Area Series

Area series have one data value per series element that represents a value in a sequence of values. The series displays the collection of these values as a graphical region. Area series may be mixed with Bar, Line, Base-Error, Hi-Lo, and Hi-Lo-Open-Close series.

Area Series accept dragged colors to set the fill color or line color, and accept dragged images to fill their bounds with the image. Other attributes of an Area series may be changed using the Area series Inspector Panel.

2D Area series are converted to 3D Area series by turning on the GridÕs 3D Effect. This is done in the Grid Inspector.


Area Series Inspector

When an Area series is selected in the chart, the Inspector displays the controls that are used to set its attributes.  The Area Series Inspector contains a tab view with three tabs: Style, Labels, and Shared.  The contents of each of those tabs is addressed separately below.


Style Tab

The attributes set with controls found in the tab labeled ÒStyleÓ apply only to the currently selected series. Changing the values of these attributes does not affect any of the other series in the chart unless they are also selected.

¥ Line Width and Color
The controls set the attributes of the line that is displayed along the top edge of the Area series region.

¥ Fill Color
Sets the color of the Area series region.

¥ Image
Images can be dragged directly onto the Area series, or can be set from the Inspector. Use the Set and Clear buttons to add an image or to clear one. To display only the image, and not the color fill, click on the Image Only switch button.  The Image Only option is not available for 3D Area series.

¥ Display Series on Y1 / Y2 Axis
Associates the series with either the Y1 or Y2 axis (the axis must be active in order to associate a series to it). The data range of the associated axis will determine how the series is drawn.

Labels Tab
 
The contents of this tab are used to control the content, color, position and rotation of the series labels.

¥ Labels
A switch titled ÒLabelsÓ at the top of the tab view panel will enable or disable the series labels for the selected series.

¥ Label Content
The content of the data labels is set to:
Data - numeric labels
Text - textual labels
Text and Data - both textual and numeric values in the labels

The textual labels contain the row labels as they have been provided in the Data View. The numeric labels are the series element values.

¥ Label Position
Label positioning options are relative to the data element point.  Series labels can be double-clicked to deep-select them, then dragged freely across the chart. When this is done, the label position is set to ÒCustomÓ.

¥ Label Color
The Label Color sets the display color of series labels.

¥ Label Rotation
The Rotation controls set the rotation of all of the series labels.
 

Shared Tab

¥ Stacked and Non-Stacked Areas
Area series are by default "stacked", or cumulative. Non-stacked Area series plot in the same way a Line series does, except the area under the line is filled. If one Area series is stacked, then all Area series in that chart will be stacked. If one Area series is non-stacked, then all Area series in that chart will be non-stacked.