Legends

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Nevron Chart for Reporting Services supports multiple legends. Legends are added, removed and edited by the Legends Tab of the Chart Major Tab (Chart > Legends).

Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has one legend by default. Each values data grouping can be display information about itself on exactly one legend - see the Value Data Groupings topic for more information. Each legend is populated with items. Each legend item represents a chart series, data point or custom information about a series.

Following is a description of the properties of each legend as they are grouped in the visual interface.

General

Visible - the visible property controls the visibility of the legend. When set to false the legend will be hidden.

Items Layout - controls the layout of the legend items. Possible values are:

Single Row - the items of the legend are arranged in a single row.

Single Col - the items of the legend are arranged in a single column.

Fixed Rows - the items are arranged in cols. There is a fixed number of rows allowed per each column. A new column is created when the current column breaches the fixed rows constraint. The number of fixed rows is controlled by the Fixed Rows Count property.

Fixed Cols - the items are arranged in rows. There is a fixed number of cols allowed per each row. A new row is created when the current row breaches the fixed cols constraint. The number of fixed cols is controlled by the Fixed Cols Count property.

Vertical Wrap - the items are arranged in rows, when the available vertical space is reached the legend adds new columns.

Horizontal Wrap - the items are arranged in columns, when the available horizontal space is reached the legend adds new rows.

Auto Single Row Col - in this mode the legend automatically switches between Single Row or Single Col mode depending on the legend dock position. If the legend layout mode is set to Manual the Auto Single Row Col mode always evaluates to Single Col.

Auto Fixed Row Col - in this mode the legend automatically switches between Fixed Row or Fixed Col mode depending on the legend dock position. If the legend layout mode is set to Manual the Auto Fixed Row Col mode always evaluates to Fixed Col.

Fixed Rows Count - controls the number of fixed rows.

Fixed Cols Count - controls the number of fixed cols.

Marks Width - controls the width of the legend items marks.

Marks Height - controls the height of the legend items marks.

Text Offset - controls the offset of the legend item text from the legend item mark.

Header and Footer

Each legend has header and footer. From the Header and Footer tab you can control the text displayed by the header/footer as well as to control the header/footer text appearance. See the XML Formatted Texts topic for more information on how to create texts with rich formatting.

Layout

The properties in this page control the layout of the legend. For more information see Understanding the Chart Layout.

Appearance

Fill Style - controls the filling of the legend base.

Border Style - controls the border style of the legend base.

Shadow Style - controls the shadow dropped by the legend base.

Gridlines

A legend items can be separated by horizontal and vertical gridlines. From the gridlines page of the legend you can control the visibility of the horizontal and vertical gridlines, as well as define their appearance.

Stripes

The legend rows and columns can be filled with interlaced horizontal and vertical stripes.. From the stripes page of the legend you can control the visibility of the horizontal and vertical stripes, as well as define their appearance.