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.