Axis Properties

Visible
Defines whether this element is visible. Regardless of value, the element affects layout and is stored in the user's browser memory. Because the element is stored in memory, performance might be affected.

TRUE
This element is visible.

FALSE
This element is not visible, but it still affects layout and is stored in browser memory.

The Visible property

Display
Defines whether this element is displayed. If it is not displayed, the component does not affect layout. However, regardless of value, the element is stored in the user's browser memory. Performance might be affected as a result.

TRUE
This element is displayed, and it affects layout.

FALSE
This element is not displayed, and it does not affect layout. The element remains stored in browser memory.

The Display property

Title
Defines the title text for this axis. This text appears as an axis title label.

The Title property

Vertical Axis Title Orientation
Controls axis title orientation for a vertical axis. Orientation can be either Vertical or Flipped Vertical. You might want to select Vertical if the axis is on the left of the chart, and Flipped Vertical if the axis is on the right.

The axis is placed on the left, and the Axis Title Orientation is set to Vertical.

Changing the Axis Placement moves the axis to the right side, and changing the Axis Title Orientation to Flipped Vertical changes the orientation of the text.

The Vertical Axis Title Orientation property

Title Align
For a vertical axis, specifies whether the axis title is aligned to the top, bottom, or center of the axis. For a horizontal axis, specifies whether the axis title is aligned to the left, right, or center of the axis.

The Title Alignment property

Font
Defines the font used for the axis title. (The Labels row has its own Font, color, size, Italic, Bold, and Underline settings that apply to the axis labels.) To add a font to this project and use it for this property, see Text Component Properties.

The Font property

Font Color
Defines the font color used for the axis title or the axis labels.

The Font Color property

Font Size
Defines the font size used for the axis title or the axis labels.

The Font Size property

Italic
Defines whether the axis title or labels are italicized.

The Italic property

Bold
Defines whether the axis title or labels are bold.

The Bold property

Underline
Defines whether the axis title or labels are underlined.

The Underline property

Axis Placement
For a vertical axis, specifies whether the axis is positioned on the left or the right of the chart. For a horizontal axis, specifies whether the axis is positioned on the top or the bottom of the chart.

The axis is placed on the left.

The axis is placed on the right.

The Axis Placement property

Labels
Specifies how many labels appear along the axis.

None
No labels appear.

Min Max
Only the minimum and maximum labels appear.

Auto
The number of labels depends on the amount of available space.

Show All
A label appears for every major tick.

The Labels property

Horiz Align / Vertical Alignment
For a vertical axis, determines whether the labels are aligned vertically to the top, middle, or bottom of the major ticks. For a horizontal axis, determines whether the labels are aligned to the left, center, or right of the major ticks.

The Label Vertical Alignment property

Label Gap
Defines the distance, in pixels, between the major tick marks and the labels for this axis.

The Label Gap property

Label to Title Gap
Defines the distance, in pixels, between the axis title and the axis labels.

The Label to Title Gap property

Label to Edge Gap
Defines the distance, in pixels, between the chart container and the labels for this axis.

The Label to Edge Gap property

Label Rotation
Defines the angle of rotation for the labels on this axis. Valid values are between −180 and 90.

The Label Rotation property

Label Type
Specifies whether the axis labels are Standard text labels or Custom labels rendered with a symbol. Default is Standard. When set to Custom, the Custom Label Symbol property is shown.

Custom Label Symbol
Specifies the symbol to use for a custom label renderer. Used when Label Type is Custom.

The Label Symbol property

Use div Labels
Specifies whether the labels along an axis are coded as <div> elements, thereby allowing multiline text and HTML tags. By default, labels are rendered as SVG text elements, which are faster but support fewer formatting options.

An example of HTML content used as a div label

The Use //div Labels property//

Line (Axis Stroke Color)
Defines the color of the line that represents this axis.

The Axis Stroke Color property

Axis Stroke Style
Defines the stroke style of the line that represents this axis.

The Axis Stroke Style property

Axis Stroke Weight
Defines the stroke weight of the line that represents this axis.

The Axis Stroke Weight property

Axis Type
Defines the scale type of an axis. Changing this property replaces the axis with a new axis of the selected type.

Linear Axis
The axis represents linearly increasing values.

Log Axis
The axis represents logarithmically increasing values. You might want a logarithmic axis if your data has a large range.

Datetime Axis
The axis represents linearly progressing date and time.

Category axis
The axis uses categories instead of a scale. Use a category axis when the data's linear progression doesn't matter, or when there is no way to interpret the data as a number or a date.

The Axis Type property

Inverted
Controls whether this axis is inverted.

TRUE
The smaller values appear at the top if this axis is vertical, or the right if it is horizontal. For a category axis, the top values in the table appear at the top or right of the axis.

