Line Series
Line series have one data value per series element that is represented
graphically as a point that is positioned along the Y axis based on the value
of this point. The sequence of values are drawn from left to right across a
grid. Line series may be mixed with Bar, Area, Base-Error, Hi-Lo, and
Hi-Lo-Open-Close series.
Line Series accept dragged colors to set the marker or line color. Other
attributes of a line series may be changed through the Line Series Inspector.
2D Line series are converted to 3D Line series Ð also
called Ribbon series Ð by turning on the GridÕs 3D Effect. This is done in the
Grid Inspector.
Line Series Inspector
When a Line series is selected in the chart, the Inspector displays the controls that are used to set its attributes. The Line Series Inspector contains a
tab view with three tabs: Style, Labels, and Trends. The contents of each of those tabs are 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 Line Width slider and the color well set the width and color of the lines
connecting the data points in Line series.
¥ Line Type
Sets the line style or dash pattern used for lines connecting data points.
¥ Marker Style
Sets the graphic used to mark data points.
¥ Marker Size
Sets the size of the graphic used to mark data points.
¥ Marker Color
Sets the fill color of the data point markers.
¥ 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 marker, if it is displayed, or relative to the data element point if
they are not displayed. 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.
Trends Tab
The contents of the Trends tab is used to add trend lines to the selected
series. Note that Trends cannot be
added to 3D Line series. Any number of trends can be added, each with their own
set of attributes, but all associated with the data of the selected series.
¥ Add Trend / Delete Trend
At the bottom of the trends tab are two buttons
used to add and delete trends.
Initially only the Add Trend button is enabled. When the Add Trend button is clicked, a
single trend is added. For each
added trend, an item is added to the popup button that is toward the top of the
Trends tab. This popup button
displays the trend label for each of the trends that have been added, and is
used to select a trend.
To delete a trend, select the trend from the list of trends in the popup button toward the top of the Trends tab, then click the Delete Trend button.
¥ Type
The mathematical model for a given trend
can be set using the Type popup button.
If the trend type has a modifier value, the control for that value is
displayed to the right of the trend type popup. For example, the Polynomial trend type has an Order
modifier, and the Moving Average trend type has a Period modifier.
¥ Active
The Active switch is used to activate and
deactivate a trend. When a trend
is deactivated, it is not displayed in the chart and is not referenced in the
chart legend.
¥ Show Entry in Legend
This switch is used to include or exclude
an entry that represents the trend from the chart legend.
¥ Draw in front of series
Allows you to set the trend to draw in front of
or in back of the associated seris.
¥ Label
The default label for a trend is
Ò<Series Name>(Trend #)Ó.
This label can be modified with the Label textfield. This label is used to identify the
trend in the chart legend, and is also used to identify the trend in the trends
popup toward the top of the Trends tab.
¥ Line Width and Color
Used to set the width and color of the
trend line.
¥ Equation Annotation
You can drag a textual annotation from this icon
well that will display the mathematical equation computed for the associated trend.
The ErrorBars tab is used to turn error bars off and on for a given series, and to change the error barsÕ attributes.
¥ Error Bars Switch
Used to turn on and off error bars.
¥ Mode
A set of two radio buttons used to choose whether the
positive and negative error bars will be symmetrical - i.e. based on the same mathematical model -
or will have a different model for the positive error bars than the negative error bars.
¥ Type
If the Mode is symmetrical, meaning that both the negative and
positive error bars are based on the same mathematical model, then a single popup menu will be displayed
from which you may set the mathematical model. If the Mode is not symmetrical, you will see two
popup buttons used to select the model used to calculate the positive and negative error bars. The
options for the mathematical models, or type, are as follows:
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Percentage Ð Extends error bars above and/or below series
element a distance that is a percentage of that series elementÕs value. The percentage is set using the
modifier field to the right of the popup. Std_Dev = sqrt( sum(D) / N-1 ), where D = square of a valueÕs difference from the mean, Sum(D) = sum of all D over the value set N = number of values.
Std_Dev
/ sqrt( N ), where Std_Dev and N are defined above. |
¥ Bar attributes
Sets the width and color attributes of the
error bars.
¥ Markers
By default Error Bars display no marker at the top and bottom of the bar.
However, a marker can be added, and three styles are available. The size of the marker can be set here too.