Colour Map
- Chris Welford
- Fiona Sargeant (Unlicensed)
- Anthony George
This page provides details of the properties for a colour map, which is part of screen design.
Overview
Use a colour map to specify colours for selected chart attributes or series. It allows one attribute to have the same colour across multiple charts, regardless of its type, and the number, or sequence, of other attributes.
A colour map can be assigned to a chart in the chart's editor.
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Properties Tab
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Field | Description |
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Basic Settings | |
Name | Name of the colour map. |
Colour Map Entries | |
A list of of the colour map entries. For each colour map entry, the following settings are configured: | |
Name | Name of the colour map entry. The name must exactly match the label/string that the colour is being assigned to. |
Value |
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Description | |
Description | Description of this colour map. |
We recommend that you always enter a description to explain the purpose of this item.Description
See the Common Properties page, Access Permissions section. Security Tab
Access Permissions
See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section. Audit Tab
Audit Summary
Examples
A colour map has multiple entries, to specify a colour for each status in two different charts.
The colour map is applied to a bar chart and line graph.
Pie Chart
For this pie chart, the Label Attribute is "Status Type", which has the following possible values
- ERROR
- INFO
- OK
- WARNING
The colour map has an entry for each status.
Bar Chart
For this bar chart, the Label Attribute is "Status Type" followed by the word "Portions", as follows:
- ERROR Portions
- INFO Portions
- OK Portions
- WARNING Portions
This is because the bar graph is a sum of the "Portions" attribute, grouped by Status Type.
The colour map has an entry for each status.