Changing Axis labels and Series label formats

This recipe will introduce you to some of the undocumented features available to the chart component in Dynamics CRM. When building a chart, Dynamics CRM will provide labels for the axis, but they are not the most user-friendly. This recipe will show you how to override those standard labels with something more meaningful along with setting formats for the Series data labels.

Getting ready

This recipe assumes that you are working with the chart created earlier in the Exporting a chart recipe. This chapter also assumes that the reader has access to an XML editor such as Microsoft Visual Studio.

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps in order to complete this recipe:

  1. Locate the exported Chart XML ...

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