X Axis Tab
We advise
our client colleagues that the labels assigned to the groups that we created
earlier will suffice to address the visual x-axis, and that we therefore
need only to deal with the “labels” settings (we can leave the Title and
other settings at default).
2. Ensure
that the Show labels checkbox is checked.
3. Click
the Style button to the immediate right of the blank Format code
box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, once again.
4. Make
the settings, listed in Table 3 below, within the Style
Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 3: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 33.
Illustration 33: Style
Properties Dialog Box with Settings
5. Click OK
to accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the X Axis tab, once again, where we will leave all else at default.
The X Axis tab appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration
34.
Illustration 34: Chart Properties
Dialog Box – X Axis Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the Y Axis tab in the next subsection.
Y Axis Tab
We propose
doing a little more “adjustment” to the default settings in the Y Axis
tab than we witnessed in its X Axis counterpart in the section above.
These modifications will be primarily in the interest of presentation
compactness and clarity. They will also demonstrate, in a small way, the power
we can leverage through the use of expressions in various value
definitions within Reporting Services.
2. Type (
or cut and paste) the following into the Title box on the General
tab:
="Total Internet "& vbcrlf &" Sales" &""
Here we
are adding the title “Total Internet Sales”, using the “vbcrlf”
keyword within the expression to force the word “Sales” into a
second row of the title, so that the title takes up less vertical space.
3. Click
the Style button to the immediate right of the Title box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, as we have seen in earlier sections.
4. Make
the settings, listed in Table 4 below, within the Style
Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 4: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 35.
Illustration 35: Style
Properties Dialog Box with Settings
5. Click OK
to accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the Y Axis tab.
6. Ensure
that the Show labels checkbox is checked.
7. Type
the following into the Format code box:
#,###
8. Click
the Style button to the immediate right of the blank Format code
box.
The Style
Properties dialog box appears, once again.
9. Make
the settings, listed in Table 5 below, within the Style
Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
9pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Black
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 5: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration
36.
Illustration 36: Style
Properties Dialog Box with Settings
10. Click OK
to accept changes and to exit the Style Properties dialog box.
We return
to the Y Axis tab, once again, where we will leave all else at default.
The Y Axis tab appears, with our settings, as shown in Illustration 37.
Illustration 37: Y Axis Properties Dialog Box – General Tab with Our Settings
We will
move to the Legend tab next.
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