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Dialog Reference | PopChart Builder User Guide 4.0.5 |
The PopChart Wizard simplifies the process of creating your appearance file. It will guide you step by step through the process of selecting a graph type, entering graph data, customizing the project, and publishing it to the web.
Note: Depending on your graph type or template selection, some of the options listed in this section may not be available.
Throughout the PopChart Wizard you will see the following buttons along the bottom of the Wizard.
This button launches your default web browser and shows you what your PopChart image will look like in it.
This button launches context-sensitive help (in other words, this help window).
This button cancels the PopChart Wizard. You will be taken to the PopChart Builder interface where you will see a blank appearance file.
This button goes back one screen in the Wizard. Click on it if you need to go back and change a setting you made earlier.
Warning: If you have made changes in one screen and then go back and make changes in a previous screen, you may lose your first changes.
This button will go forward one screen in the Wizard. Click on it when you have finished with the current screen.
This button will end the Wizard and take you to the PopChart Builder interface. Here you will be able to further customize the appearance file that you have created.
This screen allows you to choose the method by which you will create your appearance file. You can choose to build a project from a template or from the standard graph types. The screen explains what each option does.
If you uncheck this, the next time you start PopChart Builder, you will skip the PopChart Wizard and go directly to a blank appearance file in the PopChart Builder interface. You can make PopChart Builder start with the PopChart Wizard again by checking the Start New Wizard on Startup box in your User Preferences.
This pane allows you to select a base graph type for your appearance file. To learn more about graph types, refer to Chapter 13, "Graph Types," in the PopChart Server Reference manual.
Allows you to choose from the standard graph types.
Allows you to choose a subtype of your selected graph type.
This pane allows you to select a template from which to build your appearance file. Templates are pre-defined projects that are commonly used. You can select from the templates that come with PopChart Builder, or use one that you or your company has designed for you.
Navigate through this tree to find the template you are looking for. PopChart Builder will look for templates in the location specified in the Template Directory field of the User Preferences dialog ( See Also: "Template Directory"). The first template you see will be the template that was selected the last time the PopChart Wizard was run.
This image is a preview of the currently highlighted template.
This screen allows you to enter data for your graph. You can enter information either manually, or by pasting it from a spreadsheet program. To enter data manually, just select the first row and start typing. The Tab key cycles through the squares. To paste data, copy it from your spreadsheet program and use the Paste from clipboard and Clear All buttons to place it in the Wizard data table.
The Paste from Clipboard button will paste data into your table beginning with the top-left most currently selected cell. The Clear button will delete the information in all currently selected cells. If you have selected only one cell, it will clear every cell in the table.
This option toggles the visibility of the currently selected row. If it is unchecked, this row will not be graphed. Otherwise, it will be graphed normally.
This option toggles the visibility of the currently selected column. If it is unchecked, this column will not be graphed. Otherwise, it will be graphed normally.
This option allows you to transpose data by changing what information is considered to be Series data. By default, this option is set to Series Data in Rows, meaning that each row constitutes a series and each column constitutes a category. Choosing Series Data in Columns switches this around. The graph previews depicted above this option show you how the graph will look under each setting.
This option appears for pie graphs instead of the previous option. It works as explained above.
This pane controls general settings for your appearance file. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your project.
Places a border around the entire project.
Launches the Color Properties dialog, where you can change the project border color. For more information about this dialog, refer to "Color Properties" in Chapter A.
Launches the Color Properties dialog, where you can change the project background color. For more information about this dialog, refer to "Color Properties" in Chapter A.
Changes the graph's color theme. Color themes are pre-set color definitions that help determine the colors of bars, lines, wedges, and areas. You can create color themes adding them to the config/PCColors.xml file. Refer to "Color Themes" in Chapter 11 of the PopChart Server User Guide.
This pane helps you add a title box to your project. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your project.
If you enter text into this box, the Wizard will insert a title box into your project. You must press tab or enter for the text you type to be displayed.
This option allows you to set the position of your title box. You can put it either above or below the graph. This option is not applicable for templates.
If checked, the title box will have a border around it.
If checked, the title box will have a shadow.
This button will launch a Font Properties dialog, where you can change the title font.
This pane allows you to add or remove axes from the graph. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your appearance file. This pane will not appear for templates or for pie graphs or gauges.
If checked, scale labels and tick marks will appear along the bottom of the graph.
If checked, scale labels and tick marks will appear along the side of the graph. You can choose to put them on either the left or right of the graph.
This pane allows you to add or remove gridlines. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your appearance file. This pane will not appear for templates or for pie graphs, pareto graphs, or gauges.
These options enable or disable vertical gridlines.
If checked, major vertical gridlines will be displayed behind the graph.
If checked, minor vertical gridlines will be displayed behind the graph. For some graph types, this option does nothing.
These options enable or disable horizontal gridlines.
If checked, major horizontal gridlines will be displayed behind the graph.
If checked, minor horizontal gridlines will be displayed behind the graph. For some graph types, this option does nothing.
This pane helps you add a legend to your appearance file. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your project. This pane will not appear for templates or for gauges.
If checked, PopChart Builder will place a legend in the project.
This option allows you to set the position of the legend. You can place it to the right, left, bottom, or top of the graph.
This pane helps you add data labels to your appearance file. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your project. This pane will not appear for templates or for gauges.
If checked, data labels will appear when specified below:
Data labels will always appear.
Data labels will only appear when a user places his or her mouse over the relevant area.
This option allows you to set the position of the data labels.
Data labels will appear immediately above the relevant area.
Data labels will appear immediately below the top edge of the relevant area.
Data labels will appear immediately above the bottom edge of the relevant area.
(Horizontal Bar graphs only) Data labels will appear immediately to the right of the right edge of each bar.
(Horizontal Bar graphs only) Data labels will appear immediately to the left of the right edge of each bar.
(Horizontal Bar graphs only) Data labels will appear immediately to the right the left edge of the each bar.
(Pie graphs only) Data labels will appear outside of each pie wedge with leaders pointing from the wedges to their label.
(Pie graphs only) Data labels will appear outside of each pie wedge.
(Pie graphs only) Data labels will appear on the inside of each pie wedge.
This section allows you to change the data label format string. For information about this string, refer to "Custom Data Label Formatting" in Chapter 1.
This option allows you to choose to display a border around your data label boxes.
You can choose a color for your border by clicking on the color button, which launches the Color Properties dialog, where you can change the data label border color. For more information about this dialog, see "Color Properties" in Chapter A.
This button will launch a Font Properties dialog, where you can change the data label text font and background color. For more information about this dialog, refer to "Font Properties" in Chapter A.
This pane helps you customize the appearance of PopUp text in your appearance file. The image on the right shows you how the changes you make in this pane will affect your project. This pane will not appear for templates.
PopUp Text will appear with a single line border around it.
Launches the Color Properties dialog, where you can change the PopUp text border color. For more information about this dialog, refer to "Color Properties" in Chapter A.
This button will launch a Font Properties dialog, where you can change the PopUp text font and background color. For more information about this dialog, refer to "Font Properties" in Chapter A.
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