Showing gridlines

You can add gridlines to the visualization background to make it easier to get a reading of the value for an item. Gridlines are dotted lines that are drawn horizontally or vertically from the tick marks on numerical axes.

About this task

The visualizations are by default drawn without gridlines. Gridlines can be added on the value and category axes in bar charts, and the X- and Y- axes in line charts, combination charts, and scatter plots, provided that the axes represent numerical values. Examples of visualizations with gridlines are shown below.

Procedure

Place the cursor on the numerical axis.
The axis is highlighted.
Click the highlighted area to access a pop-up menu.
Select Show gridlines from each value.

Tip: To remove the gridlines, repeat the steps above.

Results

The visualization is updated.

You can also add or remove gridlines from the visualization properties.

In the visualization properties panel, you can add the Gridlines card, and then select or clear the check boxes for the available axes or scales in the visualization, in any client.

(In the installed client, if you use the visualization properties dialog, you can show or hide gridlines from the axis page of interest (X-axis, Y-axis, Value Axis, etc.).)

If you use logarithmic scales in visualizations, additional minor gridlines are generally added by default. Click the Logarithmic gridlines configuration

icon to change the settings for minor gridlines in a visualization.

You can change your preferences for the gridlines in Tools > Options (installed client only), under Visualization, and an administrator can also add preferences on a group level, using the Administration Manager.