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Hello Everyone,

I know this might be a dump question, but can someone please tell me how do I make a chart look bigger?

Thanks

Quote from: CognosDev007 on 30 Oct 2014 11:22:36 AM
Hello Everyone,

I know this might be a dump question, but can someone please tell me how do I make a chart look bigger?

Thanks

Select the chart, find the Size & Overflow property, and set the width and height to whatever you need them to be :)

Cheers!

MF.

Thanks for your quick response. When I change the height & width from size and over flow nothing happens.
Actually, my chart is in a table cell. I tried adjust the table cell property but didn't see any improvement.
Any suggestions.

Hello Cognosdev007,
So you have any other objects around your chart that may be "squeezing" your chart. I would first take the chart out of the table cell and put it in the page body and then work with the size properties, i prefer pixels and try avoiding percentages. Once you have the desired height and width for the chart, then put it inside the table cell. If that action alters the size, the fault is somewhere in your table cell or table properties. Start from a brand new table, I can suggest.
Also, everything within the chart, legend, axis titles etc take up space, so for example if you have pie chart and set the size of the chart as 400 px by 400 px, it does not mean that just the pie will be 400x400. So, if possible try turning off axis titles.

Cognos810

Thanks Everyone for your input. Yes, I am able to change the size. :) :) :) :)

Hi cognos810,
Just want to know is there is any standard ratio that we have to keep in mind while adjusting the height and length of the chart.

Thanks in advance.

Hello Sunny,
Unfortunately, there is no standard ratio that one could follow. Generally, it is what looks good in your desired output format. A bar chart, which will always have two bars for example, can have lesser height than the width, 200 px by 500 px and it would still look good. However, the same cannot be done for a pie chart as it should be more "squarish" size dimension wise.

-Cognos810