In a report template, a chart consists of three basic areas: the platform, paper, and legend. The chart platform is a container for other chart elements, and the chart paper holds walls, axes, data markers, axis values, and category names.
Chart platform
The container of other chart elements, such as chart paper and chart legend.
Chart wall
The area that graphically displays the data being charted.
Chart paper
The canvas on which the main chart is drawn. The chart paper contains walls, axes, data markers, axis values, and category names.
Chart legend
Chart legend is a box to identify the patterns or colors assigned to the data categories or series in a chart. A chart legend may contain one or more legend entries, and each entry is composed of a mark and a label. You can show or hide the legend on a chart using shortcut menu option. An indicator chart whose values are represented by images and an organization chart does not have the legend.
Chart label
A chart label can be used as the chart title or axis title. You can insert a label anywhere inside a chart.
Axis values
Each axis is divided by some tick marks, and each tick mark is associated with a value which is by default along the axis.
Axis gridlines
Lines that extend from the tick marks on an axis across the wall of a chart. They help readers of the chart easily find out what value is represented by a tick mark.
Category names
DBField and formula values can be used as category axis names.
Data series names
DBField and formula values can be used as series names.
Data markers
Data markers with the same pattern represent one data series. Each data marker represents one value from the chart data.
Hint
A hint message that displays the value of a data marker when the mouse pointer points at the data marker in Designer view mode, in HTML result, or at server runtime.
Motion control section
A section of a motion chart. It is composed of the following elements, which you can use to make a chart move based on the value changes of the motion field bound in the motion bar.
Play button
The play button controls whether the chart will be moving or static.
Motion bar
The motion bar is bound with a motion field. When the value of the motion field changes, the chart will display its dynamic trend.
Speed control
It allows you to control the moving speed of the chart.
Trail control
Available only for bubble charts. It controls whether the chart will show a trail of previous values in bubbles or lines.
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