Chart Question

Hi,
I am kind of grouping some data into series.
My question is :
1. How can i change different colors for the series ? (1 color for each)
2. How can i adjust the space between one series and the other.
(right now they are evenly spced out and are very small to see)
Thanks
RP> 1. How can i change different colors for the series ? (1 color for each)
Hi RP,
Make sure that you have installed RS SP1 on the client and server side. When
you install SP1 on the client side you will have one extra button for
setting individual color for each data. You can find the button in chart
properties, tab Data. Select data series and click Edit. Then click
Appearance/Series Style... In the Fill tab you can control the color for
this data.
HTH,
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Martin Kulov
http://www.codeattest.com/blogs/martin
MCAD Charter Member
MCSD.NET Early Achiever
MCSD|||Thanks Martin,
I installed SP2 and I see this button. I am still not sure how I can change
the color on a pie chart.
I am trying to change the color on each individual pie in the pie chart.
For example I have two inputs for the pie
Channel and Count
Channel1 - 100
Channel2 - 250
Channel3 - 400
how can I change colors on each pie which is Channel1, channel2 and
channel3'
Thank you for your help.
Chandra.
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> > 1. How can i change different colors for the series ? (1 color for each)
> Hi RP,
> Make sure that you have installed RS SP1 on the client and server side.
When
> you install SP1 on the client side you will have one extra button for
> setting individual color for each data. You can find the button in chart
> properties, tab Data. Select data series and click Edit. Then click
> Appearance/Series Style... In the Fill tab you can control the color for
> this data.
> HTH,
> --
> Martin Kulov
> http://www.codeattest.com/blogs/martin
> MCAD Charter Member
> MCSD.NET Early Achiever
> MCSD
>

Chart Grouping Label Formatting

Is there a way to adjust the orientation of the grouping labels (x-axis) of a bar chart in a report.So instead of displaying the grouping label text horizontally I want to display the text vertically?Is there any way to access the chart object and code this in the report from properties ->code tab? Any suggestions?

From the "Axis Label Formatting Q&A" section of the following whitepaper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/MoreSSRSCharts.asp?frame=true#moressrscharts_topic3

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Note There are several third-party chart add-ins that enable more control over axis labels. These add-ins can be installed on top of Reporting Services 2005.