Radar chart allows you to display multivariate data in the form of a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point.
These types of charts are categorized under the Distribution
category in item panel.
Drag and drop column chart from the item panel into design area.
Now, the radar chart will be rendered in the design area and the chart properties will be listed in properties panel.
To present data in the chart, create a dataset and bind data to the chart data region. In this designing section, the following dataset query is used for dataset creation.
SELECT PC.Name AS ProdCat, PS.Name AS SubCat, DATEPART(yy, SOH.OrderDate) AS OrderYear, 'Q' + DATENAME(qq, SOH.OrderDate) AS OrderQtr,SUM(SOD.UnitPrice * SOD.OrderQty) AS Sales
FROM Production.ProductSubcategory PS INNER JOIN
Sales.SalesOrderHeader SOH INNER JOIN
Sales.SalesOrderDetail SOD ON SOH.SalesOrderID = SOD.SalesOrderID INNER JOIN
Production.Product P ON SOD.ProductID = P.ProductID ON PS.ProductSubcategoryID = P.ProductSubcategoryID INNER JOIN
Production.ProductCategory PC ON PS.ProductCategoryID = PC.ProductCategoryID
WHERE (SOH.OrderDate BETWEEN '1/1/2002' AND '12/31/2003')
GROUP BY DATEPART(yy, SOH.OrderDate), PC.Name, PS.Name, 'Q' + DATENAME(qq, SOH.OrderDate), PS.ProductSubcategoryID
Refer Create Data section and create dataset using the above query.
AdventuresWorks
database is used here.
Column Chart needs a minimum of 1 value element and 1 column element to showcase. The measure or expression field that you would like to analyze can be dropped into Y Values
section. The dimension that you would like to categorize the measure, can be dropped onto Columns
section. If you would like to categorize based on a series, then the respective dimension can be dropped onto Rows
section in addition.
To configure data into column chart follow the steps:
Properties
icon in the configuration panel, the property pane opens. Now, switch to DATA
tab.
Measures
section; other type of columns and dimension expressions are listed under the Dimensions
section.
Measure
section and drop it in the Y Values
section.
Now, the report item design will look like below:
Settings
icon (highlighted below) to open the aggregation type drop-down list.
You can set the aggregation type by which you can compute the selected column.
Dimensions
section to measure against any of the selected numeric column(s) in Y Value(s)
section, and drop into the Column
section.You can format the radar chart for better illustration of the view that you require, through the settings available in Properties
tab.
To format radar chart follow the below steps:
Properties
icon in the configuration panel, the property pane opens.
You can see the list of properties available for the widget with default value.
Name property can be used to provide an unique name to the chart item in the report.
A Legend is a text used to describe the data plotted. This allows you to toggle the visibility of legend in chart and also you can customize the legend text appearance. To set/reset legend properties, refer Show Legend property.
You can add multiple series to the chart and the available series will be listed in the Choose Series
drop-down. To customize the series appearance choose the required series name in the drop-down.
Refer Series section, to customize each series using the properties panel.
The border style, color, width and background color properties can be used to style the chart and customize its appearance in the report design. These properties are listed under the Appearance
category in the properties panel.
Chart Area properties such as border width, color, and background color can be used to customize the area of the chart design.
These properties are listed under Chart Area
category.
Use Color Palette property to customize the color of the chart.
The chart title can be customized by editing the Title Text
property of the chart.
To show/hide the chart title, toggle the Show Chart Title
checkbox.
Using these properties the font color, font text, font style, border, background and position of the title can be customized in the chart design.
No Data property is used to display static text when dataset results with a empty or zero rows at run time.
To set/reset no data message properties, refer No Data Message property section.
Category axis displays the text labels instead of numbers. To use the categorical axis, toggle the Enable Axis
checkbox under Category Axis
category in the chart properties.
To set/reset axis properties, refer Axis Properties property.
Value axis uses numerical scale and displays numbers as labels. To use the value axis, toggle the Enable Axis
checkbox under Value Axis
category in the chart properties.
To set/reset axis properties, refer Axis Properties property.
The Grid line properties can be set to category and value axis.
To show the grid line for category axis, enable the Category Axis
checkbox.
You can also enable the Minor Grid Lines
and customize the major and minor gridline style and color in the Advanced Options
menu.
To show the grid line for value axis, enable the Value Axis
checkbox.
You can also enable the Minor Grid Lines
and customize the major and minor gridline style and color in the Advanced Options
menu.
The page break property can be used to control the amount of information on each page when you preview the report. Follow the below steps to apply page break property for chart report item.
Break Location
type in the drop-down.
Page Number Reset
property checkbox.
Data element can be used to control visibility of a report item when exporting the report in XML format. The Data element properties are listed in the properties panel, under the Data Element
category.
You can assign a custom name for the chart element using the Name
field. The chart report item will be exported with the provided name.
Note: The name cannot contain spaces, and it must begin with a letter followed by letters, numbers, or the underscore character (_).
On exporting the report, the visibility of the chart can be controlled using the Output
property. Choosing the following options for the Output
property will perform the respective operations:
The page name property is used to name the first worksheet of the Excel workbook, when exporting the report to excel format.
You can set the static or dynamic text as page name. To set and reset dynamic text, refer Set Expression and Reset Expression section.
A document map is a navigational feature that displays a separate side pane with set of navigational links in hierarchical structure when you view a report. A user can click the content in the list, to navigate to the report page that displays that item. Refer Document Map section to configure document map in the report design.
You can set the static or dynamic text as value for document map property. To set and reset dynamic text, refer Set Expression and Reset Expression section.
Bookmark links allows the users to navigate to different parts of a SSRS report. You can add bookmarks to each textbox, image, table or chart or to the unique group values displayed in a tablix which can direct the users to specified locations in the report. The value of bookmark property can be your own strings or an expression. Refer Bookmark section to configure bookmark in the report design.
You can set the static or dynamic text as value for bookmark property. To set and reset dynamic text, refer Set Expression and Reset Expression section.
This property can be used to set the values for chart custom properties. To create and assign values for custom properties using properties panel refer Custom Properties section.
Tooltip property can be used to display informative text or value, when the user hovers over on the report item in report preview. To set tooltip for chart item using properties panel refer Tooltip section.
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