Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy Cookbook

Beautify your chart

In the previous recipe we created a vertical line graph, simple but effective. There is still something that we can do to smooth edges, improve the readability, and make it more pleasant for the eye.

Getting ready

We run the 22 Internet Sales by Product Category and Month graph, and save it as 23 Bikes Internet Sales by Month. Next, we apply a view filter to the graph. We learned in the previous chapter how view filters work; we can add one to this dataset so that only the bikes are displayed. If you don't see the View Filter area click on the View |View Filter menu, and create a new one with the condition Product Category In List {Bikes}.

How to do it...

And now we start the aesthetic process:

1. First thing the background; click ...