Use the Value Axis panel to specify options for the value axis of a graph. Depending on the graph type that you are using, the value axis can be the X-axis, Y1-axis, or Y2-axis. The value axis represents data values.
Show Axis title box -- Specifies whether to show the title for the value axis.
Insert box -- Presents tokens that represent variable text, which you can insert into the title. The graph resolves the token and displays appropriate text. For example, if you insert "Dimension," then the title displays the names of any dimensions on the axis.
Axis Title Font button -- Displays the Font dialog box, where you set font attributes for the axis title.
Axis Title box -- Displays the title of the value axis. You can type custom text or use variables that are provided by the Insert box.
Line thickness box -- Specifies a thickness for the line of the value axis.
Line color box -- Specifies a color for the line of the value axis.
Minimum box -- Specifies the low value for the axis.
Set automatically box -- Specifies whether you want the graph to set the low value for the axis. Clear this box to set the minimum manually.
Maximum box -- Specifies the high value for the axis.
Set automatically box -- Specifies whether you want the graph to set the high value for the axis. Clear this box to set the maximum manually.
Note: Automatic scaling usually results in the most accurate representation of your data. Manipulating the minimum and maximum values might hide data or distort the differences between data values. Also, if the maximum value is less than the minimum value, then the graph appears inverted.
Increment box -- Specifies the increment between the tick marks on the value axis. For example, if the scale is from 0 to 100 and the incremental scale value is 20, then tick marks appear at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 on the value axis.
Set automatically box -- Specifies whether you want the graph to set the increment. Clear this box to set the value manually.
Base line value box -- Specifies the value that bars and area markers originate from. For example, if you are plotting Fahrenheit temperature data, you might set the base line to 32 to represent temperatures that are below freezing with bars that appear below the baseline.
Logarithmic scale box -- Specifies whether to use a logarithmic scale for the value axis. For example, on a scale ranging from 0 to 100, a logarithmic scale with a base value of 2 results in tick marks at the following places on the value axis: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. Logarithmic scales are typically used in a rate-of-change graph.
Base box -- Specifies the logarithmic base value for the scale of value axis, such as 2, e, or 10. This is the exponent that the graph uses to determine where to put the tick marks.
Reference Lines button -- Displays the Reference Lines dialog box, where you specify the display of reference lines on the graph.
Axis Label Font button -- Displays the Font dialog box, where you specify font attributes for the axis labels.