Customizing Charts

In This Section:

This chapter describes the kinds of charts you can create and the ways in which you can format them. The following topics create the basic framework for customizing charts:

A chart is a graphical representation of report data from a grid on a report. The chart retrieves data dynamically from the grid, so if data in the grid changes, the chart is updated automatically.

You can define and format the following components of a chart:

Chart type and data content
Chart attributes such as title, title angle, font angle, and background formatting
Legend and axis information such as labels, font, background color, and orientation
Formatting options specific to a chart type, such as bar width for a bar chart
Horizontal and vertical positioning of a chart on a report

You can hide the controlling grid to display only the chart in your report. For more information, see Hiding Rows, Columns, or Grids.

For information about adding charts to your report, see Inserting Charts.