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axisname: {
minorGrid: {
  visible: boolean1,
  count: number,
  lineStyle: {
    width: wmnumber,
    color: 'cmstring',
    dash: 'dstring'
   },
    ticks: {
      length: lnumber,
      visible: boolean2,
      style: 'sstring', 
      lineStyle: {
        width: wtumber,
        color: 'ctstring'}
    }
  }
}

where;

axisname

Can be:

• xaxisOrdinal
• xaxisNumeric
• yaxis
• y2axis
• zaxisOrdinal

boolean1

Controls the visibility of the minor grid lines. Valid values are:

• true, which draws the minor grid lines.
• false, which does not draw the minor grid lines. This is the default value.

number

Is the number of minor grid lines to draw between each major grid line. The default value is undefined.

wmnumber

Is a number that defines the width of minor grid lines in pixels. The default value is 1.

'cmstring'

Is a string that defines the color of minor grid lines using a color name or numeric specification string. The default value is 'black'.

For information about defining colors, see Colors and Gradients.

'dstring'

Is a string that defines the dash style. The default value is '' (which generates a solid line). Use a string of numbers that defines the width of a dash followed by the width of the gap between dashes (for example, dash: '1 1' draws a dotted line).

lnumber

Is a number that defines the length of tick marks in pixels. The default value is 5.

boolean2

Controls the visibility of tick marks. Valid values are

• true, which draws the tick marks.
• false, which does not draw the tick marks. This is the default value.

'sstring'

Is a string that defines the tick mark style. Valid values are:

• 'inner', which places the tick marks inside the minor grid lines. This is the default value.
• 'outer', which places the tick marks outside of the minor grid lines. This is the default value.
• 'span', which places half of each tick mark outside the minor grid line, and half of the tick mark inside the minor grid line.

wtumber

Is a number that defines the width of the tick marks in pixels. The default value is 1.

'ctstring'

Is a string that defines the color of tick marks using a color name or numeric specification string. The default value is 'black'.

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Example: Formatting Minor Grid Lines and Tick Marks

The following request against the GGSALES data source generates y-axis major grid lines that are solid tan lines and minor grid lines that are dashed pink lines:

GRAPH FILE GGSALES
SUM DOLLARS 
BY PRODUCT
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Gifts'
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH VLINE
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
*GRAPH_JS
blaProperties: {lineConnection: 'curved'},
yaxis: { 
  majorGrid: {visible: true, lineStyle: {width: 2, color: 'tan'}},
  minorGrid: {visible: true, lineStyle: {width: 2, color: 'pink', dash: '2 2'}}      
}
*END
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is:

By default, two minor grid lines are being drawn between each major grid line. To change that number to one minor grid line between major grid lines, change the y-axis properties to the following:

yaxis: { 
  majorGrid: {visible: true, lineStyle: {width: 2, color: 'tan'}},
  minorGrid: {visible: true, count:1, lineStyle: {width: 2, color: 'pink', dash: '2 2'}},
},

The output is: