Series Overview

The Chart dashboard item supports a variety of series types - from simple bar and line charts to complex candle stick and bubble graphs.

Series Types

To switch between series types in the Dashboard Designer, click the Options button next to the required data item (or placeholder) in the Values section.

ChartValues_OptionsButton

In the invoked Series Options dialog, select the required series type and click OK.

Charts_SeriesOptionsDialog

You can also do this using the Series Type gallery in the Design Ribbon tab.

Charts_SeriesTypes_Ribbon

Series Options

To manage common series options, use the Common Options tab of the Series Options dialog.

Charts_SeriesOptions_CommonOptions

  • Plot on secondary axis - Specifies whether or not the secondary axis is used to plot the current series.

  • Ignore empty points - Specifies whether or not empty points are ignored when plotting the current series.

    Note that this option is in effect for the Line, Area and Range Area series.

  • Show point markers - Specifies whether or not to show point markers for the current series.

    Note

    Note that point markers are always shown when Master Filtering is enabled for the Chart dashboard item.

    Note that this option is in effect for the Line and Area series.

Series Point Labels

The Point Label Options tab of the Series Options dialog allows you to enable series point labels and manage their settings.

Charts_SeriesOptions_PointLabelOptions

  • Show point labels - Specifies whether or not to show point labels for the current series.
  • Content - Specifies the type of content displayed within point labels.
  • Overlapping mode - Specifies the label overlap mode.
Note

The Web viewer can only use one overlapping mode on a chart with multiple series. In cases where different overlapping modes are selected for different series, the viewer will select the mode for all series with the following priority from those selected:

  1. Reposition overlapping labels: Web viewer will stack labels that would otherwise overlap
  2. None: Labels will not be repositioned, such that some may be obscured by the presence of another label
  3. Hide overlapping labels: Labels that overlap will not be shown
  • Orientation - Specifies the orientation of point labels.

Bar options

Note

These settings are in effect for Bar series only.

  • Show for zero values - Specifies whether or not to show labels for points with zero values.
  • Position - Specifies the position of point labels relative to bars.
Note

The stacked bar chart type only allows Inside position.