Area Chart

Area Chart allows you to compare values for a set of unordered items across categories through filled curves ordered vertically.

Area Chart

How to configure flat table data to Area Chart?

Area Chart need a minimum of 1 value element and 1 column element to showcase. The measure or expression field that you would like to analyze can be dropped into Value(s) block. The dimension that you would like to categorize the measure, can be dropped onto Column block. If you would like to categorize based on a series, then the respective dimension can be dropped onto Row block in addition.

Following chart illustrates about how to configure data to area chart

Drag and drop the Area chart widget into canvas and resize into your required size.

Drag and drop the Area

Connect to the data source.

Focus on the Chart widget.

Chart widget

Click on the Assign Data Button.

A Data pane will be opened with available Measures and Dimensions.

Data pane

Assigning Value(s)

Drag and drop the Measure into Value.

Drag and drop the Measure

Now the chart will be rendered like this.

Chart illustration

You can change the summary type of the value by clicking on Settings option.

Settings option

Select the required summary type from list.

Summary type

You can select what data to be displayed by choosing filter option.

Filter option

The Measure Filter option will be shown and you can choose the filter condition and apply the condition value.

Measure Filter

You can clear the filter.

clear the filter

You can Format the value.

Format option

The format options will be shown.

Format option

Choose the options you need and click OK.

Choose the options

Now the Chart will be rendered like this.

Chart illustration

You can add more number of values by drag drop the Measures into Value field.

Add more number of values

Chart illustration

You can also add Dimensions and Columns to Value(s).

Assigning Column(s)

You can add the Dimension into Column field by drag and drop.

Assigning Column

Add the Dimension into Column

You have option to add more than one Column Value.

Add more than one Column

The following alert message will be shown.

Alert message

  • If you choose Yes Drill down option will be enabled.

You can drill down the chart by clicking on the chart.

Drill down the chart

The drilled view of the chart is follows.

Drilled view of the chart

  • If you click No the new Dimension value will replace old value.

Replace old value

You can also add Measure and Expression columns into Column(s) field.

You have options to change the settings.

change the settings

Sorting

You can sort the chart either in Ascending or Descending series.

Ascending Order:

Ascending Order

Descending order:

Descending order

You can apply a filter.

Apply a filter

Chart illustration

Select the Conditions and Rank you need.

Conditions and Rank

Now the chart will be rendered like this.

Chart illustration

To show all records again click on Show All Records.

Show All Records

You can add Measures into Column(s).

Add Measures into Column

Chart illustration

Chart illustration

Assigning Row

You can add Dimension into the Row field for series chart.

Assigning Row

The chart will be rendered in series as shown in the image.

chart will be rendered in series

You have settings options similar to column(s).

settings options

How to configure the SSAS data to Area Chart?

Area Chart need a minimum of 1 value element and 1 column element to showcase. The measure or expression field that you would like to analyze can be dropped into Value(s) block. The dimension that you would like to categorize the measure, can be dropped onto Column block. If you would like to categorize based on a series, then the respective dimension can be dropped onto Row block in addition.

Following steps illustrates configuring SSAS data to Area chart

Drag and drop the Area chart widget into canvas and resize into your required size.

Drag and drop the Area chart widget

Select the dropped widget using mouse.

Select the dropped widget

Click the Assign Data button in the toolbar.

A Data pane will be opened with available Measures and Dimensions.

Assign Data button

Assigning Value(s)

Drag and drop a column under Measures category into Value(s) section.

Assigning Value

Now the chart will be rendered like this.

Chart illustration

Define the filter criteria to match through choosing Edit option in Filter menu item.

Filtering criteria

The Measure filter dialog will be shown where you can choose the filter condition and apply the condition value.

Measure filter

Select Clear option to clear the defined filter.

Clear option

Select Format option to define the display format to the values in the column through Measure Formatting window.

Measure Formatting window

Choose the options you need and click OK.

Choose the options

Now the Chart will be rendered like this.

Chart illustration

You can also add more than one column to the Value(s) section.

Add more than one column

Chart illustration

Assigning Column(s)

Add a dimension level or hierarchy into Column(s) section through drag and drop.

Drop dimension field

Assigning Column

You may also add more than one column into Column(s) section. In that case, you will be prompted with a message like below, asking for confirmation to enable drilling across the levels.

Drill level dialog

Select Yes to enable drill option in chart. Select No to replace the existing column with this one in the Column(s) section.

Click the respective data value marker in chart to drill into its inner level.

