Below you will find in-depth user information about each property, what it does and how it can be applied
Many properties in the DATA section can be set overall for the whole chart, but also separately on the data point level. See data point styling for more details
Binding Tab
1 Dataset
2 Series
Styling Tab
General
1 Position and Size
2 Appearance
Data
3 Array
4 Icons
Binding Tab
Dataset>
| First row (column) is the heading. |
When enabled, the first row (column) of the dataset is the heading. When disabled, the first row (column) of the dataset is included in the data range. |
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| Data is in | Sets the way data is structured: in rows or columns. |  |
Series>
| Name | Text field to name the Series. By default, it is set to “New Series n”. In the Icon array chart, only one series is available. |  |
| Category | Used to bind categories. Every category is represented by icons of the same color or/and type |  |
| If there are one or more empty cells in a corresponding category column/row an empty category is added. Values of multiple empty categories will be merged into one category. |  |
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| Value | Used to bind numerical values. Every value is represented by a number of icons that is proportional to a total number of icons. Value of an icon can be explicitly set under Styling > Data > Array > Value of 1 Icon. |  |
| If there are one or more empty cells in a value column/row the icons are not plotted. |  |
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| Color |
Used to bind the data to the color of the icon. The bound column/row can be represented by categorical or numerical values. By default, it’s formatted as a categorical value. The type of data can be adjusted in the Formatting tab. Colors can be presented directly as HTML names, HEX, RGB, or CMYK values. More on that here. To use direct coloring the color of icons should be set to “None” under Styling > Data > Icons > Color. |
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| Icon | Used for direct binding. Data should contain the naming of an icon type. Possible values are listed here. |  |
Styling Tab
DATA
Array>
| Rows |
Sets the number of rows in the array |
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| Columns | Sets the number of columns in the array |  |
| Value of 1 Icon | Sets the value of 1 icon |  |
HORIZONTAL GAPS
| Group By | Sets the number of icons that will be grouped horizontally and separated from other groups by gaps |  |
| Size | Sets the size of the horizontal gap in absolute or relative values |
VERTICAL GAPS
| Group By | Sets the number of icons that will be grouped vertically and separated from other groups by gaps |  |
| Size | Sets the size of the vertical gap in absolute or relative values |
Icons>
ORDER
| Sort |
Sorts the array of icons in the following order:
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| Direction |
Sets the direction of icon placement:
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| Method |
Sets the method of placing icons:
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| Start Corner |
Sets the corner from which the placing of icons starts:
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