Oracle Application Server Discoverer Plus User's Guide 10g (9.0.4) Part Number B10268-01 |
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Use this dialog to configure the Y-axis (i.e. the vertical axis) of a graph. For example, you might want to specify a title for the Y-axis.
Note: The fields that you use to specify a graph depend on the graph type selected.
This dialog is also displayed as:
For more information, see:
"About using graphs in Discoverer"
"About components of a Discoverer graph"
Use this check box to display or hide the Y-axis graph title defined in the box below. By default, the title is displayed to the left the Y-axis.
Use this button to add report information derived from dynamic values to the Y-axis title (e.g. workbook name, current date, current time). These dynamic values are updated automatically when you display, print, or export a graph.
Use this button to display the "Graph Wizard dialog: Font dialog tab", which enables you to change the font style of the Y-axis label.
Use this drop down list to change the weight of the Y-axis line.
Use this color pane to change the color of the Y-axis line.
Use the following fields to change the scale of the X-axis.
Use this field to change the default lower axis range. Select the Set automatically check box if you want Discoverer to select the best range for you.
Use this field to change the default higher axis range. Select the Set automatically check box if you want Discoverer to select the best range for you.
Use this field to change the default incremental axis range, or the granularity of the graph. Select the Set automatically check box if you want Discoverer to select the best range for you.
Use this field to specify a starting value for the Y-axis. For example, you might have a monthly sales target of 10,000 units and you want to emphasis how total sales for each month relate to the 10,000 target. In other words, on a vertical Bar graph you want to:
To achieve this graph layout you set the base line value to 10,000.
Note: The Base line value field is grayed out on the following types of graph:
Note: If you are familiar with graphs in Microsoft Excel, changing the base line value is similar to setting the Category value in Microsoft Excel graphs.
Use this check box to change the default linear scale of the X-axis to a logarithmic scale. When you select this check box, the adjacent Base drop down list becomes active, which enables you to change the default logarithmic base value.
You might use a logarithmic scale when you have numeric data that is widely spaced and you want to maintain the visibility of the smaller values. For example, if you had data ranging in value from 10 to 100,000 and you use the default linear scale, smaller values might not register on the graph. If you changed to a logarithmic scale of base 10, the smaller values would register on the graph.
Note: The e value in the Base drop down list is equal to 2.71 (sometimes referred to as a natural logarithm).
Use this button to display the Reference Lines dialog, which enables you to define up to three lines on a graph to emphasize particular data values on a graph. For example, you might add a reference line show the target sales value, to emphasize which regions achieved a target. For an example of a reference line on a graph, see "About components of a Discoverer graph".
Use this button to display the "Graph Wizard dialog: Font dialog tab", which enables you to change the font style of the Y-axis label.
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