Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 66950
Can't set intervals/scaling for X-axis
Last modified: 2013-09-25 20:41:41 UTC
Hi, I'd like to see the facilities for manipulating the Y axis on the X axis, too. The following are rationales for the various options for Y that I'd like to see for X; since I'm using a German version of OO, I'm guessing the English terms and quote the German ones in parentheses. "Scaling" ("Skalierung") tab: * "Minimum" and "Maximum" could be adjusted by changing the data range. Um... well... assuming the data series are sorted by X values. I'm not sure whether that assumption is always true - if it isn't, Minimum and Maximum would be really useful for those who get their data unordered (or are doing multiple graphs with different columns for the X axes), and wish to do by-range filtering. * "Main interval" ("Hauptintervall") and "Subinterval" ("Teilintervall"). These are the main reason why I request this. With several 100 data points, there's no good way to fit all these labels on the X axis - I definitely want to skip most of them to keep the display readable at all! * "Axis at" ("Achse bei"). I didn't need this yet, but I imagine the same reasoning that makes this useful for the Y axis should apply to the X axis. * "Logarithmic scaling" ("Logarithmische Skalierung"). Useful for X just as for Y. Actually it's so useful that you can even buy graph paper with a logarithmic scaling on both axes, which is a pretty strong argument that such a scaling would be useful. * "Main interval ticks" ("Marken für Hauptintervalle") and "Subinterval ticks" ("Marken für Teilintervalle"). I didn't need this yet, but I imagine the same reasoning that makes this useful for the Y axis should apply to the X axis. "Numbers" ("Zahlen") tab: I didn't need any of these yet, but I imagine the same reasoning that makes this useful for the Y axis should apply to the X axis. "Labelling" ("Beschriftung") tab: Again, the same reasoning that makes this useful for the Y axis should apply to the X axis. Particularly the "Rotate labels" ("Beschriftung drehen") setting is something that I'd really like to have - a 90° rotation would help me to place many more labels on the X axis.
Perhaps you use the wrong chart type? Make your "line"-chart with the type "xy Chart". The chart-modul will be redesigned. You find information about that work on http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html. But I don't know wether your wish is already covered by that work. I agree, that such features for the x-axis are useful, especially for columns-chart. You would be able to use it for histogramms, distributions and integrals.
kla: Maybe a feature wish for column Charts. reassign to requirements
Why on EARTH would you not be able to scale interval lines for both axis? That's just silly. SILLY I say!
Here might be a misunderstanding. The current chart types like bar, area or line do have a category x axis. The data points are drawn at an x position simply given by their order and not at a numerical place indicated by a separate x value. So if you would like to place bars on separate x values you may want to vote for issue 49971 (histogram) or issue 104749 (area with real x axis). Please leave also a short note about your concrete wishes. If you in contrast would like to see more scaling options for category axis maybe issue 94919 (display every nth category only) is the one you are searching for.