Formatting the gauge

A gauge chart can be formatted to take some special appearances. The formatting options vary with the subtypes: Gauge Dial 2-D, Gauge Bar 2-D, and Gauge Bubble 2-D.

To format a dial gauge chart:

  1. Right-click any pointer in a dial of the dial gauge chart, and then click Format Dial Gauge on the shortcut menu to bring up the Format Dial Gauge dialog.
  2. In the General tab, specify the general options for the dials in the chart.

    In the Circular box, set the start angle and stop angle of the dials, the dial curve style, the width of the dials, and the relative size of a dial. In the Pointer box, set the pointer style and arrow style. In the Color Range box, specify whether or not to fill the dial with colors, and if to fill, set the minimum and maximum values, color, and name for the three predefined ranges in each dial.

  3. In the Fill tab, click the color image button and select a color swatch to fill the selected pointers in the same data series, and specify the transparency of the color schema (you can also directly type the hexadecimal value of the desired color in the text box). If the color swatches cannot meet your requirement, click More Colors on the color palette to open the Pick a Color dialog, with which you can set a full range of color, or click More Fill Effects to specify the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also click the Color List button to specify the color pattern for pointers in the same data series respectively in the Color List dialog.
  4. In the Border tab, set the border mode for the pointers, including the border style, color, transparency, line style, thickness, end caps style, and line joint mode. You can also specify whether the border is to be outlined, and whether or not to automatically resize the border dashes if the border is drawn with dashes.
  5. In the Data Label tab, set the font formats and effects of the data labels.
  6. In the Behaviors tab (this tab is only available to library components), select a trigger event from the drop-down list in the Events column, then click in the Actions column and click that appears in the text box to open the Web Action List dialog, where you can bind a web action to the dial gauges which will be triggered when the specified event occurs on the dial gauges.

    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.

    The web actions you can bind to the dial gauges include Filter, Sort, Parameter, Property and SendMessage. For details about these web actions, refer to Applying web actions to a label.

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

To format a bar gauge chart:

  1. Right-click any data marks in a scale of the bar gauge chart, and then click Format Bar Gauge on the shortcut menu to bring up the Format Bar Gauge dialog.
  2. In the General tab, set the general options for the bar gauge chart.

    In the Option box, decide the layout of the scales in the gauge chart. In the Range Border box, set the color, style, transparency, and thickness of the scale borders. In the Color Range box, specify the minimum and maximum values, color, and name for the three predefined ranges in each scale.

  3. In the Fill tab, click the color image button and select a color swatch to fill the selected data marks in the same data series, and specify the transparency of the color schema (you can also directly type the hexadecimal value of the desired color in the text box). If the color swatches cannot meet your requirement, click More Colors to open the Pick a Color dialog, with which you can set a full range of color, or click More Fill Effects to specify the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also click the Color List button to specify the color pattern for data marks in the same data series respectively in the Color List dialog.
  4. In the Border tab, set the border mode for the data marks, including the border style, color, transparency, line style, thickness, end caps style, and line joint mode. You can also specify whether the border is to be outlined, and whether or not to automatically resize the border dashes if the border is drawn with dashes.
  5. In the Data Label tab, set the font formats and effects of the data labels.
  6. 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, then click in the Actions column and click that appears in the text box to open the Web Action List dialog, where you can bind a web action to the bar gauges which will be triggered when the specified event occurs on the bar gauges.

    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.

    The web actions you can bind to the bar gauges include Filter, Sort, Parameter, Property and SendMessage. For details about these web actions, refer to Applying web actions to a label.

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

To format a bubble gauge chart:

  1. Right-click any bubble in the bubble gauge chart, and then click Format Bubble Gauge on the shortcut menu to bring up the Format Bubble Gauge dialog.
  2. In the General tab, set the general options for the bubbles in the chart.

    In the Option box, set the left margin, top margin, relative radius of the bubbles, and whether or not to draw horizontal/vertical grids. In the Value box, specifies the minimum and maximum values for the color range. The values will be equally divided into three ranges, each of which will be filled with the color you specify in the Color Range box automatically. Values beyond the minimum and maximum will be filled with grey color by default. You can also specify the minimum and maximum values for each color range as you want.

  3. In the Border tab, set the border mode for the bubbles, including the border style, color, transparency, line style, thickness, end caps style, and line joint mode. You can also specify whether the border is to be outlined, and whether or not to automatically resize the border dashes if the border is drawn with dashes.
  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, then click in the Actions column and click that appears in the text box to open the Web Action List dialog, where you can bind a web action to the bubble gauges which will be triggered when the specified event occurs on the bubble gauges.

    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.

    The web actions you can bind to the bubble gauges include Filter, Sort, Parameter, Property and SendMessage. For details about these web actions, refer to Applying web actions to a label.

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

See also the following dialogs for detailed explanation about options in each dialog: