Metric History Chart

The Metric History Chart web part displays the version history of up to ten number metric items from the Metrics list in a configurable chart.

The Metric History Chart does not support Date Metrics. See the Metric Scorecard for a web part that supports both.

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Configure the Metric History Chart

To configure the Metric History Chart web part:

1. Click the menu on the chart.
2. Click Configure Chart.

Web Part Settings

Title

Enter a title for the report.

Chrome Type

Select a chrome type for the report:

• Default
• Border Only
• None
• Title and Border
• Title Only

Chart Type

Select a chart type:

• Bar
• Column
• Line
• Spline
• Step Line

Chart Appearance

• Chart Theme
  By default, charts use the local SharePoint theme to designate a color scheme for the Y-Axis columns; however, you can over-ride this and select a custom theme for the chart.

  Chart Theme	Y-Axis Settings
  	Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5	Col 6	Col 7	Col 8	Col 9	Col 10
  Default
  Blue Scale
  Bright 1
  Bright 2
  Excel
  Grey Scale
  Primary
  Traffic Light
  Spectrum
  Pastel
  Dynamic

Custom theme selection does not over-ride custom color settings applied in the Chart Data Binding section.

• Chart Width
  Specify a width for the chart.

• Chart Height
  Specify a height for the chart.

Note: Chart height and width settings of below 100px will be ignored.

• Show chart border
  Select this option to show the chart border.

• Chart Display
  There are three options:

  1. Show as standard
  2. Show as polar
  3. Show in 3D

  Tip! 'Show as standard' is the default option for displaying charts. A chart can be shown in either 3D and standard or polar and standard, but never 3D and polar.

  Note: The Polar option for Metric History Charts are only available in the following charts: Column, Bar, Spline and Line. The options to 'Pan' and 'Zoom' are also not available on Polar charts.

  The 3D options for Metric History Charts are only available on the following charts: Column and Bar.

• X-Axis Options
  Select this option to format for readability. When a chart has lots of data, the format for readability option enables clearer content as shown in the image below.

  

Chart Data Binding

Select the columns to supply the data to render.

X-Axis Settings

• Interval
  Select the time units to use as data points:

  • Days
  • Weeks
  • Months
  • Quarters
  • Years

• Show
  Select whether to show All Data or select Last and specify the number of Intervals to show in the past.

  Selecting All Data and a frequent interval like Days could make the chart unreadable.

• Interval Value Formula
  Select the grouping formula:

  • Minimum
  • Maximum
  • First
  • Last

• Fill in missing data points
  Select this if you want the chart to fill in any missing data points.

  To understand this setting, examine the two images below. Both of these charts are configured exactly the same, except for the 'Fill in missing data points' setting.

  When 'Fill in missing data points' is enabled, it creates a data point for every interval, even if the data has not changed. When 'Fill in missing data points' is not enabled, gaps will appear where there is no data.

  

Y-Axis Settings

You can plot up to ten metrics on the one chart. For each metric you can show the Metric Value and the Target Value. You can also enter a legend and select a color for the value being charted.

• Select the Metric ID

• Select Show Metric Value and/or Show Target Value and enter a legend and select a color

Entering the Legend and selecting the color are optional.

If you do not enter a Legend, the Metric ID will be displayed.

If you do not select a color, the selected chart theme will be used to assign colors.

Chart Title and Legend

Chart Title

• Show Chart Title
  Select to enable the display of a chart title

• Title
  Enter a title for the chart

• Location
  Select the preferred location for the chart title

• Alignment
  Select the preferred alignment of the chart title

Chart Legend

• Show Chart Legend
  Select to display a legend that illustrates the selected Y-Axis columns

• Location
  Select the preferred location for the chart legend

• Alignment
  Select the preferred alignment of the chart legend

Chart Data Display Settings

Chart Data Labels:

• Show data labels
  Unselect this if you do not want to include data labels in chart data results

SharePoint Options