Advanced Chart Options

In advanced mode, AnalyCHART offers plotting options organized into a set of collapsible panels, with each panel representing a group of related options.

Some of these option groups are shared across various chart types, including axis, layout, and description.

Axis

Axis are the axes of a chart. They can be configured in most types of charts, including line chart, area chart, bar chart, horizontal bar chart, scatter cahrt, candlestick chart, etc. The axis options allow you to configure coordinate columns, axis lines, ticks, and more.

The options panel for axis is shown below:

Typically, axis options are divided into two groups: X axis and Y axis. For example, for the X axis, you select a column to define the scale values of the axis. If you don't want to display the axes, you can disable them using the toggle button above. If you choose to display them, the axes will appear in the chart preview box on the right.

By default, axis only display tick labels. If you also want to show the axis lines, you can choose a color by clicking the color button, and the axis lines will be displayed. Additionally, you can configure the line width.

Axis ticks can be configured through the "Tick" pop-up option box.

• Label: configure the color, font weight, and rotation angle (in degrees) of the labels.
• Format: similar to Excel formulas, such as left(3) to extract the first three characters from the label.
• Line: configure the color, width, and length of the tick marks.
• Layout: configure the minimum distance between ticks and the spacing between the tick marks and the labels.
• Numeric: configure the number of ticks to display when the scale is numeric.
• Inside: when this option is selected, the ticks will be displayed inside the axis line.

Layout

Layout defines some overall styles for the chart's plotting area.

• Margin: configure the top, bottom, left, and right margins of the chart's plotting area.
• Grid: configure the grid lines in the chart's plotting area. You can choose to draw horizontal and vertical grid lines separately.
• Stack: configure the stacking method for multiple plots, used in area chart, bar chart, etc. If you choose stacking, you can try the "Expand" mode.

Description

Description allows you to configure some styles and content outside of the chart's plotting area.

• Title: configure the title of the chart.
• Description: configure the description of the chart, displayed below the title.
• Footer: configure the text at the bottom of the chart.
• Tooltip: tooltip is used to display values and other information of specific objects on the chart. When you hover over an object on the chart, a floating box will appear.
• Legend: show the relationship between the colors and data column names in the chart, typically displayed at the bottom of the chart’s plotting area.