Configuring Charts for use in the Copy Scale Component

This procedure describes the process of configuring bar and line charts used by the Copy Scale component.

*  To configure bar and line charts:

  1. In Interactive Reporting Studio , open a dashboard that contains the Copy Scale component.

  2. Navigate to QIQ CopyScale Properties.

    To access the configuration frame, use Sections or the Configuration drop-down list found in Dashboard Studio.

    Use QIQ CopyScale Properties to specify the bar and line charts to which the component function is applied.

    When the component is merged into a dashboard, the default Interactive Reporting Studio behavior is applied to all bar and line charts.

  3. From Default Scale Configuration, select an option.

    Default Scale Configuration applies the selected option to all bar and line charts (without an applied explicit configuration).

    • Do not adjust the scales—Applies the default Interactive Reporting Studio behavior for all charts

    • Apply maximum scale to both axes—Selects the larger scale of a bar and line chart and applies it to the left and right axes of all bar and line charts

  4. To apply another configuration for charts, from Explicit Scale Configuration, select an option to manipulate chart sections.

    • All Dashboards—All frames in the dashboard

    • Unconfigured Dashboards—Only frames with the default scale applied

    • Configured Dashboards—Only frames that contain explicit settings

  5. In Explicit Scale Configuration, from the drop-down list, select a frame to be manipulated.

  6. Optional: Click View button to view the selected frame.

  7. From Configure Selected Dashboard, select an option to set the scales to apply to the charts.

    • Do not adjust the scales—Applies the default Interactive Reporting Studio behavior for selected charts

    • Apply maximum scale to both axes—Enables the scale of the selected chart to be manipulated

    All available chart sections from the selected frame are displayed in Use Default Scale.

  8. Select the chart to be configured, and click Move Right button to identify the underlying chart sections on the frame.

    Charts are listed as Chart1, Chart2, and so on, not as the display names assigned by the dashboard developer.

  9. Click Apply.

    The scales on the selected charts are configured.

The Copy Scale feature takes effect only after the embedded charts are associated through the Associate step in Dashboard Studio.

*  Optional: To determine the name of the chart that is being configured:

  1. Move to the frame that contains the chart.

  2. Press Ctrl+D to enter Design mode.

  3. Perform an action:

    • Click the chart and note the name provided on the status bar

    • Double-click the chart to view the name in Properties

    If the selected section is not a bar and line chart, the scale settings are not applied until the chart type is changed to bar and line.

  4. Press Ctrl+D to exit Design mode.