This particular topic applies to Gantt charts. Separate help topics are available for bar charts and pie charts.
The fields on this tab are used to select the type of chart to be displayed and set a wide variety of format settings.
When you are finished making your selections on this tab, click any other administration tab to save your changes and keep the administration interface open, or click OK to save your changes and return to the roll-up display.
This section contains the three fields described below. These fields determine the basic format of the chart roll-up.
This drop-down is used to select the chart format to utilize in the roll-up. To create a Gantt chart, select Gantt from this drop-down.
This drop-down is used to select the image format used when the chart is displayed. The default is JPEG, but GIF is also supported.
This checkbox does not apply to Gantt charts, so it should be left blank.
This area of the Display tab is used to define the format and labels used in the chart.
This field is used to define the name of the field that represents the title of each task.
This field is used to define the name of the field that represents the Start Date. This must be a date type field.
This field is used to define the name of the field that represents the End Date. This must be a date type field.
This field is used to define the color utilized to display each bar in the chart. To select a color, use the Choose Color link.
This area of the Display tab is used to define the properties of the chart itself.
This field is used to define the title to be displayed at the top of the chart.
This field is used to define the name of the font to be used for the title.
This field is used to define the size of the font in which the title will be displayed. If the Font Color is defined, the Font Size is also required.
This field is used to define the color of the font in which the title will be displayed. To select a color, use the Choose Color link.
This field is used to define the color that will be displayed behind the chart title. To select a color, use the Choose Color link.
This field is used to define the name of the font to be used for labels along the X axis of the Gantt chart.
This field is used to define the size of the font in which the X axis labels will be displayed. If the X Font Color is defined, the X Font Size is also required.
This field is used to define the color of the font in which the title will be displayed. To select a color, use the Choose Color link.
This field is used to define the name of the font to be used for labels along the Y axis of the Gantt chart.
T This field is used to define the he size of the font in which the Y axis labels will be displayed. If the Y Font Color is defined, the Y Font Size is also required.
This field is used to define the color of the font in which the title will be displayed. To select a color, use the Choose Color link.
This field is used to define the image width of the Gantt chart display, stated in pixels, This does not control the width of the Gantt chart itself; it controls the total width of the image displayed to the user.
This field is used to define the image height of the Gantt chart display, stated in pixels. Like the Image Width setting, this does not control the height of the Gantt chart itself; it controls the total height of the image displayed to the user.
This field is used to define the X coordinate location of where the Gantt chart begins within the image.
This field is used to define the Y coordinate location of where the Gantt chart begins within the image.
This field is used to define the width of the Gantt chart within the image, stated in pixels. If you take the total Image Width and subtract the X Location, you should be able to come up with a number which allows the Gantt chart to take up the remainder of the image width.
This field is used to define the height of the Gantt chart within the image, stated in pixels. If you take the total Image Height and subtract the Y Location, you should be able to come up with a number which allows the Gantt chart to take up the remainder of the image height.
By default, each line in the Gantt chart will be separated by seven days. To increase or decrease this value, enter the number of days to use as a separator in this field.