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HowtocreateaPieChartthathasonesliceperdetailrecordisexplainedinaHow-to:Putonesliceper
detailrecordinaPieChart.
InConnectversionsupto1.8,transposingdatawaspossibleviatheRows are seriesoptioninthe
Chartscriptwizard.Asofversion2018.1,thisoptionisnolongeravailable.
Foralistofbackwardcompatibilityissuesconcerningcharts,pleasesee:"BusinessGraphics:Back-
wardCompatibilityIssuesintroducedin2018.1"onpage107.
Enhancingacharts'design
Chartsinsertedwithawizardalwayshavethesamelayout.TheamChartslibrarythatisintegratedin
Connecthasloadsofoptionstolayoutchartsdifferently.Here'showtomakeuseofthoseoptions.
StartbyopeningtheChartPropertiesdialog.Right-clickthechart(inthetemplate,orintheOutline
pane)andselectChart.
EverytabmenuintheChartPropertiesdialog,exceptthelastone,givesdirectaccesstoanumberof
layoutoptions.Foradescriptionoftheoptionssee:
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"BarChartPropertiesdialog"onpage865
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"LineChartPropertiesdialog"onpage894
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"PieChartPropertiesdialog"onpage909
Adding and editing properties manually
ThelasttabmenuintheChartPropertiesdialog,theSourcetab,reflectsthechoicesmadeintheother
tabs.Moreimportantly,thistabgivesyouthepossibilitytoaddanyamChartsconfigurationoptionthat
isunavailableviatheothertabmenus.
OntheSourcetab,allsettingsaregiveninJSON.Forexample:
{
"type": "pie",
"legend": {
"enabled": false
},
"radius": "100",
"innerRadius": "30"
}
(TheinnerRadiusoption,foundonthePietabinthePieChartproperties,givesthisPieChartthe
shapeofadonut.)
NotethatonlypropertiesthatweremodifiedviaoneofthetabmenusareincludedintheJSONonthe
Sourcetab.
Tochangethechart,youcansimplyedittheJSON.
Forexample,adding"handDrawn": "true"(atthesamelevelasthe"type"property)willdistortthe
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