x-axis unit length: radius

This specifies the ratio of X-axis unit length to the radius of the bubble.

Fill Bubble:

This allows you to specify whether or not to fill the bubble area.

Draw Border:

This allows you to specify whether or not to draw a border around the bubbles.

3D Shading:

This allows you to add three-dimensional shading to the bubbles. You can also specify the light intensity for the shading.

Starting Angle:

This specifies the angle where the first axis label is to be set. This property also determines where the border and dial area will start if the Draw Full Circle option is unchecked. The angle is represented in degrees and is 0 by default. Assuming the dial chart is a clock face, 0 degrees is 12 o'clock.

Ending Angle:

This specifies the angle where the last axis label should be set. This property also determines where the border and dial area will end if the Draw Full Circle option is unchecked. The angle is represented in degrees and is 360 by default. Hence by default the labels (and data points) encompass the entire circumference for the dial.

Center Point Radius:

This specifies the radius for an inner circle, which starts from the center of the dial chart. The radius is specified as a ration to the radius of the dial plot. Hence, a value of 1 will make the inner circle encompass the entire dial. If the Draw Full Circle option is unchecked, only the portion of the center point that is within the starting and ending angles will be shown.

Dial Chart with Center Point Radius

Needle Style:

This specifies the type of needle to draw.

The default is Pointed Blade.

Draw Border:

This specifies whether or not to draw a border around the dial.

Draw Arrow:

This specifies whether or not to draw arrowheads at the end of the dial hands.

Draw Full Circle:

This specified whether to draw the dial as a complete circle (360 degrees) or only draw the portion of the circle determined by the starting and ending angles.

Needle Length and Thickness:

This section specifies the length and thickness of the needle. The needle length is measured from the center of the dial. The range is from 0 (center of the dial) to 1 (the end of the dial). The thickness determines the width of the needle, larger values results in a wider pointer. When creating a chart, the needle length is randomly generated. The default thickness is 2. Each category element is represented by a different needle, you can change the properties individually or change multiple categories at once. To change the property of each needle individually, directly change the values to the right of the category. To make changes to multiple needles, check each category or check the Select All option, set the properties in the lower right corner, then click Apply Now for each property changed. This will modify all checked categories to reflect the new values.

Explode:

This allows you to pick one or more category/series elements whose sections are to be drawn at a certain distance away from the center of the pie.

Sector Gap:

This allows you to pick one or more category/series elements whose sections are drawn at a certain distance away from the center of the pie and still maintain the same distance between pie slices and a circular boundary.

Distance from origin:

This allows you to specify how far the exploded/sector gap sections are to be drawn away from the center. This number, represented as a percentage of the radius, indicates the distance between the center and the tip of the pie slice to be exported.

Rotate pie:

This allows you to specify the number of degrees that the chart should be rotated in a clockwise direction. Available values are between 0 and 360

Place label:

This indicates the distance of the labels from the center of the pie. The position of an individual label can also be adjusted by dragging the text.

“Others” % Threshold:

This feature is useful for pie charts that have a large number of small categories. Rather then draw a slice for each category, users can select a threshold value. Any category whose percentage of the value column is less than the threshold value will be lumped into an “Others” slice.

Display Name for “Others”:

This option allows you to set the display name for the “Others” slice that is created for categories that fall below the supplied threshold value. This label will appear in the legend, and/or for the slice label.

Label:

This determines whether a category/series label should be drawn for each pie slice. By default, these only appear as legend items. Note that the label will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

Value:

This allows you to specify whether to display the actual value of each pie slice. Note that the value will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

Percentage:

This allows you to display the percentage for each pie slice. The percentages are calculated by dividing the value of each section by the sum of all the values. Note that the percentage will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

% in legend:

This allows you to display the percentage represented by each slice in the pie in the legend. If the pie slices can become very thin, this can be a preferable presentation. This option is only available if the pie chart does not have a data series.

Value in legend:

This allows you to display the value represented by each slice in the pie in the legend. If the pie slices can become very thin, this can be a preferable presentation. This option is only available if the pie chart does not have a data series.

Border:

This specifies whether to draw a border around each pie slice. This option is only available for two-dimensional pie charts. For three-dimensional pies you can use the border drawing option on the navigation panel. Note that the border will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

Slice-to-Label Line:

This will draw a line from any label(s) to it's corresponding pie slice. Note that the slice-to-label line will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

Label at the Side:

This will place the labels for the pie chart away from the plot around the outside of the chart. When used with the Slick-to-Label Line option, it gives users a way to display the pie labels for charts with many small categories without any text overlapping. Note that the label will not appear if the data for the slice is 0 or null.

Pie Chart with Side Labels and Lines

Best Fit:

This will arrange the multiple pies in the best configuration to fit the chart canvas. This is for pies with a data series only.

Draw Linearly:

This will arrange the multiple pies in a straight horizontal line. This is for pies with a data series only.

Number of Pies Per Row:

This allows you to create a custom arrangement of multiple pies, by specifying the number of pies to draw in each row of the arrangement.

Gap between pies:

This allows you to specify the gap between the multiple pies. The number is a multiple of the pie radius, so the gap will adjust with the size of the chart plot.

Series A:

This specifies the first series element that you would like to use for the drop bar.

Series B:

This specifies the second series element that you would like to use for the drop bar.

Draw Drop Bar:

This specifies whether or not to draw the drop bars.

Draw Border:

This specifies whether or not to draw a border around the drop bars.

Set Layout:

This specifies whether to draw the line chart in vertical or horizontal orientation.

Step Line:

This allows you to draw the line chart as a step line. You can also specify the step line ratio to use.

Line Chart with Drop Bars

Note that the color of the drop bar will vary depending on which series has the higher value for a given point. If the line chart does not have a series, then the following dialog will appear.

Line Options Dialog (without series)

The dialog options are as follows:

Set Points Uniform:	This specifies whether the point shapes and colors are uniform or not. Un-checking this option allows you to set multiple colors and point shapes for the data points. The points can be customized in the line and point dialog.
Set Layout:	This specifies whether to draw the line chart in vertical or horizontal orientation.
Step Line:	This allows you to draw the line chart as a step line. You can also specify the step line ratio to use. Line Chart with Step Lines The step line ratio allows you to specify how far between points the horizontal portion of the step line should be drawn. A ratio of 1, draws the line horizontally to the next point on the chart, and then draws vertically to that point, while a ratio of 0.5 draws the horizontal portion halfway between the two points. A ratio of 0 will result in the vertical portion of the line drawn first and then connect to the next point horizontally. Values for the ration are between 0 and 1.

Scale:

This option allows you to specify whether the input data for the angle (θ) portion of the data points is in radians or degrees. The chart will always display angles from 0 to 360. If the input data is in radians, it will be displayed as degrees.

Direction

This option allows you to specify whether the circular plot should be drawn clockwise or counter clockwise.

Start Angle:

By default the top of the polar chart plot is 0 degrees. This option allows you to specify a different angle for the top of the plot. The argument for this angle is supplied in degrees or radians, depending on the scale you have chosen.

Number of Sectors:

This option allows you to select the number of sectors you'd like to show in the chart. Sectors are created by drawing additional polar axis lines at specified angle intervals. By default four sectors are shown.