Category Options dialog

The dialog appears when you click the Order/Select N button below the Category box in the Display screen of the chart wizard. It helps you to specify the sort order of the category values and define the number of the category values that will be displayed in a chart. See the dialog.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Category Order

Specifies in which manner to sort the category values.

• Ascend
  Values will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C).
• Descend
  Values will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A).
• No Sort
  Values will be sorted in the original order in database.

Category Selection

Specifies the number of the category values that will be displayed in the chart.

• Select
  Specifies the Select N condition to define the number of the category values that will be displayed.
  • All
    If selected, all category values in the chart will be displayed.
  • Top N
    If selected, specify a number in the field to the right and the first N category values in the chart will be displayed. You can also select a parameter from the drop-down list, which returns an integer, and then specify a value for the parameter when viewing the report to dynamically define the Top N condition.
  • Bottom N
    If selected, specify a number in the field to the right and the last N category values in the chart will be displayed. You can also select a parameter from the drop-down list which returns an integer, and then specify a value for the parameter when viewing the report to dynamically define the Bottom N condition.

• Based On
  If checked, the category values will be sorted by values of the summary selected with the direction specified. If unchecked, the category values will be sorted by the order specified in the Category Order box of the dialog.

• Remaining Categories In
  Enabled only when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list. Check this option and then type a character string in the text field to group all the category values beyond the top/bottom N range.
• Overall Series
  Specifies whether to calculate the top or bottom N category values based on the series values. Enabled when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list.
• Skip First
  If you check the Skip First option and input a number M in the text field to the right, then the first M category values in the chart will be skipped and the Select N condition will take effect beginning with M+1. The skipped values will be included in the Remaining Categories group together with all the category values beyond the top/bottom N range. Enabled when Top N or Bottom N is selected from the Select drop-down list.

OK

Accepts the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Discards the changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Related topics:

• Setting Order/Select N condition for category/series/group field