X-axis customizations

1. Label customizations

1.1. X-axis position

You can change the position of the x-axis. It can be positioned at the top or the bottom.

x-axis position

In trellis mode, you have additional options like Frozen bottom row/Frozen top row/ First chart only/ Bottom row/ Top row, etc.

A few pre-conditions need to be met to enable the x-axis position option in trellis mode:

• Axis sorting should be set to native

• TopN ranking should not be applied

Show x-axis categories in all panels

Frozen bottom row

Frozen top row

Top row

First chart only

1.2. X-axis label orientation

You can choose between various orientations for x-axis labels.

Label orientation

1.3. Suppress null categories

You can choose to show or hide categories that contain null values. Notice how the Depreciation account is plotted only when null values are unsuppressed. Learn more about null handling in Analytics+.

Null values plotted

Null values suppressed

1.4. Adjust font size

You can increase or decrease the font size of the labels.

Font size

1.5. Font color and style

You can display the labels in bold or italics. You can also change the color.

Font style

1.6. Open x-axis settings panel

Click on the gear icon to open the x-axis settings window to apply detailed customizations.

Xaxis settings panel

1.7. Show or hide x-axis labels

You can choose to show or hide the x-axis labels. To display the x-axis labels again after hiding them, click on the undo link. You can enable x-axis labels by navigating to Settings > Axis > X-axis > Label. Change the Label from 'Hidden' to a display type of your choice.

Show or hide x-axis labels

1.8. Category grouping

You can enable or disable category grouping. Learn more about category grouping.

Category grouping

1.9. Axis type

When you have a time series axis dimension, you can switch between continuous and categorical axes from the on-object interaction menu.

Category grouping needs to be disabled to change the axis type.

Axis type

1.10. Sorting

Sort the X-axis categories in ascending or descending order.

Sorting axis categories

2. Title customizations

2.1. Font customizations

You can change the font color, size, and style of the x-axis title.

Font customizations for x-axis title

2.2. Title settings

From the title settings window, you can apply the customizations listed below:

• Font style: set bold/italics and a custom color

• Set a custom size in pixels

• Assign the font family

• Set a custom x-axis title - you can assign a title that is different from the dimension name in the dataset.

Click on the gear icon to open the x-axis settings side panel

Title setting for x-axis

2.3. Show/Hide title

You can choose to show or hide the x-axis title. To display the x-axis title again after hiding it, click on the undo link. You can enable the x-axis title by navigating to Settings > Axis > X-axis > Show title. Enable the toggle to display the title.

Show or hide x-axis title