Appboard/old/widgets/column chart
Revision as of 19:20, 13 March 2012 by imported>Cmace (created to remove appboard_builder)
Adding a Column Chart Widget
The Column Chart Widget visualizes data with vertical (bottom to top) columns. This is a vertically-oriented bar chart.
Click "Add Widget" in the tool palette on the left. If "Add Widget" is disabled, refer to the "Adding a Stack" section. For a general overview of adding a "Widget" refer to Add/Edit/Remove a Widget.
- Enter a name for the Widget
- Select "Column" under the "Chart" tab.
- Select the Board you'd like the Column Chart Widget to appear on.
- Click "Add Widget".
Configuring a Column Chart Widget
- Select a Data Collection that contains the information you'd like to use for this widget. The Data Collection should contain one or more numeric fields to use as Y values (column heights) which will be plotted against the corresponding X value.
- Click the "Data Collection" pulldown, then select from the list of available Data Collections.
- If you do not see any Data Collections, refer to Add/Edit/Remove a Data Collection.
- Select the desired field for the Y-Field (this field will determine the height of each bar).
- Click "Add" for the Series.
- Select the field using the drop down list.The values of this field determine the height of the corresponding column.
- Select the color for the columns via the color selector.
- Repeat for any additional series.
- Series may be removed with the "Remove" button next to the "Add".
- Check or uncheck "Show Legend" as desired to include a legend of the line color for each Series (by Y-Field name).
- Enable the X-Axis title and enter value as desired.
- Enable the X-Axis labels and rotate them as desired.
- Enable the Y-Axis title and enter value as desired.
- Enable the Y-Axis labels and rotate them as desired.
- Complete "Options" and "Actions" steps as described in Add/Edit/Remove a Widget.