Graph Properties dialog: Scale tab

Use this tab of the "Graph Properties dialog" or of the "Trellis Properties dialog" to set properties for the following parts of a graph:

• Axis limits — The minimum and maximum points on the vertical and horizontal axes.

• Tick marks — The markings along the value axes of the graph. They can identify regular intervals, from the minimum value to the maximum value.

This tab is not available for pie graphs or funnel graphs.

For more information, see:

• "Editing Graph Views"

This dialog also displays as:

Trellis Properties dialog: Scale tab

Components

Axis Limits or Scale and Limits

This area is disabled for a pareto graph and for a 100% stacked graph.

Use this box to specify the limits of the vertical or horizontal axis. Select one of the following options:

• Default (Dynamic) — Use this option to let the system determine the scale and set the axis to zero for positive numbers.

• Specify — Use this option to specify the minimum and maximum axis limits. Then in the Minimum field, enter the minimum axis limit and in the Maximum field, enter the maximum axis limit.

• Zoom to data range — Use this option to let the system determine the scale. The system evaluates the range of values on the axis, and chooses appropriate minimum and maximum values for the scale. This is useful when graphing a set of large values that are all within a small percentage of each other. The graph zooms in on the values so differences are more easily distinguished.

  
  

  Note: If your data range is expansive, dynamic scaling should be used for plotting your data points. To have the system dynamically scale your data range, select the Zoom to data range option for axis limit scaling.

  
  

Axis Scale or Scale Type and Tick Marks

This area is disabled for a 100% stacked graph.

Displays the following options to specify the number of tick marks to display:

• Dynamic — Select this box to let the system automatically calculate (based on the data) the number of tick marks to display.

• Specify — Select this option to specify the number of tick marks to display.

Note that the color you select color for the horizontal and vertical gridlines on the "Graph Properties dialog: Style tab"also is applied to the major and minor tick marks.

Show Major Ticks

Use this box to specify whether to show major tick marks. If you select this box, then specify the number of major tick marks to show.

Show Minor Ticks

This box is disabled for vertical axis 2 of a pareto graph.

Use this box to specify whether to show minor tick marks. If you select this box, then specify the number of minor tick marks to show.

Use logarithmic scale

This box is not available for a pareto graph, a waterfall graph, or a 100% stacked graph.

Use this box to specify whether to use a logarithmic scale.

Visualization: Measure Tabs

Displays tabs that correspond to the measures (for example, Revenue and Billed Quantity) used in an advanced trellis. Click the tab of the measure for which you want to set visualization properties.

Click to edit Scale Markers

Displays the "Scale Markers dialog," where you define the scale markers for the graph.

Notes

• For a time series line graph, you cannot set scale properties (that is, axis limits or major and minor ticks) for the horizontal axis.

• For a Pareto graph, you cannot specify:

  • Axis limits for either vertical axis 1 or vertical axis 2

  • Whether to show minor tick marks for vertical axis 2

  • Whether to use a logarithmic scale

  By definition, vertical axis 2 of the pareto graph ranges from 0% to 100%. In addition, vertical axis 1 is synchronized with vertical axis 2, so it cannot be changed.