Formatting the indicators

An indicator chart can be formatted to take some special appearances. To format the indicators in an indicator chart, follow the steps below:

  1. Right-click any indicator in the indicator chart, and then select Format Indicator to display the Format Indicator dialog.
  2. In the General tab, set the general options for the indicators in the chart.
  3. In the Border tab, set the style and border mode for the indicators, including the style, line style, thickness, color, and transparency. All the border options can only take effect when the indicators are represented by colors.
  4. In the Data Label tab, set the font formats and effects of the data labels.
  5. In the Behaviors tab (this tab is only available for library component), select a trigger event from the drop-down list in the Events column and click in the Actions column to open the Web Action List dialog, where you can bind a web action to the areas such as Parameter, Filter, Sort, Property, SendMessage which will be triggered when the specified event occurs on the areas.

    To add a web behavior line, click , and if a web behavior is not required, click to remove it.

    Click or to adjust the order of the behaviors. Then, when an event that has been bound with more than one action happens, the upper action will be triggered first.

  6. When done, click OK to apply the settings.

See also the Format Indicator dialog for report or library component for detailed explanation about options in the dialog.