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Second Y-axis not showing tickmarks

chrmcq
Explorer

I have a chart with 3 y-axes which displays the data as expected, but the right-hand axis shows only the title, with no tickmarks. How do I make tickmarks visible?

XML below

  <module name="HiddenChartFormatter">
     <param name="charting.myBrush1">solidFill</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush1.color">0xcb3834</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush2">solidFill</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush2.color">0x36ad21</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush3">solidStroke</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush3.color">0xfae300</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush3">solidStroke</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrush3.thickness">3</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrushPalette1">list</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrushPalette1.brushes">[@myBrush1,@myBrush2]</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrushPalette2">list</param>
     <param name="charting.myBrushPalette2.brushes">[@myBrush3]</param>
     <param name="charting.chart.lineBrushPalette">@myBrushPalette2</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.areaBrushPalette">@myBrushPalette1</param>
     <param name="charting.chart">line</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2">area</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.stackMode">stacked</param>
     <option name="charting.chart.columnSpacing">0</option>
     <param name="charting.legend.placement">none</param>
     <param name="charting.primaryAxisTitle.text">Date/Time</param>
     <param name="charting.legend.masterLegend"></param>

     <param name="charting.axisY.scale">linear</param>
     <param name="charting.axisY.minimumNumber">0</param>
     <param name="charting.axisTitleY.text">secs</param>
     <param name="charting.axisTitleY.placement">left</param>
     <param name="charting.axisY.minimumNumber">0</param>
    <param name="charting.axisY.maximumNumber">16</param>
     <option name="charting.primaryAxisLabels.majorLabelVisibility">show</option>
     <option name="primaryAxisLabels.majorTickVisibility">show</option>
     <option name="primaryAxisLabels.minorTickVisibility">show</option>
     <option name="secondaryAxisLabels.majorTickVisibility">show</option>
     <option name="secondaryAxisLabels.minorTickVisibility">show</option>

     <param name="charting.axisY2">#axisY</param>
     <param name="charting.axisY2">numeric</param>
     <param name="charting.axisY2.minimumNumber">0</param>
     <param name="charting.axisY2.maximumNumber">10</param>
     <param name="charting.axisLabelsY2">#axisLabelsY</param>
     <param name="charting.axisLabelsY2.axis">@axisY2</param>
     <param name="charting.axisTitleY2">#axisTitleY</param>
     <param name="charting.axisTitleY2.text">pageHits</param>
     <param name="charting.axisTitleY2.placement">right</param>

     <param name="charting.data0">results</param>
     <param name="charting.data0.jobID">@data.jobID</param>

     <param name="charting.data1">view</param>
     <param name="charting.data1.table">@data0</param>
     <param name="charting.data1.columns">[0,1]</param>

     <param name="charting.data2">view</param>
     <param name="charting.data2.table">@data0</param>
     <param name="charting.data2.columns">[0,2,3]</param>

     <param name="charting.chart.data">@data1</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.data">@data2</param>
     <param name="charting.chart.axisY">@axisY</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.axisY">@axisY2</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.layout.splitSeries">False</param>
     <param name="charting.chart2.layout.axisVisibility">show</param>

     <param name="charting.layout.charts">[@chart,@chart2]</param>
     <param name="charting.layout.axisTitles">[@axisTitleX,@axisTitleY,@axisTitleY2]</param>

     <param name="charting.backgroundColor">0x000000</param>
     <param name="charting.fontColor">0xFFFFFF</param>
     <param name="charting.fontSize">16</param>
     <param name="charting.chart.axisY.includeZero">true</param>

     <module name="FlashChart">
        <param name="width">98%</param>
        <param name="height">340px</param>
        <param name="maxResultCount">5000</param>
     </module>

  </module>

Any help much appreciated

0 Karma

jonuwz
Influencer

Welcome to the joys of non-standard charting !!

Tickmarks are part of axisLabelY2, which you've defined, but not added as a label object in charting.layout.axisLabels

You've done the right thing for the extra axisTitleY2 here :

<param name="charting.layout.axisTitles">[@axisTitleX,@axisTitleY,@axisTitleY2]</param>

You need to do the same for axisLabels

<param name="charting.axisLabelsY2.placement">right</param>
<param name="charting.layout.axisLabels">[@axisLabelsX,@axisLabelsY,@axisLabelsY2]</param>

unless you explicitly define the axisLabels, it'll use the default, which is just X and Y (not Y2)

Also, you need to move the labels to the right (1st line)

0 Karma

jonuwz
Influencer

Out of interest - did this fix your problem ? Its hard to test stuff like this without data

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