Axis Terminology

The following table describes each axis in a chart.

Axis Name Usage in Bar Chart Usage in Line Chart Usage in Pie Chart

X-axis

Category

The horizontal axis, except in a horizontal bar chart, where the X-axis is the vertical axis.

The horizontal axis.

The set of pie slice labels.

Y-axis

Data Values

The vertical axis, except in a horizontal bar chart, where the Y-axis is the horizontal axis along the lower level of the chart.

The vertical axis.

The percentage of the circle that each pie slice occupies, and the corresponding numeric value.

Z-axis

Series

A set of labels in the legend. In the stacked bar or cluster bar charts, each series label corresponds to a bar segment or bar of a color that Siebel CRM displays in each stack or cluster.

A set of labels in the legend. In a line chart, each series label in the legend corresponds to one line.

Siebel CRM charts only the first entry in each series. Do not use a series field with a pie chart.