Plot Setup: Axis Titles/Labels Page

The Axis Titles/Labels page allows you to define the information used with the x-axis and y-axis, including the titles, axis labels and the numbers displayed in the axis labels. This page is not available when you are working with a pie chart.

The options on this page will vary depending on the plot style you are working with.

Axis Titles
- Select or clear the Show check box to determine whether the title will be shown on the plot. Click the Set Font button next to the corresponding input box to open the Font window, which allows you to set the font type, style, size, color and orientation of the text.

Each asterisk (*) represents the default title text. If you type new text in an input box, either alone or in addition to the asterisk, the text you type will be displayed on the plot. For example, if you add (Hours) to the Y-Axis Title field, the default y-Axis title will be displayed, followed by "(Hours)." The changes you make will be applied regardless of plot type, so the y-axis title of a Static Reliability Importance plot would then be "Static Reliability Importance (Hours)" and the y-axis title of a Throughput vs. Time plot would be "Throughput(t) (Hours)." (This assumes that you have not changed the default axis titles from the ones shipped with the application.)

Axis Labels
- Axis Labels options, when selected, displays the numerical labels for the x-axis and/or the y-axis in the plot.
- If available for the plot type, click the Custom Labels button next to the corresponding option to open the Custom Axis Labels window, which allows you to add user-defined numerical labels to the x-axis or y-axis of the plot. Note that values outside the plot's display range are accepted but will not be shown.

Click the Set Font button next to the corresponding option to open the Font window, which allows you to set the font type, style, size, color and orientation of the text.

Numbers in Axis Labels

Use the options in this area to configure the display of numerical values shown on the axes. The available options depend on the setting of the Use Significant Figure Formatting check box.

If selected:

Use the significant figures fields to set the maximum number of digits that are displayed (e.g., the number 1.23456789 displays as 1 with 1 significant figure while it displays as 1.23457 with 6 significant figures). If the value is large and contains more significant figures than the set value, then the number is simply rounded to the nearest whole number.

If not selected:

The mathematical precision sets the number of decimal places that a number will display. The scientific tolerance sets the point at which the numbers will be converted to normalized scientific notation. For example, setting the scientific tolerance to 3 means that all numbers with a value greater than 1,000 will be converted to normalized scientific notation (e.g., 1.0E +3).

Note: When you are working with a bar chart, the Numbers in Axis Labels area will contain settings for only the axis representing the dependent variable. This is affected by the orientation of your bar chart; if you are using vertical bars, this area will contain settings for the y-axis, and if you are using horizontal bars, it will contain settings for the x-axis. It is important to be aware that the settings for one axis will not transfer to the other axis when you change the bar orientation. You will need to return to this page and reenter the settings.

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