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Use the options on the Data page to do the following:

  • Provide data for a chart

  • Bind a chart or individual series to a data source

  • Customize an argument and a value scale type

  • Customize the view type of auto-generated series

  • Apply data filtering and sorting

  • Adjust the Pivot Chart settings

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You can provide data for a chart using the tabs described in the following table.


Tab

Description

Points

Use the Points tab to enter data points for series manually.

Data page points tab

Series Binding

Use the Series Binding tab to provide specific data binding options for each series.

Note

Note that valid Argument and Value entries must correspond to the Argument scale type and the Value scale type selected for the appropriate series on the Series page. Otherwise, an error message will be invoked.

Auto-created Series

Use the Auto-created Series tab to specify data columns used to generate series, as well as the series view type and other options such as sorting, filtering, and a name template.


Auto-created Series


The following illustration demonstrates how it works.

Auto-created series example

Pivot Grid Datasource

For familiar data sources (such as Pivot Grid), you can choose to automatically adjust the binding and layout settings of your chart. When you set a Pivot Grid as a chart's data source, the Pivot Grid Data Source tab becomes available.


Pivot Grid Datasource drop-down


On this tab you can adjust various Pivot Chart options.


Pivot Grid Datasource tab with Pivot Chart options