Your First Chart > Specifying Chart Parameters

In the previous section we defined the chart type for our example. In this section we will be adding various parameters to the same chart.

Setting chart properties

The following steps will guide you through the process setting basic chart properties.

1. Use the scroll bar to view the lower portion of the 'Chart Options' screen. Click on the 'Titles and Axis Name' panel to expand it. Enter 'Month' as the value for 'XAxisName' field, and 'Sales' as the value for 'yAxisName' field.
2. Click on the 'General Options' tab to switch to the 'General Options' screen. Provide a name for your chart in the 'Chart Name' field and also set the height and width of the chart - by specifying the value in their respective fields. For this example you may name the chart as 'MyFirstChart' and set the height and width to 400 pixels and 300 pixels respectively
3. Scroll down the 'General Options' screen to view the 'Caption, Subcaption' panel, and then expand it by clicking on it. Enter a Caption and Sub Caption for the chart in their respective fields. This chart will be captioned ‘Quarterly Sales Chart’ and  sub captioned ‘Year 2008’.
4. Check the 'Show Advanced Options' check boc which is located in the upper portion of the 'General Options' screen. Now, go to the 'Number Formatting and Scaling' panel and enter '$' into the 'Number Prefix' field.



Number formatting panel

So, now we have a chart with defined height/width, axis names, caption and number prefix. Our new chart after adding the parameters will look as follows:

If you are already excited about what you can do with these charts, just wait till the next section where we add styles to our charts.