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The X-axis is the axis of arguments.
This topic consists of the following sections.
•Continuous and Discrete X-Axes
To access X-axis settings, use the X-Axis Settings button in the Diagram section of the Design Ribbon tab (or the button if you are using the toolbar menu).
This will invoke the X-Axis Settings dialog.
This dialog contains the following settings.
Reverse |
Allows you to reverse the X-axis. If the X-axis is reversed, its values are ordered from right to left. |
Show X-axis |
Allows you to hide and show the X-axis. |
Show title |
Allows you to hide and show the X-axis title. You can choose whether to use the default text or specify a custom string. |
Enable zooming |
Allows you to enable zooming for the X-axis. The X-axis' scroll bar provides the capability to perform navigation in the zoomed diagram. |
Limit visible points |
Allows you to limit the number of points displayed on the chart's diagram along the X-axis. The X-axis' scroll bar provides the capability to perform navigation if the number of all points exceeds the number of visible points. |
If the dimension in the Arguments section contains numeric data, the Chart can create either a continuous X-axis or a discrete X-axis.
Continuous X-axis |
Discrete X-axis |
If a continuous axis is used, the distance between argument values is proportional to their values. |
On a discrete axis, all argument values are an equal distance from each other. |
To specify the X-axis type in the Designer, invoke the data item menu for the argument dimension and select the axis type.
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