By default, IBM® Cognos® Workspace Advanced automatically
determines the minimum and maximum scale values for the axes in a
chart.
For example, a Y-axis showing
revenue values might have an axis range of zero dollars to one million
dollars. You can customize the axis scale, or range, to make your
chart easier to understand. You can specify the following for each
axis:
- the maximum and minimum values of the range
- how often major and minor gridlines appear
Procedure
- Select the axis chart object.
- In the Properties pane, click Axis
range.
- To set a maximum value for this axis, under Maximum,
click Manual, and then type a maximum value
in the Manual box.
Note: You
can use either a positive or negative value as the maximum value.
- To set a minimum value for this axis, under Minimum,
click Manual, and then type a minimum value
in the Manual box.
Note: You
can use either a positive or negative value as the minimum value.
- To set the position of major gridlines and tick marks,
under Major interval, click Manual,
and then type the distance between major gridlines and tick marks
in the Manual box.
The distance
between major gridlines and tick marks is measured in the units of
that axis. For example, if the axis is revenue in dollars, type the
dollar value in the Manual box.
- To add minor gridlines, type the number of minor gridlines
that you want to see between each major gridline in the Number
of minor intervals box.
