Setting chart items (X or Y axis)

Use the following procedure to select one X-axis item and up to eight Y-axis items to display in a chart.

Tip

To see all fields that are currently selected for a chart, you can right-click the view tab or the blank part of the view toolbar and choose Show header info > Show fields for charting. Field headers indicate current selection status as X or Yn, where n is a number from 1 through 8.

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  1. To select the X axis, right-click a column header button (in tabular views) or a field (in detail views) and choose Set as X-axis Chart item from the pop-up menu.After setting the X-axis to a specific column, the column header displays an X.

    The X-axis appears at the left or bottom of a graph. On a pie or gauge chart, the X-axis value is used as a title.

    Each Y-axis value is plotted against the X-axis value. In a pie or gauge chart, the Y-axis values are charted as segments of the pie or dials for the gauge, and the X-axis is used as a label.

  2. To select a Y axis, right-click a column header button (in tabular views) or a field (in detail views) and choose Add to Y-axis Chart items list.After adding a column to the Y-axis Chart Items list, the column header displays Yn, where n is a number from 1 through 8.

    Important

    After you add a field to the Y-axis Chart items list, the Add to Y-axis Chart items list command on the pop-up menu toggles to Remove from Y-axis Chart items.

  3. (optional) Add additional Y axis values (up to a maximum of eight), as needed.


 

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