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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Report Studio => Topic started by: fullyii on 08 Oct 2010 01:45:38 PM

Title: set color in each indivial bar in a chart
Post by: fullyii on 08 Oct 2010 01:45:38 PM
I have a chart embeded in a list. What steps do I need to take to set the color of each bar in a chart? 


chart x axes items

Strongly agree           - I want this bar to be green
Agree                       - I want this bar to be red
Somewhat Agree        - Yellow
Somewhat Disagree    - blue
Disagree                   -  orange

Title: Re: set color in each indivial bar in a chart
Post by: cognostechie on 08 Oct 2010 01:59:55 PM
Click on the Chart, In the Properties, click on 'Palette'. You can arrange the colors there. You can also create a conditional variable and use that in 'Conditional Palette'.
Title: Re: set color in each indivial bar in a chart
Post by: fullyii on 08 Oct 2010 04:00:39 PM
The color in the embeded chart does not asseem to change with pallette. Am I missing something?
Title: Re: set color in each indivial bar in a chart
Post by: cognostechie on 08 Oct 2010 04:17:06 PM
It won't change in the design mode. Run the report and it will change.
Title: Re: set color in each indivial bar in a chart
Post by: fullyii on 08 Oct 2010 05:17:34 PM
ok that worked thank you very much!