Figure: Setting a Chart Layout Type
The data presentation is specified on the Layout tab. The Layout options are driven primarily as to whether the data set is a Record Set or Series Group.
Series groups can be presented in either a Simple Report consisting of a single chart or table, or a composite report, which can have multiple charts and tables.
Selecting either the Simple Report or Composite Report radio buttons updates the Layout tab with options to support creating the report layout.
For a simple chart layout, first enter a Report Title for the report. This title appears in the header for the chart. Select Chart and Chart Type from the Layout Type drop list.
Figure: Setting a Chart Layout Type
Supported chart types are the following:
| Chart Type | Dependencies | Fact | Dimension | Grouping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
None Supported for all series groups. |
Y-Axis | X-Axis | Each group is a different line. | |
None Supported for all series groups. |
Y-Axis |
X-Axis | Each group is a different bar. | |
| Candlestick | Non-count only | Y-Axis |
X-Axis |
Each group is a different stick. |
| Pie Chart | None Supported for all series groups. |
Pie | Pie Slice | Each group is displayed in a different pie chart. |
| Donut Chart | None Supported for all series groups. |
Donut | Donut Segment | Each group is displayed as a ring in the chart |
The Layout tab updates based on the selected chart type.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor | ||
| Show Cursor | Enabled | The cursor (mouse pointer) changes to a cross-hair when over plot. |
| Show Tooltip | Disabled | Displays a tooltip showing the cursor position. |
| Zoom | Enabled | Click-and-dragplot zooming. |
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Show Highlighter | Enabled | Tooltip providing information about the data point. |
| Legend | ||
| Show Legend | Disabled | Displays the chart legend. |
| Location | West | Sets the compass direction of the legend (nw, n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w) |
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Show Animation | Disabled | Animates the bars bottom to top and the line series left to right upon initial page load |
| Option | Default | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Determined Automatically | Minimum numerical value of the axis.(in data units, not pixels) | |
| Maximum | Determined Automatically | Maximum numerical value of the axis. (in data units, not pixels) |
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| Label | Dimension Name | Label to display for the axis. | |
| Tick Position | Outside | Specifies where to put the tick marks on the axis. (Outside, Inside, Cross) |
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| Mark Size | 4 | The length the tick will extend beyond the grid in pixels. For 'cross', length will be added above and below the grid boundary. (Default = 4) |
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| Label Format | Format string to use with the axis tick formatter |
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| Label Angle | Tick Label Angle | ||
| Show Gridline | Enabled | Draw lines across the grid. |
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| Show Tick Marks | Enabled | Show the tick marks. |
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| Show Tick Labels | Enabled | Show the tick labels. |
Refer toSeries Defaults for details. This option is hidden in case the Chart Type is Pie.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Line Width | 1.5 | Width of the line in pixels. |
| Line Color (CSS) | Determined Automaticaly | Color of line. |
| Show Shadow | True | Draw shadow on line. |
| Show Markers | True | Show data point markers. |
| Marker Style | Filled Circle | Circle, diamond, square, Filled Circle, Filled Diamond or Filled Square. |
| Show Point Label | Disabled | Places labels on the plot at the data point locations |
| Show Trend Line | Disabled | Draws trend line. |
For more option details, see http://www.jqplot.com/docs/files/jqplot-core-js.html.
For a simple table layout, first enter a Report Title for the report, which will appear in the header for the table and select Table from the Layout Type drop list. The Layout tab updates accordingly.
Figure: Select Table Layout
Note that the Available Cumulants and Selected Cumulants control is available when the Data Set > Fact is not equal to Count.
Figure: Select Cumulants
Figure: Composite Report
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The charts displayed depend on the types of fact and dimensions you have selected.Pie Charts are only offered for discrete dimensions.
Wherever applicable for a chart type, X and Y axis settings can be configured.
For XY Plots, Bar Charts and Candlestick Charts settings for displaying the series values can be configured.
The Document Layout allows you to create a complete HTML document which may serve as a dashboard in a corporate portal.
You can either edit the HTML document in WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) mode or (by clicking the source code icon) in HTML source code.
If the Data Set is specified as a Record Set, The Document Layout has access to the entire record set as an Angular JS Controller object. This way you can use HTML5 syntax in the HTML source code of the document HTML markup, e.g. by defining
<h1>Customers</h1>
<ul ng-repeat="record in recordSet">
<li>{{record.FirstName}} {{record.LastName}}</li>
</ul>
The Document Layout also allows you embed Report Definitions you have already defined by dragging and dropping these from the Reporting Launch Panel into the Layout Tab, but not to the HTML Editor.
Combining HTML5 and embedding, you can e.g. display series of charts parameterized by criteria you use HTML5 for iteration, e.g.