FALSE
The smaller values appear at the bottom or left of the axis. For a category axis, the top values in the table appear at the bottom or left of the axis.

The Inverted property

Format String
Defines the format used for the axis labels. For example, a Datetime axis might use the string "MM/dd/yyyy", and a number axis might use the string ",##0.00". See here for a complete list of formats.

The Format String property

Auto Adjust
Specifies whether the axis range and ticks intervals are determined automatically based on the data feeding the chart.

The Auto Adjust property

Base At Zero
Allows you to change the axis range minimum to decrease unused space on the chart.

TRUE
The axis minimum is zero, unless there are negative data values on this axis. In that case, the axis minimum is equal to, or slightly below, the lowest data value.

FALSE
The axis minimum is equal to, or slightly below, the lowest data value.

The Base At Zero property

Min
Defines the minimum of the axis range. If not set, the minimum is determined automatically.

The Axis Minimum property

Max
Defines the maximum of the axis range. If not set, the maximum is determined automatically.

The Axis Maximum property

Major Interval
Defines the interval between each consecutive pair of major ticks, in the units of the axis.

The Major Interval property

Align Labels To Interval
For a linear axis, specifies whether labels are placed at multiples of the major interval. Default is TRUE.

Major Tick Placement
Specifies whether the major ticks appear on the Inside, Outside, or Cross (center) of the line that represents this axis, or None. Default is Cross.

The Major Tick Placement property

Major Tick Stroke Color
Defines the stroke color of the major ticks.

The Major Tick Stroke Color property

Major Tick Stroke Weight
Defines the stroke weight of each major tick.

The Major Tick Stroke Weight property

Major Tick Length
Defines the length of each major tick.

The Major Tick Length property

Minor Interval
Defines the interval between each consecutive pair of minor ticks, in the units of the axis.

The Minor Tick Interval property

Minor Tick Placement
Specifies whether the minor ticks appear on the Inside, Outside, or Cross (center) of the line that represents an axis, or None. Default is Cross.

The Minor Tick Placement property

Minor Tick Stroke Color
Defines the stroke color of the minor ticks.

The Minor Tick Color property

Minor Tick Stroke Weight
Defines the stroke weight of each minor tick.

The Minor Tick Stroke Weight property

Minor Tick Stroke Length
Defines the length of each minor tick.

The Minor Tick Length property

Compare Mode
Defines the Compare Mode of this axis. Use a Compare Mode when you want to overlay data for different dates and times. See Designing Charts.

None
Series with different dates and times are not aligned.

Compare Mode is available for Datetime axes.

Hour
Times of day are aligned, so you can compare midnight with midnight.

Day
Date ranges are aligned, so you can compare "day one" from different ranges.

Week
Days of the week are aligned, so you can compare Mondays with Mondays.

Month
Days of the month are aligned, so you can compare firsts of the month.

Year
Days of the year are aligned, so you can compare January first with January first.

The Compare Mode property

Date Format
For a Datetime axis, specifies whether dates are shown in Server or Local time. Default is Local.

Data Units
Defines the units for this Datetime axis.

A value of Auto means that units are determined automatically based on the data feeding the chart.

The Data Units property

Data Interval
Defines the interval between each consecutive pair of major ticks, in the units of the axis. This property is ignored if the Data Units property is set to Auto.

The Data Interval property

Date Range
For a Datetime axis, sets the axis minimum and maximum from a date range. This property only takes effect when Auto Adjust is FALSE.

Align To Units
For a Datetime axis, specifies whether labels are aligned to the start of the label units (for example, to the start of each day).

Left/Right Label Threshold
For a Datetime axis, a percentage of the label interval used to decide whether a label is shown before the first data point or after the last data point. Default is 75%.

Show Zero Label
For a Datetime axis, specifies whether to show the label for the zero date (January 1, 1970), which appears when the axis has no data. Default is TRUE.

Data Provider
Defines the table that feeds data to this category axis.

The Data Provider property

Category Field
Defines the table column that contains category names.

The Category Field property

Category Order
Defines the order of the categories on this axis, as a list of comma-separated values.

The Category Order property

Computed Minimum
Returns the minimum of the axis range, which is defined either automatically or by the Min property. This is a read-only property, so changing it does nothing.

The Computed Minimum property

Computed Maximum
Returns the maximum of the axis range, which is defined either automatically or by the Max property. This is a read-only property, so changing it does nothing.

The Computed Maximum property

Computed Interval
Returns the interval between major ticks, which is defined either automatically or by the Major Interval property. This is a read-only property, so changing it does nothing.

The Computed Interval property

Computed Units
For a Datetime axis, returns the units used for the axis labels, which are defined either automatically or by the Data Units property. This is a read-only property.