Box and Whisker Chart

A Box and Whisker chart displays pertinent statistical information about sets of data. Each box represents a set of numbers. The upper and lower bounds of the box represent the 1st and 3rd quartiles. The line inside the box represents the median. The extends of the "whiskers" represent the max and min outliers. For a more detailed description, see http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Box-and-WhiskerPlot.html.

The configuration for setting up a box and whisker chart, like most charts, is populating the Data property. The dataset for a box and whisker chart contains sets of numbers. Each column defines a series of values, for which a "box" will be calculated. The column headers define the name for the box. You may also have an optional first column that is a String column, which can break up the series into categories. For example, the data that generated the plot in the screenshot would have looked like this:

Appearance

Font

Font of text of this component

Scripting name	font
Data type	Font

Chart Title

An optional title that will appear at the top of the chart.

Scripting name	title
Data type	String

Value Axis Title

A text label to display on the value axis.

Scripting name	valueAxisTitle
Data type	String

Category Axis Title

A text label to display on the category axis.

Scripting name	categoryAxisTitle
Data type	String

Series Colors

The colors to paint each box in a series.

Scripting name	seriesColors
Data type	Color[]

Plot Background

The background color for the plot.

Scripting name	plotBackground
Data type	Color

Fill Boxes?

Fill the boxes with their color?

Scripting name	fillBoxes
Data type	boolean

Legend?

Show a legend on the chart?

Scripting name	legend
Data type	boolean

Antialias

Draw with antialias on? Makes text smoother

Scripting name	antialias
Data type	boolean
Flags	expert

Behavior

Tooltips?

Show tooltips on tasks?

Scripting name	tooltips
Data type	boolean

Common

Name

The name of this component.

Scripting name	name
Data type	String
Flags	bindable

Visible

If disabled, the component will be hidden.

Scripting name	visible
Data type	boolean
Flags	bindable

Border

The border surrounding this component. NOTE that the border is unaffected by rotation.

Scripting name	border
Data type	Border

Mouseover Text

The text that is displayed in the tooltip which pops up on mouseover of this component.

Scripting name	toolTipText
Data type	String

Cursor

The mouse cursor to use when hovering over this component.

Scripting name

cursorCode

Data type

int

Flags

expert

Values

0	Default
1	Crosshair
2	Text
3	Wait
12	Hand
13	Move
4	SW Resize
5	SE Resize
6	NW Resize
7	NE Resize
8	N Resize
9	S Resize
10	W Resize
11	E Resize

Data

The data driving the chart.

Scripting name	data
Data type	Dataset

Data Quality

The data quality code for any tag bindings on this component.

Scripting name	dataQuality
Data type	int
Flags	bindable \| expert

The following event sets are fired by this component. See Component Event Handlers to learn more.