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Find and Replace: Graph Preferences: General tab

Before you begin

This dialog box is displayed when you select Set the graph preferences individually on the Find and Replace dialog box. For information about setting graph preferences for a report, seeGraph Preferences: Options, General category.

The General tab contains font and line resizing, scrolling behavior, graph labels, and other preferences.

For each graph preference that you want to change, make the change and select the Apply check box to the right of the preference. Click OKto return to the Find and Replace dialog box. For example, to set all the reports selected in the find process to have absolute font and line resizing, select Absolute under Font and line resizing, then select the Apply check box to the far right.

  • Font and line resizing: Select one of the following:

    • Absolute: Fonts and lines do not change size when the graph is resized.

    • Relative: Fonts and lines are automatically resized relative to the graph, when the graph is resized.

  • Scrolling:

    • Maximum number of categories: The categories of a graph report are commonly the values along the X-axis of a graph report. This data often corresponds to the rows of a grid report, which represent attribute elements. If the data for the graph has more categories than the number specified in this box, a scroll bar is displayed that you can use to see the rest of the categories.

    • Maximum number of series: The series of a graph report are commonly the values along the Y-axis of a graph report. These often correspond to the columns of a grid report, which represent a metric. This information is also displayed in the legend of a graph report. If the data for the graph has more series than the number specified in this box, a scroll bar is displayed that you can use to see the rest of the series.

      In some instances, as with pie charts, limiting the number of categories and series can reduce the visual clutter of a graph. In other cases, for example with histograms, increasing the number of categories and series can be necessary to display all of a graph's data on one page.

  • Graph Labels: A label is the words or text that appears along a graph's axes. Use the following options to define how graph labels are displayed:

  • Use nested labels: Displays or hides nested labels, which minimize the amount of text displayed along the category axis. This is helpful when the rows of a grid report contain several attributes, which are all displayed in each label on the category axis of the graph. When this setting is selected, the following option becomes available:

  • Draw bracket for each level: Displays brackets for each level in the nested label to further organize the category axis.

  • Concatenate labels for multiple series: Displays or hides the individual labels of graphs that have several data series.

    For example, if you have a stock graph for the report Electronic Sales over Time, you can have several data series, one for each subcategory. If you select this check box, you see the labels of the subcategories joined together, as TV Revenue, Video Equipment Revenue, and so on. If you clear this check box, you see the labels as separate labels, as TV Revenue, Computer Revenue, and so on.

    This option is applicable to graph types that require multiple data for one data point, such as bubble, scatter, and stock graphs.

  • Suppress last level labels: Displays or hides the last level labels of graphs that have several data series. This option applies to all data series in the graph.

    For example, if you have a stock graph for the report Electronic Sales over Time, you can have several data series, one for each subcategory. These series are displayed as TV Revenue, Camera Revenue, DVD Player Revenue, and so on. If you select this check box, the last label of the subcategories is not displayed. For example, the labels TV Revenue, Camera Revenue, and DVD Player Revenue are displayed as TV, Camera, and DVD Player respectively.

    This option is useful for graphs that require multiple data for one data point, such as bubble, scatter, and stock graphs.

  • Other:

    • Show subtotals in the graph: Shows or hides subtotals in the graph, if subtotals have been added to the report.

    • Use font anti-aliasing: Enables or disables anti-aliasing for fonts in graphs. When anti-aliasing is enabled, the font is displayed more clearly and distinctly in the graph.

    • Enable curved areas/Enable curved lines: Applies a curved line effect to Area and Line graphs. In many cases, curved lines provide these graphs with a cleaner and more attractive look and feel. This option is available only for Area and Line graphs.

    • Apply rounded effects to all series: Determines whether a glossy, rounded effect is applied to the graph series in Graph view in MicroStrategy Developer and Editable, Interactive, and Express Mode in MicroStrategy Web. In Flash Mode in MicroStrategy Web only, a more distinct rounded and glossy effect is applied to the graph series. If you already applied a gradient effect to the graph series using the Format dialog box, the colors you chose there are still applied to the graph. However, the new bevel effect that you select in this option is applied to the series instead of the effect that you selected in the Format dialog box.

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