Chart objects

Charts are composed of objects. Settings that you apply to objects in charts in IBM Cognos Workspace Advanced affect how a chart appears when you run it and view it in Cognos Viewer.

The following image shows a chart as it appears in Cognos® Viewer.

Figure 1. A column chart with elements marked in Cognos Viewer.
a column chart with the chart elements marked, including titles, data series, categories, axis titles and labels, gridlines, and footer

The following image shows the same chart as it appears in the Cognos Workspace Advanced user interface. The Y-axis title is selected.

Figure 2. An editable column chart with elements marked in Cognos Workspace Advanced
an editable column chart with the following elements marked: the chart type icon, axes, chart body, axis titles, legend icon, and chart object area
Parent topic: Creating Charts