Each axis in the control has a scale that defines how the data scaled on it is plotted on the chart area as well as how values on the scale are annotated. There are two major types of scale that define how the control will scale categorical (discrete) values and numeric (continuous) values.

The control will automatically select the active scale based on the chart type and chart subtype displayed on the axis. In some cases it may also influence the label formatting of the scale labels - for example in the case when you display stacked percent data. The following topics describe the exposed properties for the numeric and categorical scales as well as their subtypes.

Topic	Description
Numeric Scale	Describes the settings relevant to a numeric scale and its subtypes - number, angular, date time, value timeline and range timeline.
Categorical Scale	Describes the settings relevant to a categorical scale.