topic Re: Frame around plot area of chart in QlikView

Frame around plot area of chart

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:26:07 GMT

Hi,

sorry for this simple question but QV is pretty new for me!

I just want to do a coloured frame aound a chart in QV.

In the chart properties in tab colors the plot area border is always not selectable!

Does anybody know how this works?

Thanks for your help guys,

Christian

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:32:32 GMT

Hi Christian,

Do you mean borders? If so then you can right click on the chart, go to Properties--Layout tab, there in the top left section you can customize the borders as you want.

Hope this helps!

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

a_mullick — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:34:46 GMT

Right Click on chart --> Properties --> Colours..

You can specify colours and borders for the chart frame (Plot Area/Border is not available for all chart types, but Background Frame Colour is).

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:52:58 GMT

Hi Azam,

thanks for your help.

I use a normal bar chart. In the properties in tab colors I can just change the backround colour of the whole chart and not just the frame!

Is it really not possible to change such a simple thing?

thanks

Christian

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:59:38 GMT

Hi Syamal,

thanks fo your quik help.

Yes I mean exactly what you wrote me. The point is just, that I can not choose the colour of the border. I just can choose shodow intensity and border width. But then the border colour ist black and I would like to have it white!

Cu,

Christian

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

a_mullick — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:35:44 GMT

Hi,

Hmmm. I've never actually used this before myself, but I had assumed that the 'Plot Area Border' would give you what you were after i.e. a border in your choice of colour. But I can't get it to work despite the help text implying that it should be available for a bar chart.

I know it's not the answer you're after, but there is a school of thought that suggests that frame borders and such like are in fact a waste of space and ink... they offer no extra information concerning the data at all.

Search for 'data ink ratio', or 'chart junk' if you want to learn more.

Azam

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

a_mullick — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:48:41 GMT

But,,,,

Go to Document Settings --> General Tab and set Styling Mode to Advanced. This will give you the option to specify a colour forborders in Chart Properties --> Layout as Shyamal suggests.

Re: Frame around plot area of chart

Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:54:35 GMT

Hi Adam,

thanks so much. Now it works.

Thanks for your time!

christian