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Format Series (Z) Axis Dialog Box

You can use the Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box to format the series axis (the Z axis) of a chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box when you right-click any chart element and navigate to Format Axes > Format Series (Z) Axis on the shortcut menu, or double-click the series axis of a chart.

This dialog box contains the following tabs:

Designer displays these buttons in all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Apply

Select to apply all changes and leave the dialog box open.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Axis Tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the series axis.

Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box - Axis

Option

You can specify the axis options in this box.

  • Draw Axis Only
    Select if you do not want to show labels on the axis. Keep this option cleared if you want to draw the axis with labels.
  • Number of Labels
    Specify how many labels to display on the axis.
  • Show Axis Label Tips
    Select to display the complete label text when you point to a label on the axis.
  • Label Every N Tick Marks
    Specify to display a label every N tick marks.
  • Show Gridlines
    Select to show gridlines on the axis.

Line

You can specify line properties of the axis in this box.

  • Color
    Specify the color of the axis line. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal RGB value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.
  • Style
    Select the line style of the axis.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency of the axis line.
  • Thickness
    Specify the thickness of the axis line, in pixels.

Label

You can specify options for the labels on the axis in this box.

  • Label Axis Gap
    Specify the distance between the labels and the axis, in pixels.
  • Best Effect
    Select to adjust the labels automatically to place them at the best position on the axis. When you select this option, Designer hides some labels if they overlap.
  • Auto
    Designer enables this option if the axis displays a field, and uses the values of the field as the major tick mark labels on the axis by default. Clear it if you want to customize the label text.
    • Label Text
      Specify the text of the major tick mark labels on the axis. Select a field from the drop-down list to use its values as the label text or select Formula button and type the label text manually.

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Tick Mark Tab

Use this tab to specify properties of the tick marks on the series axis.

Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box - Tick Mark

Tick Mark

You can specify line properties of the tick marks in this box.

  • Correlate with Axis
    Select to apply the line properties that you define for the axis in the Axis tab to the tick marks. When you clear this option, you can specify line properties of the tick marks separately using the following options:
    • Color
      Specify the color of the tick marks. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal RGB value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.
    • Style
      Select the line style of the tick marks.
    • Transparency
      Specify the transparency of the tick marks.
    • Thickness
      Specify the thickness of the tick marks, in pixels.

Major Tick Mark

You can specify properties of the major tick marks on the axis in this box.

  • None
    Select if you do not want to display major tick marks on the axis.
  • Inside
    Select to display the major tick marks inside the axis.
  • Outside
    Select to display the major tick marks outside the axis.
  • Cross
    Select to display the major tick marks across the axis.
  • Major Tick Length
    Specify the length of the major tick marks on the axis.

Minor Tick Mark

You can specify properties of the minor tick marks on the axis in this box.

  • None
    Select if you do not want to display minor tick marks on the axis.
  • Inside
    Select to display the minor tick marks inside the axis.
  • Outside
    Select to display the minor tick marks outside the axis.
  • Cross
    Select to display the minor tick marks across the axis.
  • Major Tick Length
    Specify the length of the minor tick marks on the axis.

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Font Tab

Use this tab to specify the font style of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box - Font

Font

You can specify the font style of the text in the major tick mark labels in this box.

  • Font list
    This drop-down list contains all the font faces you can select to apply to the text.
  • Font Size
    Specify the font size of the text.
  • Font Color
    Specify the font color of the text. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal RGB value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency of the text.
  • Rotation
    Specify the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
  • Shearing
    Specify the gradient of the text.

Effects

You can specify the special effects of the text in the major tick mark labels in this box.

  • Style
    Select the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
  • Strikethrough
    Select the style of the horizontal line using which to strikethrough the text. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
  • Underline
    Select the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned. When you select "patterned line" or "bold patterned", Designer draws a line or bold line in the pattern of the text.

    • Note icon Web Report Studio and JDashboard do not support underlining chart text, therefore, this property is ignored when the chart runs in Web Report Studio or is used in a dashboard.

  • Superscript
    Select to raise the text above the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
  • Subscript
    Select to lower the text below the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
  • Embossed
    Select to make the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
  • Engraved
    Select to make the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
  • Outlined
    Select to display the exterior border around each character of the text.
  • Shadowed
    Select to add a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Sample

This box displays a preview sample based on your selections.

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Orientation Tab

Use this tab to specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box - Orientation

Automatic

Select to adjust the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the axis automatically according to the length of the label text, in degrees.

Angle

Select and specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the axis in the text box. When you change the rotation angle in the text box, the red line in the spin box changes correspondingly, and vice versa.

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Format Tab

Use this tab to specify the data format of the major tick mark labels on the series axis.

Format Series (Z) Axis dialog box - Format

Category & Format

These two boxes list the category types and the formats of each category that Designer provides by default. Select a category and a format for this category, then select Add to add it as the format of the category. You can add only one format for each category.

Properties

This text box shows the properties of the format that you select in the Format box. If the default formats Designer provides for a category cannot meet your requirement, you can define your own format in the text box and select Add to add it as the format of the category.

Auto Scale in Number

Specify whether to automatically scale the Number values that fall into the two ranges:

  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies 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, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.

By default, Designer selects "auto" for the option, meaning, Designer applies the setting that you specify for the same property on the chart in the Report Inspector for the values. If you select "true", Designer applies the specified format to the integer part of the values after scaling them; however, if the specified format conflicts with the logic of Auto Scale in Number, for example, the values display in percentage, Designer ignores the Auto Scale in Number setting. Select "false" if you do not want to scale the values.

Sample

This box displays a sample for the selected format.

Stack

This box lists all the formats that you select from different categories.

Add

Select to add a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Select to remove the specified format from the Stack box.

Apply

Select to apply the specified format to the major tick mark labels.

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