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# Customising Charts

To customise a standard chart, you select Customise from the shortcut menu when you right-click on a chart. The Customise Chart form appears, containing the current definition for the chart.

Note: Customising a Gantt chart uses a different form, which provides different options.

### Fields on the Customise Chart Form

Field | Description
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Title | The title of the chart. You type the title in the field to the right. If you select the check box, the title is included in the chart. If you clear the check box, the title is not included in the chart.
Legend | The position of the legend in the chart. You use the drop-down to select the position of the legend, by selecting or clearing the Outside chart check box, and selecting the position using the tiles. The tile for the currently selected position is highlighted red. Note: You can also choose not to display a legend by selecting the No Legend tile.
Colouring | The method by which the chart is coloured. Options are: Default: The chart colours are automatically assigned. Custom: The chart colours are selected manually. When you select Custom, the Colour column is added to the Series data grid. Location: The chart is coloured according to the locations defined in each series, and the colours defined for the locations in the Setup Schedule > Locations tab. Material: The chart is coloured according to the material classes defined in each series, and the colours defined for the material classes in the Define Geology > Models tab. Resource: The chart is coloured according to the resources defined in each series, and the colours defined for the resources in the Setup Schedule > Resources tab.
Style | The type of chart. Options are: 2D: The chart is two dimensional. 3D: The chart is three dimensional and can be rotated and zoomed in the Dashboard.
Series data grid | The data grid in which you define the data to chart, and the styles with which it is displayed.

### Columns in the Series Data Grid

Column | Description
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Name | The name for the row. This is not editable and is created from the selections made in the other columns in the data grid.
Value | The value that is displayed in the chart. Options are: MASS VOLUME LENGTH Haulage report codes Qualities Numeric user parameters User calculations Activities
Movement | The type of movement displayed in the chart. Options are: Removed: The material removed from a mining location, stockpile, or process. Note: Removed is not a valid selection for a fill location. Added: The material that is added to a stockpile, process, or fill location. Note: Added is not a valid selection for mining locations. Balance: The remaining balance of material at a stockpile or a process. Note: Balance is not a valid selection for mining or fill locations.
Production | The production locations that are included in the chart. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one location. To specify the locations using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button.
Development | The development headings that are included in the chart. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one heading. To specify the headings using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button.
Materials | The material classes that are included in the chart. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one material class. To specify the material classes using the Wildcard Expression Builder, use the Ellipsis button. Note: If you are scheduling from a GEOVIA Minex gridded seam model, and have defined multiple material classes within a single seam, you can add a seam specifier to filter the values displayed in the chart by material class.
Resources | The resources that contribute to the values in the chart. This field is usually left at the default value (*), signifying all resources. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one resource. To specify the resources using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button.
Type | The type of chart in which the values are represented. Options are: Bar: Each value is represented as a vertical bar. The values for multiple series of bar charts are displayed side-by-side. Bar charts are usually used for graphing volume, mass, and aggregate qualities. Line: Each value is represented by a symbol, and the values over time are connected by lines. Line charts are usually used for graphing average qualities. Step: Each value is represented by a symbol and, similar to line charts, the symbols are connected. In step charts, the line between the symbols continues at the value for the entire period and 'steps' up or down to the next value at the next period, rather than the line having a gradual slope to connect to the next value. Stacked bar: Each value is represented as a vertical bar. The values for multiple series of bar charts are displayed on top of each other. Stacked bar charts are usually used for graphing volume, mass, and aggregate qualities and are useful when you have a large number of scheduling periods or a large number of series values to chart. Full stacked bar: Each value is represented as a vertical bar. The values for multiple series of bar charts are displayed on top of each other. The values that contribute to each bar in the chart are scaled to 1.0 for the total quantity of all series that have stacked bar as the chart type. This means each series in the bar represents the percentage of the total values for that period. Full stacked bar charts are usually used for graphing volume, mass, and aggregate qualities and are useful when you want to study material ratios and when the scheduling period length changes throughout the schedule. Similar to stacked bar, except scaled to 1.0 for the total quantity of all series of this type. Area: Each value is represented by a symbol, and the values over time are connected by lines with the space between the axis and the line coloured. Stacked area: Each value is represented by a symbol, and the values over time are connected by lines with the space between the axis and the line coloured. Where multiple series of data are displayed, the values are stacked, and shading of the highest value series continues until it meets the line of the next highest series. Full stacked area: Each value is represented by a symbol, and the values over time are connected by lines with the space between the axis and the line coloured. Where multiple series of data are displayed, the shading of the highest value series continues until it meets the line of the next highest series and the values for the sum of the series are scaled to 1.0. This means that each shaded area represents the percentage of the total quantity of all series. You can display several series of data on a single chart as lines, steps, area, stacked area, full stacked area, and either bar, stacked bar, or full stacked bar. You cannot include more than one type of bar chart in a chart.
Axis | The location of the axis. Options are: Left: The axis is located to the left of the data. Right: The axis is located to the right of the data. Tip: Usually, aggregate quantities are displayed on the left axis and average quantities are displayed on the right axis. Note: This column is available only for 2D charts.
Text Parameters | The text parameter value you want to use to filter the values in the chart. Note: This column is available only if Text type User Parameters are defined in Define Geology > Models. Tip: You can use wildcards to specify more than one text parameter. To specify the text parameters using the Wildcard Expression Builder, click the Ellipsis button.
Colour | The colour in which the bars or line of the charts are displayed. A default colour appears for each row of the grid. You can choose a new colour using the drop-down list. Note: This column is available only if the Colouring is set to Custom.

### See also

- Customising a Gantt Chart
- Dashboard
- Standard Charts
- Locations
- Material Classes
- Resources

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