invoke the dialog, see In-Cell Chart Designer.

Chart Options

Colours 1 to 8
Specify the colours used for the bars. If the bar is positive, the data points will start with colour 1; if the bar is negative, the data points will start with colour 5.
Stacked bar chart
The total bar width varies according to the total
100% stacked bar chart
The widths are all equal, with the widths of individual data points showing their proportion of the total
Custom bar length
Specifies the maximum chart width
Show zero bars
Specifies whether to draw bars for zero-valued data points

Value Label Options

Use value labels
If selected, each bar is labelled with its total value
Before bar
The value label is rendered to the left of the chart itself
After bar
The value label is rendered to the right of the chart itself
Number format
Specifies the format string for the value labels
Label colour
The colour for the value labels
Font
Allows you to choose the typeface and size of the value labels

Axis Options

Customise axis
Allows you to choose further options defining how the formula cell (for In-Cell Chart formulae), or the member name (when used in Grids) is rendered
Use title only
Uses the given text as a caption
Axis with tickmarks above
Draws a horizontal axis, with tickmarks and optional labels above the axis
Axis with tickmarks below
Draws a horizontal axis, with tickmarks and optional labels below the axis
Custom tickmark frequency
Overrides the automatic calculation of major tickmarks
Minor ticks per major tick
Adds the given number of minor (labelless) tickmarks between each major tickmark
Show labels on major ticks
Specifies whether numeric labels should be rendered for the axis
Number format
The format string to be used for the axis labels
Custom axis minimum
Overrides the automatic minimum for the axis
Custom axis maximum
Overrides the automatic maximum for the axis

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