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The Advanced Properties > General tab holds the properties that apply to the entire chart
Click on the properties in the figure below for further details, and the tabs to go to the appropriate pages.
Figure 1 - The Advanced Properties sheet, General tab
Series Handling
Series Handling determines how Reportal manages series in a chart. Default is "Category Based", which means that the series in the chart are based on the category of the table content instead of specific elements from specific tables. Examples of categories are distribution (the answer list), totals, and statistical elements such as averages, min, max, and sum. The category based series handling allows you to choose which elements are to be included/excluded from the chart and to set properties for the various categories. These settings can be incorporated into reusable chart styles and will also follow through if the chart (or its page) is duplicated and the content is changed. The chart designer is compatible with category based series handling only.
"Series Based" relates only to the specific items of a specific aggregated table. The figure shows a series based chart . When you right-click here you are working with the series of the specified source table instead of general categories. In other words, with Series Based, your settings are lost if you replace elements in the source table. This is because settings are based on a specific element (for example the Gender question as in the example).
Figure 2 - Series Based
Soft Shadows
Check this box to give the shadows soft edges. This property will be applied to all shadows implemented.
Underline
Check this box to underline the selected text item.
Strikeout
Check this box to apply the "strikeout" format to the selected text.
Series and Values Text Levels
The Series Text Levels and Values Text Levels properties are for use when the table has nested elements. The two properties allow you to reduce the number of levels displayed in the chart label texts whilst keeping the full number of levels in the table.
Type an integer into the appropriate field to display that number of label levels in the chart for the Series or Values axis. Note that the inner levels (the labels closest to the chart axes) are displayed first. Note also that the axis labels affected by the properties depend on how the Series and Rows are defined in the chart properties General tab (go to Series in Rows for more information).
Name
You can give each chart a name. This name will show in the report tree only, and is intended for organizational purposes. The default chart name is “Chart”. If you have many charts (and especially if there are several on the same page), giving them unique names will later help you find specific charts in the tree. Type a name into the field and save the changes.
Hidden
Check this option if you wish to hide the chart from the report page. This is intended to be used to hide a chart temporarily from the online report. The alternative is to delete the chart, which implies that if you later wish to include it in the report then you will have to re-create it.