Chart Designer Toolbar

The Chart Designer page’s toolbar is located across the top of the page and contains the tools shown in the figure below.

Figure 1 - Chart Designer's Toolbar

Note: In the figure above, the Chart Designer has been entered directly from the Report toolbox, either by double-clicking on the Chart element or by right-clicking the chart element and choosing Edit. The toolbar therefore includes the Save button. If you enter the Chart Designer via the element on the report Page Editor, then the Save button will be replaced by an OK button and a Cancel button will appear in addition. In this case, to save your work, click OK to return to the Page Editor then click Save.

Saving

When you want to save the current settings/look, click Save, or if you have entered the Chart Designer via the report Page Editor, click OK to return to the Page Editor then click Save.

Save as Style

If you have created a chart look you want to re-use for other charts, save the current chart settings as a style. You can then apply the style to other charts. To save the chart as a style:

1. Save the current settings.
2. Click Save as Style.

The Save as Style Properties dialog opens .



Figure 2 - The Save as Style properties dialog

3. To update the style currently used for the tables, check the Update Current Style checkbox.

To create a new style, leave the box unchecked and type in a logical name for the style.

4. Click OK.

To apply the style to another char t:

5. Open the Chart Designer for the chart in question.
6. On the General tab, click the down-arrow beside the Chart Style property to open a drop-down list of the available styles.
7. Select the required style from the list.

The chart is updated with the new style.

8. Click Save.

To edit the style :

9. Open the Layouts and Styles toolbox, then go to the Styles > Chart folder and double-click on SingleMulti… as this is the style we updated.

The Chart Style Properties page for the style opens.

Note: Every chart layout is defined by a style. To check which style is used for a chart, open the chart properties page, go to the General tab and check the Chart Style property.

10. Make the required changes.
11. Click Save.

Advanced Properties

The Chart Designer contains only the most commonly used chart properties. A large variety of additional properties and settings are available via the Advanced Properties button.

To access the Advanced Properties, click the Advanced Properties button in the Chart Designer toolbar. The window changes to show the chart with the table below. Right-click in the chart and select Chart Properties from the menu (go to Advanced Properties for more information).

Preview

Click the Preview button at any time to refresh the chart preview (the right frame of the window). If automatic preview is enabled, this button can be ignored.

Find Chart in Tree

Click to locate the current chart in the Report toolbox. When you click the button, the chart element is high-lighted in the report tree.

Find Table in Tree

Click to locate the table used by the current chart in the Report toolbox. When you click the button, the Aggregated Table element used by the chart is high-lighted in the report tree.