Data Tab
1.
Click the Data
tab.
2.
Using the
downward pointing arrow on the right side of the Dataset name box atop the Data
tab, display and select the ProductData dataset, as shown in Illustration 17.
Illustration 17: Select the ProductData Dataset ...
3.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Values list box, found immediately underneath the Dataset
name selector we populated above.
The values in a Value series determine the size of the
slices in the Pie. Multiple Value series’ appear as separate slices. If we
have multiple Category or Series groups, the group labels are displayed in the
chart legend.
The Edit
Chart Value dialog appears, defaulted to the Values tab.
4.
Type the
following into the Series label box, atop the Values tab:
Internet Sales
5.
Click the function
(fx) button to the right of the Value box, depicted within a circle in Illustration
18.
Illustration 18: Click the Function Button for the Value Box ...
The Expression
Editor opens.
6.
Click the Fields
(ProductData) option in the bottom left corner pane of the Expression Editor.
The field
values of the ProductData dataset appear within the pane in the bottom right corner
of the Expression Editor.
7.
Double-click Internet_Sales_Amount
to place this selection into the main pane atop the Expression Editor.
The Expression
Editor appears, with our input, as shown in Illustration 19.
Illustration 19: The Expression Editor with Our Input ...
8.
Click OK to
accept our input and to dismiss the Expression Editor.
We are
returned to the Edit Chart Value dialog, which appears with our input as
depicted in Illustration 20.
Illustration 20: The Edit Chart Value Dialog, with Our Input...
9.
Click the Appearance
tab on the Edit Chart Value dialog.
10.
Click the Series
Style... button in the lower left corner of the Appearance tab.
The dual
– tabbed Style Properties dialog appears again, just as it did for the Chart
Area Style... and Plot Area Style... buttons we examined earlier. We see the same Border
and Line and Fill tabs, which we will leave at default at this point.
11.
Click OK to
dismiss the Style Properties dialog, and to return to the Appearance tab of the
Edit Chart Value dialog.
12.
Click the Point
Labels tab on the Edit Chart Value dialog.
13.
Click the
check box to the immediate left of Show point labels atop the Point Labels tab.
14.
Click the
downward pointing arrow to the right of the Data label box to display data
selection options.
15.
Select =Fields!Internet_Sales_Amount.Value
from the options, as shown in Illustration 21.
Illustration 21: Select =Fields!Internet_Sales_Amount.Value as the Data Label ...
16.
Within the Format
code box (just underneath the Data label selector) type the following character
pattern:
#,###
17.
Uncheck the Auto
checkbox to the right of the Format code box.
This will
result in the point labels being displayed outside the Pie, at an angle to a
connecting line, making the chart more compact and, in this case, making the
labels themselves somewhat easier to read.
18.
Click the Label
Style ... button immediately underneath the Angle setting.
The Style Properties dialog box appears.
19.
Make the
settings, listed in Table 2 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
|
Property
|
|
Setting
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family
|
|
Arial
|
|
Size
|
|
8pt
|
|
Style
|
|
Normal
|
|
Weight
|
|
Normal
|
|
Color
|
|
Red
|
|
Decoration
|
|
None
|
|
|
|
|
Table 2: Style Properties Dialog
The Style
Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 22.
Illustration 22: Style Properties Dialog Box with Settings
20.
Click OK to
accept settings.
The Style
Properties box closes. We return to the Edit Chart Value dialog box, which now
appears as shown in Illustration 23.
Illustration 23: The Edit Chart Value Dialog Box, with Our Input
21.
Click the Action
tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog.
Here we
can define Hyperlink actions, including Jump to report, Jump to bookmark, or Jump
to URL. We will not be working with a drillthrough scenario in this practice
session, and so will leave undisturbed the default setting of None, as depicted
in Illustration 24.
Illustration 24: The Action Tab of the Edit Chart Value Dialog Box
22.
Click the Data
Output tab of the Edit Chart Value dialog.
The Data
Output tab affords us a means of defining XML data output options for the
values in the chart. We will not leverage these capabilities within this
introduction to exploded Pie charts, and will therefore leave the settings of
the Data Output tab at their defaults, as shown in Illustration 25.
Illustration 25: The Data Output Tab with Default Settings
23.
Click the OK
button at the bottom of the Edit Chart Value dialog, to dismiss the dialog with
our settings.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog. Next we will work
with the Category groups area of the tab, just under the Values area. Categories
are displayed as individual slices in the pie. Each Category is displayed in
the chart legend, when the legend is selected for use.
24.
Click the Add...
button to the right of the Category groups list box, found immediately
underneath the Values list box with which we worked above.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, defaulted to the General tab.
25.
Type (or cut
and paste) the following into the Name box, atop the General tab:
chart1_Cat1_SalesReason
26.
Click the top
row of the Expression box within the Group on section that appears just
underneath the Name box, to enable the selector button (the downward-pointing
arrow) on the right side of the box.
27.
Select =Fields!Sales_Reason.Value
from the options that appear, as depicted in Illustration 26.
Illustration 26: Select =Fields!Sales_Reason.Value in the Top Row of the Expression List ...
As we
have no input for the Filters or Data Output tabs (which resemble their
counterparts in other areas of the Report Designer, as we have, and shall,
see), within the context of this newly added group, and as we intend to leave
the Sorting at the settings naturally found within the cube structure (the Sales
Reasons will sort, where appropriate, in alphabetical order), we will accept
our input at this stage.
The Grouping
and Sorting Properties dialog appears, with our modifications, as shown in Illustration
27.
Illustration 27: The Grouping and Sorting Properties Dialog with Our Modifications
28.
Click the OK
button at the bottom of the Grouping and Sorting Properties dialog, to save our
settings and to dismiss the dialog.
We are
returned to the Data tab of the Chart Properties dialog, once again, which
appears, with our Values and Category groups settings, as depicted in Illustration
28.
Illustration 28: Chart Properties Dialog Box – Data Tab with Our Settings
We will
not add a Series group in this exploded Pie chart. Series, when used, are also
displayed as individual slices in the pie. Each Series is also displayed in the
chart legend (and each is concatenated with the respective Categories, where
applicable).
We will
move to the X Axis and Y Axis tabs in the subsections that follow.
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