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 height of the columns in that series. Value
labels appear on the y-axis (we will examine format settings for these in our
subsection on the Y Axis tab below). Each Value series appears as individual
columns.
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 to the bottom right 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.
18.
Leaving other
settings at default, 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.
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