You can complete the following tasks to personalize a chart portlet:
If your administrator selects the Use Consistent Chart Colors option at the system level, you can configure a chart portlet to do the following:
Follow these steps:
The configure options page appears.
Specifies the consistent color key. The list of available keys depends on the source data of the specific chart.
Specifies overriding the selection (for this chart only) at the system level.
Values: Yes or No
This procedure explains how to determine which data displays on a chart.
To determine which data to display for a chart
The source data page appears.
The following procedure explains how to determine the appearance of a chart. This procedure assumes the basic chart has been created and the data that the chart is to show has been chosen.
This procedure explains the basic procedure for all charts. All fields that might occur for any chart type are included but are marked by the type of chart to which the fields apply.
To determine a chart portlet's appearance
The options page appears.
Note: The options are entered in alphabetic order rather than the order they appear on the page.
Indicates that users can modify the appearance of a portlet.
Indicates that users can modify portlet labels.
Defines the position of the first dividing line. Use with Pie and Funnel charts.
Values: 0 to 360 degrees
Default: 0
Displays the metric name along the X-axis, Y-axis, or both axes. Use this option with:
Defines the intersection point of the axis. Use with bubble and scatter charts.
Specifies the labels that appear along the category axis for the X-axis of column and line graphs and the Y-axis of bar graphs. For example, consider a column graph that shows five months of data with three metrics (shown as red, green, and blue bars). The months are the categories, and this field determines the label that appears on each one.
Specifies the data name that appears next to the value on the chart. Use this option with all data types.
Defines the number of decimal places to display for numbers. Use this option with:
Specifies how values are rounded up. Select a value for rounding from the drop-down list. Use this option with:
Indicates how the results appear initially on a page.
Specifies a page link that appears as a secondary value that the user can select.
Defines the interval of major ticks on the axis. Use this option with:
Defines the greatest value to display on the axis. Use this option with:
Specifies the data values to show when a user moves the cursor over a chart value. Use with all chart types.
Defines the data point at which all records for a specified value are grouped into a category named Other. Use this option if too many items appear on the chart. Use this option with the following chart types:
Indicates whether the Axis line displays. Use this option with:
Specifies whether to display a legend for the chart. Use with bar, column, line, bubble, and scatter chart types.
Default: Selected
Indicates data points on the chart; otherwise, only a line displays. Available for line charts. Select the check box to show line markers.
Indicates that lines are to connect the data points. Available for line charts.
Indicates whether major grid lines display on the chart. Use this option with:
Specifies that a comma is to separate values greater than 999 (for example, 1,000). Use this option with:
Indicates whether tick labels display on the chart. Use this option with:
Indicates that the portlet name is to display. Available for all chart types.
Indicates that a column is the default sort item. This option is available for column and line charts.
Indicates the metrics that display as separate bars rather than a single merged bar. Select the sub-type that is desired. This option is available for bar and column charts.
Sets the angle of a label that is used with tick marks. Use this option with:
Specifies the axis for which guides are being set.
Defines the name for the axis. Enter the name that you want to appear.
Determines whether the name of the axis displays.
Identifies the source of the information that displays on the guide. Select the appropriate option. If you are selecting a type for an X-axis, you can only select an attribute. If you are selecting a type for a Y-axis, select either the fixed value or the percent value and enter the amount.
Default: Attribute
Specifies the color for the guide.
Default: Black
CA Clarity PPM administrator can enable the Use Consistent Chart Colors option at the system level. In this case, you can switch between applying and not applying consistent colors at the chart level. The ability gives you flexibility when the colors assigned to the chart make it unreadable. For example, more than one data set displays the same color. Toggling between states of color is useful when charts with multiple metrics are used and the legend displays only one color.
If consistent colors are currently applied to a chart, you can switch to the Default Colors (that is, inconsistent colors) option. Conversely, if you do not apply consistent colors to a chart, you can switch to the Consistent Colors option in the Options menu.
The changes you make at a chart portlet level during a CA Clarity PPM session are only available in that session. Once you log out, the changes are lost. For the changes to be available outside a session, configure the chart portlet.
Follow these steps:
The option that is available depends on the current chart setting (Default or Consistent).
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