Data value marker in chart

The drilled view of the chart is follows.

Drilled view of the chart

Through the breadcrumb at top, you may navigate to the outer or middle levels from your current inner level.

Navigate to the outer or middle levels

Define filter criteria through Filter(s)… menu item in the Settings drop down menu.

Filtering criteria

Select Filter(s)… to launch the Filters window.

Select Filters

Define the filter Condition and Rank and Click OK.

Filter Condition

Now the chart will be rendered like this

Chart illustration

To show all records again click on Show All Records.

Show All Records

Assigning Row

You can add a dimension level or hierarchy to Row section for series rendering of chart

Assigning dimesion to row

The chart will be rendered in series as shown in the image below.

Chart illustration

How to format Area Chart?

You can format the Area chart for better illustration of the view that you require, through the settings available in Properties pane.

To format area chart follow the steps

Drag and drop the area chart into canvas and resize it to your required size.

Configure the data into bar chart.

Focus on the area chart and Click on Widget Settings.

Widget Settings

The property window will be opened.

property window

You can see the list of properties available for the widget with default value.

General Settings

General Settings

Header

This allows you to set title for this area chart widget.

SubHeading

This allows you to set sub-title for this area chart widget.

Description

This allows you to set description for this area chart widget, whose visibility will be denoted by i icon, hovering which will display this description in tooltip.

Basic Settings

Basic Settings

Chart Type

This allows you to switch the widget view from current chart type to another chart type.

Enable Animation

This allows you to enable the rendering of series in animated mode.

Show Marker

This allows you to toggle the visibility of marker from label to adorn each data point in chart series.

Show Marker

Enable Drill Down

This allows you to add more than one dimension element to the Column block in Data Pane of Widget View such that, those form an hierarchy and each of its level can be navigated through clicking the respective series drawn. In its disabled state, trying to add more than one element will replace the existing one.

Initial View

Initial View

Drilled View

Drilled View

Show Legend

This allows you to toggle the visibility of legend in chart and also changing the legend text position (selecting through combo box).

Show Legend

Enabling this option of Custom Legend Text will allow you to define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series (selecting through the combo box) in chart.

Custom Legend Settings

You can customize the legend text through the Custom Legend Settings dialog. This dialog will show the legend text list as labels at left and corresponding text area at right to add the formatted text to display instead. When a column is added into Row section, this dialog will show two options Individual and Group at top in addition, to toggle between.

Individual

Selecting Individual option will allow you to define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series in chart with the default format:

{{ : Row }} ({{ : Value }})

Where, Row represents the value of dimension column added to Row section and Value represents the value of the measure column added to Value section.

Individual

Group

Enabling Group option will allow you to set the display format and define a custom text (through the text area) to display for each legend series based on the specified format.

Group

For example, If Display Format is {{ : Row }} ({{ : Value }}), then Legend series will display like Argentina (Sum of Order ID)

Display Format

Show Value Labels

This allows you to toggle the visibility of value labels.

Show Value Labels

Value Label Rotation

This allows you to define the rotation angle for the value labels to display.

Value Label Rotation

Value Label Font Size

This allows you to define the font size for the value labels to display. Text will get collapsed,
if it exceeds the size of the bar. Default font size for the Value label is 9 pixels.

Value Label Font Size

Value Labels Suffix

Allows you to set suffix to the value labels.

Value Labels Suffix

Filter Settings

Filter Settings

Hierarchical Filtering

This allows you to define the behavior of top n filtering which can be flat or hierarchical.

Act as Master Widget

This allows you to define this area chart widget as a master widget such that its filter action can be made to listen by other widgets in the dashboard.

Ignore Filter Actions

This allows you to define this area chart widget to ignore responding to the filter actions applied on other widgets in dashboard.

Link Settings

Link Settings

To configure the linking to URL or dashboard with the widget through its settings. For more details, refer Linking.

Container Settings

Container Settings

Title Alignment

This allows you to handle the alignment of widget title to either left, center or right.

Title Color

This allows you to apply text color to the widget title.

Border Visibility

This allows you to toggle the visibility of border surrounding the widget.

Corner Radius

This allows you to apply the specified radius to the widget corners. Value can be between 0 and 10.

Maximized View

This allows you to enable/disable the maximized mode of this area chart widget. The visibility of the maximize icon in widget header will be defined based on this setting in viewer.

CSV Export

This allows you to enable/disable the CSV export option for this area chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to CSV format in viewer.

