topic Legend for Block Chart in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377534#M1167823 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to display a legend for a block chart - much like we do for a bar chart so the users can see easily what each block represents</P><P></P><P>Specifically for the second dimension - the text even after modifying it is not that legible and in small boxes it is not visible for obvious reasons</P><P></P><P>Is that possible?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:57:07 GMT 2012-08-13T21:57:07Z Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377534#M1167823 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to display a legend for a block chart - much like we do for a bar chart so the users can see easily what each block represents</P><P></P><P>Specifically for the second dimension - the text even after modifying it is not that legible and in small boxes it is not visible for obvious reasons</P><P></P><P>Is that possible?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:57:07 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377534#M1167823 2012-08-13T21:57:07Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377535#M1167824 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No that is not possible for block chart!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:38:23 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377535#M1167824 2012-08-14T06:38:23Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377536#M1167825 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN id="xpndit_tooltip" style="display: none; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; max-width: 400px; background-color: #fefefe; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 4px 8px; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000; z-index: 5000; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"></SPAN></P><P>you will not be able to add legends to a block chart.. for the very simple reason that it is a block chart.</P><P></P><P>To overcome the problem you have..&nbsp; limit the number of blocks shown on the chart.. like below..</P><P></P><P><IMG __jive_id="20113" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" onclick="" alt="PrintScreen8-7-2012-4.14.34 PM8-14-2012-12.11.50 PM.png" src="/legacyfs/online/20113_PrintScreen8-7-2012-4.14.34 PM8-14-2012-12.11.50 PM.png" width="450" /></P><P></P><P>hope that helps...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:43:03 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377536#M1167825 Anonymous 2012-08-14T06:43:03Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377537#M1167826 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for thh answer, i realize you are just stating the facts.&nbsp; However the fact that it is so it is unacceptable to me and it should be to all Qlikview users.</P><P></P><P>There is nothing aout a block chart that says it can't have a legend. Newspapers like the WSJ routinely have block charts with legends. And while it is technically possible to limit the number of blocks, I may not want to do so to show all the data.</P><P></P><P>Qlikview should not dictate how we present the information but merely enable us to show it with the maximum flexibility. Qlikview competes with any other tools and I for one am still evaluating it, if another tool can provide those features then it may well win in my mind.</P><P></P><P>I do not know and I doubt that anyone at qlikview reads this, but they should as this is where they can find out what does not work n their tool</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:59:01 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377537#M1167826 2012-08-14T11:59:01Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377538#M1167827 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well.. If you consider that this will be a good addition to the chart properties... then i would suggest you post the same under the IDEA section of the community and you mnight get some response...</P><P></P><P>also.. share your <SPAN id="xpndit_tooltip" style="display: none; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; max-width: 400px; background-color: #fefefe; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; padding: 4px 8px; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000; z-index: 5000; line-height: 120%; text-align: left; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"></SPAN>experiences on evaluating qlikview for your requirements... </P><P></P><P>thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:01:18 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377538#M1167827 Anonymous 2012-08-15T07:01:18Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377539#M1167828 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>someone please help me to understand why there is no legend for block chart?whats the reason behind it?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:04:02 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377539#M1167828 alexpanjhc 2012-09-21T19:04:02Z Re: Legend for Block Chart https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377540#M1167829 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I agree with you, it is likely an omission that hopefully they will fix. FDor what is worth I requested the improvement, but who knows if and when.</P><P>Logically every chart should ahve the option for a legend</P><P></P><P>as a sample of block charts with legends, I am addinglinsk to some good ones from newspapers, so that those who say they are unneessary se evidence</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:56:26 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Legend-for-Block-Chart/m-p/377540#M1167829 2012-09-21T19:56:26Z