Bullet chart enhancements
In this release of IBM®
Cognos® Analytics, new
utilities are implemented that improve data visualization in bullet charts.
New in Properties
- Axis properties
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In , you can now adjust the following properties of axes:
- Axis title
- Axis label
- Axis color
- The minimum value on axis
- The maximum value on axis
- Grid line style
- Grid line color
- Manual specification of range values
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You can now manually insert the minimum, the middle, and the maximum range values in .
- Padding
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You can now modify the padding of the bullet, the padding of the target marker, and the thickness of the target marker in .
- Show value labels
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In , you can now turn on the property Show value labels to enable editing the following properties:
- Value label orientation
- Value label format
- Font family
- Font size
- Contrast label color
- Label shadow
- Zoom bar
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You can now turn on a zoom bar in the visualization by clicking Enable zoom bar in . With the zoom bar, you can focus on small areas in the visualization.
New in Fields
- Categories field
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In Fields, a new field is available, the Categories field. You can use this field to create a multi-bar bullet chart that has a single axis. Not as the Repeat fields that put multiple axes in the chart.