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Chart Designer

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Chart Designer Overview

The Chart Designer allows you to quickly create and customize charts in the Web End-User Report Designer.

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To invoke the Chart Designer, click the Run Designer button over the chart control.

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The Chart Designer consists of three main parts that are described below.

Chart Structure

The Chart Structure tree enables you to explore and manage a structure of a chart and its elements.

When you click a chart element in the tree, the Properties panel displays settings of this element.

To create a new series, click the plus web-designer-chart-designer-add-button button for the Series collection and select a required series type in the invoked window.

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To add elements to other collections (Titles, Legends, etc.), simply click the plus web-designer-chart-designer-add-button button.

To delete an element, select it and click the Remove web-designer-chart-designer-remove-button button.

Chart Layout

The Chart Layout area displays the preview of the created chart.

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This part also provides the following buttons:

Icon Description
web-designer-chart-designer-undo-button Reverses the most recent action.
web-designer-chart-designer-redo-button Performs the action you have previously undone.

Chart Properties

The Properties panel allows you to view and change settings of a chart and its elements. Changing any property updates the chart layout to display the current state.

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Tip

See the Web Chart Control documentation to learn more about the core Chart functionality.