Controlling Automatic Layout of Ordinal Axis Labels

How to:

The axisAutoLayout properties control automatic layout of ordinal axis labels.

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Syntax: How to Control Automatic Layout of Ordinal Axis Labels
axisAutoLayout: {
   rotate45: booleanr45,
   rotate90: booleanr90,
   truncate: booleantrunc,
   stagger: booleanstag,
   skip: booleanskip},

where:

booleanr45

Can be:

true, which allows auto-layout to rotate labels 45 degrees in order to achieve the best automatic layout of ordinal axis labels. The default value is true.

false, which does not allow auto-layout to rotate labels 45 degrees.

booleanr90

Can be:

true, to allow auto-layout to rotate labels 90 degrees in order to achieve the best automatic layout of ordinal axis labels. The default value is true.

false, which does not allow auto-layout to rotate labels 90 degrees.

booleantrunc

Can be:

true, which allows auto-layout to truncate labels in order to achieve the best automatic layout of ordinal axis labels. The default value is true.

false, which does not allow auto-layout to truncate labels.

booleanstag

Can be:

true, which allows auto-layout to stagger labels in order to achieve the best automatic layout of ordinal axis labels. The default value is true.

false, which does not allow auto-layout to stagger labels.

booleanskip

Can be:

  • true, which allows auto-layout to skip labels in order to achieve the best automatic layout of ordinal axis labels. The default value is true.
  • false, which does not allow auto-layout to skip labels.
Example: Controlling Automatic Layout of Ordinal Axis Labels

The following request against the GGSALES data source generates a vertical line chart. The axisAutoLayout properties do not allow rotation, truncation, or skipping of group labels, but they are allowed to be staggered:

GRAPH FILE GGSALES
SUM DOLLARS 
BY PRODUCT
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH VLINE
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
*GRAPH_JS
blaProperties: {lineConnection: 'curved'},
xaxisOrdinal: {labels: {visible: true,font: 'bold 12pt Bookman Old Style',color: 'red',rotation: 0}},
  axisAutoLayout:{rotate45:false, rotate90:false,truncate:false, stagger:true, skip:false}    
*END
ENDSTYLE
END

On the output, the labels are staggered:

Changing the axisAutoLayout properties to the following makes skipping allowed, but not staggering:

axisAutoLayout:{rotate45:false, rotate90:false,truncate:false, stagger:false, skip:true}

With these properties, the output is:

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