Format Panel for Histogram Visualizations
You can select formatting options for a histogram visualization, such as whether to bin your data automatically, by a specific number of bins, or by bin size; whether to hide or display data labels; etc.
If you are formatting the visualization in Formatting Mode, you can also click an area of the graph to format it. The appropriate formatting options appear in the Format panel.
Access
- Open an existing dossier that contains the histogram visualization you want to format.
- In the left toolbar, click Format.
Fields
- Select the area of the visualization you want to format from the first drop-down.
Title and Container
The following options are available to format the title, background, and borders in a visualization:
Title
Show titlebar: Select the checkbox to display the visualization's title.
Font: Select font formatting options.
Container
Fill Color: Select the background color of the visualization from the palette.
Outer Border: Select the style and color of the visualization's borders from the drop-down lists.
Histogram Options
A histogram groups metric values into ranges (that is, bins). Each range is represented by a bar in the visualization. The following options are available to format the bins and data labels in a histogram.
Bin Editing
Automatic: Select this checkbox to allow Digital.ai Intelligence Applications to automatically determine the appropriate number of bins.
By Number of Bins: Select this option from the drop-down to specify the number of bins in the visualization.
By Bin Size: Select this option from the drop-down to specify the size of each bin.
Full data range: Select this checkbox to use the default minimum and maximum values of the dataset to represent the start and end of the binning.
Custom minimum value: Enter the minimum value to represent the start of the binning.
Custom maximum value: Enter the maximum value to represent the end of the binning.
Bin Size: Enter the size of each bin.
Data Labels
Values: Display data labels using the metric values associated with each graph item.
None: Hide data labels for graphs items.
Fit to bar: Automatically resize the font size of the data labels to fit the size of the bar.
Rotation: Enter the number of degrees in which you want to rotate the text clockwise (0-360).
Font: Select font formatting options.
Axis Lines and Labels
The following options are available to format the axes in a visualization.
Axis Labels
Select the axis to format from the drop-down.
Show Labels: Select this checkbox to show axis labels.
Font: Select font formatting options for the axis label text.
Rotation: Select whether to display the axis labels as Automatic (default), Vertical, or Horizontal. This option is only available if you are formatting the X axis.
Axis Lines
Select the axis lines to format from the drop-down.
Line: Select the style and color of the axis lines from the drop-downs.
Axis Titles
Select the axis titles to format from the drop-down.
Show Axis Title: Select this checkbox to show axis labels.
Font: Select font formatting options for the axis title text.
Grid Lines
Select options to format the grid lines from the drop-down.
Line: Select the style and color of the grid lines from the drop-downs.