Scale Type

The Scale Type page allows you to customize the scale type to be used on selected Axis element(s). This page applies to the following chart elements: Category Axes.

Scale Type
- Linear plots the data points on a linear scale with values ranging from the minimum to the maximum chart value. This is the default scale type.
- Logarithmic plots the data points on a logarithmic scale with the values based on a specific log scale. Logarithmic axes are not appropriate for zero or negative data.
- Log Base is enabled if Logarithmic is selected. This allows you to specify the base to be used for a logarithmic scale axis. The default base is 10.
- Percent plots the data points in a linear scale as a percentage of the chart values. Changing the percent basis of a chart is useful for determining overall trends in data rather than specific values.
- Percent Basis is enabled if you select Percent as the axis type.
- - Chart Maximum is the largest value in the chart and is considered 100 percent. All other values are displayed as a percentage of this value.
  - Category Maximum is the largest value in each category and is considered 100 percent. All other values in the category are displayed as a percentage of this value.
  - Series Maximum is the largest value in each series and is considered 100 percent. All other values in the series are displayed as a percentage of this value.
  - Chart Total is all of the values in the chart added together and is considered 100 percent. All values in the chart are displayed as a percentage of this value.
  - Category Total is all of the values in each category added together to give a total for each category. All values are displayed as a percentage of their category total.
  - Series Total is all of the values in each series added together to give a total for each series. All values are displayed as a percentage of their series total.