In the dialog Advanced axis settings you can set format and alignment of the caption for each axis element of a time axis (first value, consecutive values, last value). Up to two lines per caption can be defined here. The preview window (upper dialog half) graphically displays the current settings.

Features in This Dialog:

Making the caption visible

You can make the upper line (usually for date) and the lower line (usually for time) of the axis caption separately visible by checking the box in the Upper/Lower line section.

Selecting the captions to be set

These settings can be made separately for the upper and the lower caption line as well as individually for each axis element, or they can be applied for all axes.

▪To do so, select the respective elements in the Axis elements section or select the elements in the preview window by clicking on them with the mouse.

Formats for date/time

Choose from this drop-down list box between the following format elements:

▪YY: year (two-digit number)

▪YYYY: year (four-digit number)

▪MM: month (two-digit number)

▪MMM: month (token consisting of three letters)

▪MMMM: month (full name)

▪DD: day (two-digit number)

▪DDD: weekday (token consisting of three letters)

▪DDDD: weekday (full name)

▪hh: hour (two-digit)

▪mm: minute (two-digit)

▪ss: second (two-digit)

These format elements can be supplemented with free text and combined as required (e.g. to include separators).

Specifying alignment of the caption

Choose an entry from the drop-down list box to specify the caption alignment.

▪left

▪right

▪centred (with reference to the axis scale mark)

▪centred in the interval.

The alignment “centred in the interval” appears only, if all axis elements are selected.

Showing the axis caption: always/only in the case of value change

For both lines of the axis label you can set whether the label is to be displayed only after a possible value change or always. In the first case, each value appears only once in the caption. In the second case, equal values may be repeated in the caption.

Further Hints

The advanced axis settings are also included in the layout templates, so that they may also be transferred to other time ranges and other time series of the same type.

Note: The length of the time range is stored in the layout template and may need to be adjusted when loaded for another time range.