Data Format dialog

This dialog appears when you click to specify the data format for a chart in the Report Inspector. See the dialog.

To specify a format, first select a category from the Category box, then select the required format of this category from the Format box. The selected format will be displayed in the Properties text box. You can further edit the format if you want. Then, click the Add button to add the format to the Stack box. Repeat the steps to specify formats for other categories. Only one format can be defined for each category.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Category

Specifies different formats from the following categories to display values on the chart.

• Scale
  Divides the value by hundreds, thousands, and so on.
• Number
  Re-formats the number value (Original example: 123456).
• Date/Time
  Re-formats the date/time value (Example, Wednesday, December 25, 00:00:00 GMT-08:00 2002).
• Text
  Specifies the length for the value.
• Mapping
  Maps the new value to one or more values.

Format

Lists all the formats of the selected category. For details about each format, see Data Format.

Properties

Specifies the properties for the selected format.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats that you selected from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack box.

Apply

Applies the specified format to values on the chart.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.