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When you are finished editing the chart, click the Save button at the bottom of the page. You should also save the page that contains the chart gadget by clicking the Save link in the toolbar.

Change appearance of a chart

Сontrols under the Appearance tab enable you change the appearance of the chart in a variety of ways. Depending on type of a chart, certain controls might not be available.

Theme

The Theme control provides a number of preset color schemes. Select a color scheme from the Themes drop-down menu to apply this theme to your chart.

Chart Tytle

Knoema automatically creates a title consisting of dimension elements located in filters. To change the defult title, click Edit button next to title text, then type new title text and press Enter.

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As an option, you can add a subtitle. For example, to display unit of measure of the data observed on a chart. To turn the subtitle on, click Subtitle button so it becomes highlighted. Use its Edit and Auto buttons to customize the text.

Background

Use Background Type and Background Color options to set up the color and the way the plotting area will be filled in.

Chart Type

There are the following chart type available:

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Knoema also has other types of visualizations such as digital maps, bubble chart and tree maps. They are present as separate gadget types.

Legend

The Legend control determines the position of the chart's legend, or the key that indicates which color represents which data series. To use this control, choose an button with a desired position of the chart's legend. To hide the legend, choose Do not display legend .

Gridlines

The Gridlines control places horizontal or vertical lines against the background of the chart. Check the Horizontal or Vertical options to show the corresponding gridline on the chart.

Marker

To change the shape of the point markers on the series, choose an option from the Marker control. use None to show no markers.

Precision

The Precision control determines how many decimal places appear in the chart labels. To set this control, make sure that you have checked the Display option for the Labels control, and then check an option with corresponding number. Use 0 (zero) to round lable values up to integers.

Highlight

The Highlight control adds a highlighted time range to the chart. The highlight can indicate periods of economic recession in the United States or the range of forecasted data. To use this control, choose an option from the Highlight drop-down menu. Choose None to turn the highlighting off.

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To set the color of the highlight, click the color swatch to the right of the Highlight drop-down menu, and pick a new color from the palette that appears.

Sort Options

The sort options determine how the data series in the chart are ordered. See How to use sorting article for details.

Footnote

A Footnote is a short piece of text at the bottom of a chart. To add, edit, or remove a footnote, follow these steps:

1. Click the Footnote button. The Footnote dialog box appears.
2. To remove an existing footnote, select the Not Displayed option.
3. To display a link to the data source that you used for the chart, select the Auto option.
4. To display your own text, select the Custom option, and type the text for the footnote in the corresponding field.
5. Click OK. The Footnote dialog box closes, and the site updates the footnote on your chart.

Data Series specific options

Knoema enables you to set various display options for individual data series. These options are distinct from the general options listed above, or the options that apply to the chart as a whole. Use this feature to emphasise particular data series.

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To return to the options for the chart as a whole, click the Back to global options button.

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