Formatting the Visual Appearance of Graphs

Before you start

You must have one of the following user type permissions:

• BI Author Limited

• BI Author Developer

• BI Tenant Administrator

Here's what to do

1. Edit the analysis.
2. In the results tab, click Edit View for the graph view.
3. Click Edit Graph Properties on the toolbar of the graph editor.
4. Click the Graph Properties dialog: Style tab.
5. Click the Style and Conditional Formatting button.
6. Click Style and Conditional Formatting dialog: Style Formatting tab to format the appearance of a graph based on position of the graph elements.

   To add a custom formatted position:

   1. Select the tab for the graph element (for example, bar) to which you want to add a custom formatted position.
   2. Click the Add new position button. A new position entry is displayed in the Custom Formatted Positions table.
   3. Specify the formatting. For example, to select the color to be applied to the position, click the down arrow next to the Color box to access the Color Selector dialog. (Note that the formatting options depend on the element.)
7. Click the Style and Conditional Formatting dialog: Conditional Formatting tab to format the appearance of a graph based on a condition that is applied to columns.
   To add a condition to a column:
   1. Click Add Condition Format and select the column to which you want to apply a condition.
   2. Select the operator and enter a column value, or a range of column values for this condition.
   3. Click OK when you have finished.
      The new condition is displayed in the Conditional Formatting tab.
   4. To select the color to be applied to column values when the condition is met, click the down arrow next to the Color box to access the Color Selector dialog.
8. Click OK.