Populate
the Pie Chart item to Meet the Business Requirements
Our next
steps focus upon simply dragging fields from the Fields window. Ensure
that the Fields window appears, either fixed in place or as a dynamic
tab (as mine appears in Illustration 15 above), for easy access in
accomplishing the next steps.
1.
Drag the VendorID
field from the Fields window, dropping it on Drop Data Fields Here
section of the generic chart item on the Layout tab.
2.
Drag the StateCode
field and drop it on the area of the chart item marked Drop Category
Fields Here.
The
fields are depicted, circled, in Illustration 17, with arrows (in
different colors) pointing to the sections into which we are dropping each.
3.
Right-click
the chart.
4.
Select Properties
from the context menu that appears.
The Chart
Properties dialog box appears, defaulted to the General tab.
5.
Type the
following into the Title box on the General tab:
Vendors by State
6.
Click the
Style button, which appears to the right of the Title box.
The Style Properties dialog box appears.
7.
Make the settings,
listed in Table 1 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
Setting
|
|
Family
|
Verdana
|
|
Size
|
14pt
|
|
Style
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
Bold
|
|
Color
|
Dark
Green
|
|
Decoration
|
None
|
Table 1: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 18.
Illustration
18: Style Properties Dialog Box with Settings
8.
Click OK
to accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the General tab.
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