Specifying cosmetics settings for gauges

For example, if the numbers to be formatted represent the number of seconds in a time sequence, then you would specify “seconds” in this field.

For example, to change the way numbers are displayed based on their values, you can specify a Thousands to Millions to Billions conversion sequence. To do this, you would specify “K, M, B” in this field.

To make time conversions (minutes to hours to days to weeks, for example), you would specify “Min, Hr, Day, Wk” in this field.

This specification must be used in conjunction with the “Number Scale Value” specification.

For example, to convert from thousands to millions to billions, you would specify “1000, 1000, 1000” in this field. To convert from the default of seconds to minutes to hours to days to weeks, you specify “60, 60, 24, 7” in this field.

This specification must be used in conjunction with the “Number Scale Unit” specification.

For example, in some countries, a period (which is the system default) is used to separate whole numbers from decimal parts. In other countries, a comma is used for this purpose. In this latter case, you would specify a comma (“,”) in this field.

For example, in some countries, a comma (which is the system default) is used to separate whole numbers with more than three digits with commas every three digits. In other countries, a period is used for this purpose. In this latter case, you would specify a period (“.”) in this field.

For example, if you were to specify “2,3” in this field, a number with nine digits would be formatted with a comma between the second and third digit from the right, and every third digit after that. If the number to be formatted were 123456789, it would be formatted as 1,234,567,89.

Otherwise, numbers are displayed without separators.

Otherwise, all numbers display with only the number of decimal places required.

You can double-click to display the “Color” dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the background (fill).  The hexadecimal code displays after you click “OK” to exit the “Color” dialog box.

To use a gradient fill, specify all the colors required for the gradient fill, separated by commas.

Separate multiple alpha values with commas.  

For example, to plot an equidistant gradient for two colors, specify the ratio as “50,50”.

You can double-click to display the “Color” dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the border. The hexadecimal code displays after you click “OK” to exit the “Color” dialog box.

Margins refer to the spaces around the outside the actual gauge display, used to separate the gauge from surrounding material. Each of the margins-left, right, top, and bottom - must be set individually.

Use these options to override the default spaces with higher values.

This attribute can be helpful when you have multiple gauges and you want all of them  to align with each other.

• “ {dark- xx}”, where xx represents the percentage of base color darkness

  For example, “{dark-10}” represents a color which is 10% darker than the colors specified.

• “ {light- xx}”, where xx represents the percentage of base color lightness
• “{color}”, which refers to the base color, as set on the “Color Ranges” tab
• “{ HexCode }” such as “{FFFFFF}” or “{FF0000}”

  This setting can be used to override the default base color, or it can be used in combination with that and other color specifications to define a gradient.

You can double-click to display the “Color” dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the base font. The hexadecimal code displays after you click “OK” to exit the “Color” dialog box.

By default the caption displays underneath the gauge.

You can double-click to display the “Color” dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the caption font.  The hexadecimal code displays after you click “OK” to exit the “Color” dialog box.

Otherwise, the caption is aligned as set using the “Caption Alignment” setting.

You can double-click to display the “Color” dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the sub-caption font.  The hexadecimal code displays after you click “OK” to exit the “Color” dialog box.