Excel Export

This allows you to enable/disable the Excel export option for this area chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the summarized data of the widget view to XLSX format in viewer.

Image Export

This allows you to enable/disable the image export option for this area chart widget. Enabling this allows you to export the view of the widget to image format (*.JPG) in viewer.

Enable Comment

This allows you to enable/disable comment for dashboard widget. For more details refer here

Axis Settings

Axis Settings

This section allows you to customize the axis settings in chart.

Category Axis

This allows to enable or edit the option of Category Axis. It will reflect in chart area x-axis name.

Category Axis

Category Axis Title

This allows you to toggle the visibility of Category axis title.

Category Axis Title

Label overflow mode

This allows you to handle the display mode of the overlapping labels.

Trim

This option trims the end of overlapping label in the axis.

areachart_xaxislabeltrim

Hide

This option hides the overlapping label in the axis.

areachart_xaxislabelhide

Wrap

This option wraps the lengthy label text in the axis.

areachart_xaxislabelwrap

Label Rotation

This allows you to define the rotation angle for the category axis labels to display.

Label Rotation

Axis Label Size

This allows you to increase or decrease the font size of the category axis label. Default font size for the category axis label was 10 pixels.

Category axis label size

Primary Value Axis

This allows you to enable and edit the Primary Value Axis title. It will reflect in chart area y-axis name.

Primary Value Axis

Primary Value Axis Title

This allows you to toggle the visibility of primary value axis title.

Primary Value Axis Title

Axis Label Size

This allows you to increase or decrease the font size of the primary axis label. Default font size for the primary axis label was 10 pixels.

Primary axis label size

Primary Value Axis Range

This allows you to set user-defined range with valid interval for primary value axis. The axis range can be set from Axis Range Settings dialog and this can be opened on clicking the Axis Range button in primary axis property pane.

Axis Range Settings

You can customize the axis range values through Axis Range Settings dialog. This dialog will show the options to set minimum range, maximum range and interval values.

Axis Range Settings

Below Chart demonstrate the Axis Range support, with the above shown min, max and interval values.

Axis Range support

Secondary Value Axis

This allows you to enable/edit the Secondary Value Axis title. It will reflect in chart area secondary y-axis name.

Secondary Value Axis

Secondary Value Axis Title

This allows you to toggle the visibility of secondary value axis title.

Secondary Value Axis Title

Secondary Value Axis Range

This allows you to set user-defined range with valid interval for secondary value axis. The axis range can be set from Axis Range Settings dialog and this can be opened on clicking Axis Range button in secondary axis property pane.

Secondary Value Axis Range

Below Chart demonstrate the Axis Range support, with the above shown min, max and interval values.

Axis Range support

Plot Axis Settings

This allows you to define which measure column need to be plotted against which value axis (primary or secondary).

Plot Axis Settings

Primary Value Axis

Primary Value Axis

Secondary Value Axis

Secondary Value Axis

Axis Label Formatting

This allows you to handle different formatting options like display type, denominations, decimal places, currency culture and negative value display format to the value axis labels. Click on Axis Label Formatting button in Plot Axis Settings window will launch the following editor to configure settings.

Axis Label Formatting

Sort Order

This allows you to define the sorting of chart based on any of the measures that you dropped and its order through this option. Following screenshot illustrates the Ascending sort order.

Sort Order

Grid Line Settings

Grid Line Settings

Primary Value Axis

This allows you to enable the primary value axis gridlines.

Primary Value Axis

Category Axis

This allows you to toggle the visibility of category axis gridlines.

Category Axis

Secondary Value Axis

This allows you to toggle the visibility of secondary value axis gridlines.

Secondary Value Axis

Trend Line Settings

Trend Line Settings

You can add trend line to chart based on dropped measure that you select. You can also customize its legend text, line type and line color. Trend line is not visible, by default.

Trend line by default

After applying these settings, it will reflect in chart like below.

Chart illustration

You have options to edit or delete the added trend lines.

Series Palette

This allows you to customize the chart series color through Series Palette section.

Use Default Palette

This allows you to toggle the series color between default palette and custom palette. By default, the property is toggled on and default palette will be applied to series.

series colorpalette

By toggle off the Use Default Palette, you can customize the series colors. This section shows, list of series’ labels on the left-hand side and corresponding series color on the right-hand side. By clicking on the colored square, color picker will be opened. You can choose a color. And, you can also change the series color by changing the corresponding Hexadecimal value in the right-hand side.

series colorpalette window

Series colorpalette