Bar Properties and Horizontal Properties
To open this window and these tabs, select
Reports
, then Define Graphs
. Select Bar Properties
or Horizontal Properties
.note
- To enable the fields in this window, highlight a graph in the list andEdit, or selectAddto add a new graph.
- TheBar Propertiestab is only available when you select the Bar graph and theHorizontal Bar Propertiestab is only available when you select theHoriz. Bargraph. SelectGraph Typesto select a different graph type.
Fields & buttons
Style
Select a bar style to use for your graph.
Border button
Select this button to open the Border Color Editor window, in which you can modify how the area borders are displayed on the graph. You can select to display the border, change the width and color of the border, and select a border style.
Bar Side Margins
Mark this checkbox to expand the margins of the graph so that all data is displayed in the preview.
Pattern Style button
Select this button to open the Pattern Color Editor dialog, in which you can select a pattern and a color for the bars of data on the graph. You may want to apply a pattern to make the area graph easier to read if you are printing on a non-color printer.
No Color in Key
Mark this checkbox if you do not want to include a color in the graph's key for the selected graph variable.
Color button
Select this button to open the Color dialog, in which you can select a color to use for the bars of data on your graph.
% Bar Width
To change the width of the bars, enter a percentage between zero and 100 percent.
Multi Bar group box
Select one of the following options for your graph.
- None- Displays largest bars in background and smallest bars in foreground.
- Side- Displays a side view of the bars.
- Stacked- Displays all bars on top of each other.
- Stacked 100%- Displays each bar as a percentage of 100.