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Format Value (Y2) Axis Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box to format the value (Y2) axis of a chart. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a chart and select Format Axes (unavailable to pie, indicator, heat map, and org charts) > Format Value (Y2) Axis 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.

Axis Tab Properties

Specify the general properties for the axis.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Axis tab

Option

Specify the axis properties.

  • Minimum Value
    Specify the minimum value you want to display on the axis.
  • Maximum Value
    Specify the maximum value you want to display on the axis.
  • Increment
    Specify the difference between two adjacent values on the axis.
  • Number of Tick Marks
    Specify the number of tick marks you want to display on the axis.
  • Show Gridlines
    Select if you want to show the horizontal gridlines in the chart.
  • Show Percent
    Select if you want to show the value labels on the axis in percent. This property only applies to bullet, bar/bench, line, and area charts that are not 100% stacked type.

Line

Specify the line properties for the axis.

  • Color
    Specify the color of the line.
  • Style
    Specify the style of the line.
  • Transparency
    Specify the transparency for the color of the line.
  • Thickness
    Specify the thickness of the line, in inches.

Gap

Specify the gap properties for the labels on the axis.

  • Label Axis Gap
    Specify the distance between the label and the axis, in inches.
  • Best Effect
    Select if you want to adjust the labels on the axis automatically to make them placed best.

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Tick Mark Tab Properties

The tab consists of two sub tabs:

Major Tick Mark

Specify the properties of the major tick marks on the axis.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Major Tick Mark tab

Type

Specify the type of the major tick marks on the axis.

  • None
    Select if you don't want to display major tick marks on the axis. In this case, you needn't specify the other major tick mark related properties.
  • Inside
    Select to display major tick marks inside the chart.
  • Outside
    Select to display major tick marks outside the chart.
  • Cross
    Select to display major tick marks across the axis.

Line

Specify the line properties of the major tick marks on the axis.

  • Correlate with Axis
    Select if you want the line properties of the major tick marks to correlate with that of the axis automatically. You can clear this property and customize the line properties.
    • Color
      Specify the line color.
    • Style
      Select the line type.
    • Transparency
      Specify the transparency for the line color.
    • Thickness
      Specify the line thickness in inches.
  • Tick Mark Length
    Specify the line length in inches.

Option

Specify the other properties of the major tick mark labels on the axis.

  • Show Major Tick Mark Labels
    Select if you want to display the labels of the major tick marks on the axis. Then, Server enables the following properties.
  • Label Every N Major Tick Marks
    Specify the frequency at which you want to label the major tick marks.
  • Show Axis Label Tips
    Select if you want to display the complete label text when you hover over a label on the axis.
  • Number of Major Labels
    Specify the number of major tick mark labels you want to display on the axis.
    • Auto
      Select if you want all major tick mark labels to show.
    • Fixed
      Select and then you can specify the number of the major tick mark labels to display on the axis.

Minor Tick Mark

Specify the properties of the minor tick marks on the axis.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Minor Tick Mark tab

Type

Specify the type of the minor tick marks on the axis.

  • None
    Select if you don't want to display minor tick marks on the axis. In this case, you needn't specify the other minor tick mark related properties.
  • Inside
    Select to display minor tick marks inside the chart.
  • Outside
    Select to display minor tick marks outside the chart.
  • Cross
    Select to display minor tick marks across the axis.

Line

Specify the line properties of the minor tick marks on the axis.

  • Correlate with Axis
    Select if you want the line properties of the minor tick marks to correlate with that of the axis automatically. You can clear this property and customize the line properties.
    • Color
      Specify the line color.
    • Style
      Select the line type.
    • Transparency
      Specify the transparency for the line color.
    • Thickness
      Specify the line thickness in inches.
  • Tick Mark Length
    Specify the line length in inches.

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Font Tab Properties

Specify the font format for text in the major tick mark labels on the axis.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Font tab

Font

Specify the font face of the label text.

Size

Specify the font size of the label text.

Fill Type

Select the fill type of the label text: None, Color, Texture, or Gradient.

Color

Specify the color of the label text. It takes effect only when Fill Type in this tab is Color.

Transparency

Specify the color transparency of the label text.

Font Style

Select the font style of the label text: Plain, Bold, Italic, or Bold Italic.

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Orientation Tab Properties

Specify the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the axis.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Orientation tab

Automatic

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

  • If the text can completely display horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 0.
  • If the text cannot completely display horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 30 anticlockwise. Server displays an ellipsis (…) from the right side of the label, along with part of the name instead of the entire name.

Angle

Select and then customize the rotation angle of the major tick mark label text on the axis.

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Format Tab Properties

Specify the data format of the major tick mark labels on the axis. See Format.

Format Value (Y2) Axis dialog box - Format tab

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