Charts - canvas settings

The canvas tab enables you to set the theme, assign chart colors, customize the variance, or change the font for the entire report.

Canvas settings are subject to vary based on the chart type.

1. Theme

Analytics+ comes packed with built-in themes you can apply in a single click. Select the theme from the dropdown to apply it.

Setting the theme

• Customizing themes: With Analytics+, you can customize themes by setting the chart/measure/font/background colors. You can design a custom theme for charts/cards and tables by navigating to Canvas settings > Theme > Customize.

Designing custom themes

2. Background

You can set a custom background color for the canvas. It is set to white by default.

Canvas background

3. Font style

Set the font type, size, and color. To set a custom font color, the Auto color toggle should be disabled.

Setting the font style for charts

• Responsive: When this option is enabled, Analytics+ will dynamically adjust the font size based on the canvas size. The font size will be reduced as you decrease the canvas size, enabling you to fit in as much data as possible and optimize the available canvas area.

Responsive font size

When the responsive font option is enabled, the data label, axis, and legend size are automatically adjusted based on the panel (in trellis mode) and canvas size.

The data label size is set to the value specified in data label settings when the responsive font option is disabled.

In the example, when the responsive font is disabled, notice how the variance data label size is disproportional to the bar size. Also, the data point labels are not displayed as the font size is too large to fit into the available canvas area.

Responsive font for data labels

4. Axis default date format

When you have a date dimension in your axis or small multiples, Analytics+ assigns the date format based on the date format in the summary table. Learn more about summary tables.

Date format in the summary table

Date format for axis taken from summary table

When you disable the Axis default date format toggle, the system date format is taken as the date format in the chart.

System date format taken for axis

5. Group default date format

Like the Axis default date format option, when you have a date dimension as your small multiple parameter, you can choose whether to use the default date in Analytics+ or the system date format.

Group default date format enabled

Group default date format disabled

6. Marker display

For charts like area/line that have markers for each data point, you can regulate the number of markers to display. Choose from options like All, Last Only, First + Last, Min + Max, etc. The Nth Label option allows you to specify the interval between data points for which to display markers.

Marker display

6.1. Outlier

You can display markers for outliers as well. Analytics+ allows you to use a different colored marker to differentiate between outliers and regular data points. You can also set a custom percentage for rendering outliers i.e. consecutive data points which differ beyond the specified percentage will be considered outliers.

In the example, we have highlighted the outlier markers in red when the deviation between consecutive points is greater than 30%.

Outlier markers

6.2. Min/max value

When you display the min and max markers, you can set a custom color for them. Analytics+ renders min and max markers in the standard red and blue scheme.

Min and max default color scheme

6.3. Based on

You can specify the data driving the first/last/min/max calculations for stacked and cluster area charts.

• Category: The markers are displayed based on each category's minimum/maximum values.

• Series: The markers are displayed based on each measure's minimum/maximum or first/last value.

• Stacked total: The markers are displayed based on the minimum/maximum of the total value for each category.

Based on option

7. Category format

You can customize the appearance of each measure by setting the fill and color.

Measure customizations

7.1. Enabling markers

Additionally, for each measure, you can enable markers for the data points and set the marker style, size, and color. In the example, we have chosen a diamond marker for the 2024 Plan measure and a square marker for the 2023 Actuals measure.

Enabling and customizing markers

7.2. Chart placement

When you have overlapping charts in your report, you can choose which chart to bring to the fore. In the example, the line chart for the 2024 Plan has been moved to the back and the line chart for 2023 Actuals is rendered in front of the bar chart.

Chart placement for overlapping charts

8. Marker series

When you have AC, PY, and PL measures, PY is typically represented as an overlapped bar behind AC and PL as a flag to enable comparisons with the AC measure. You can also plot PL as the overlapped bar and PY as a flag.

PL as flag

PY as flag

9. Individual category format/ category format

For single-measure charts, you can opt for each axis category to be rendered in a different style. You can choose between solid, hatched, and outline styles for charts like waterfall, variance, and bullet which depict data using bars.

When using the Power BI theme, you cannot update the colors for individual categories as the colors are directly derived from the Power BI sequence.

Format for each category

10. Variance

You can override the default red/ green and set custom colors to represent positive and negative variances.

Custom colors for positive and negative variances

10.1. Marker

When the variance is plotted as a different chart, you can set the shape, color, and size of the variance markers.

Variance markers

10.2. Axis size

Set the thickness of the variance axis line. Choose between a thin or a thick axis.

Thin variance axis line

Thick variance axis line

10.3. Min/max

Specify a percentage difference beyond which a variance data point will be considered an outlier.

Variance outliers

11. Variance display

You can also choose to depict variances as an arrow or a bar. The default option is bar.

Variance customizations

12. Series label

Series labels help users quickly relate the dimension or measure series to what is plotted in the chart. When you work with stacked charts, you can display the category label against the stack for easy identification.

Series label

12.1. Show connecting line

Render a line that connects the series label to the category.

Show connecting line

12.2. Position

Display series labels to the right or left of the chart.

Series label position

12.3. Width

Adjust the width of the series label section. If the category names are long, you can change the width to accommodate and display the entire name.

Series label width

12.4. Font and style

Set the font format, style, and size.

Font and style

12.5. Match series color

Enable the Match Series color toggle if you want the font color to match that of the series categories. You can set a custom color when this toggle is disabled.

Match series color enabled

Custom font color for series labels

12.6. Background

Set a custom background color to highlight series labels.

Series label background

13. Individual stacked group color

For stacked and multi-axis charts, you have the flexibility to assign colors for each category. Click on the color box against the category to open the color picker. Choose from a wide range of fill patterns to easily distinguish between various categories, enhancing the readability of your data.

Individual stacked group colors and fill patterns

When multiple measures are plotted in a stacked chart, enabling the Individual stacked group color toggle will display all combinations of the measure and the group category in the legend.

Legend for individual stacked groups

14. Connector line

Waterfall charts and stacked charts can have lines that connect each of the bars/stacks. You can hide the lines by disabling the Connector line toggle. You can also set a custom color for connector lines.

Connector lines