Table 2. Common arguments used by many charts.

Argument

Description

attributelist=”attr1,attr2,...attrn” colorlist=[ contrasting| modulated| rainbow| random|       updown colors| colors] labels=”label1,label2,..., labeln” labelcolor= color labelfont= font name labelsize= value labelstyle=[ italics| bold| bolditalic| plain] range=” min, max” scale=” scale” showlabels=[ true| false] values=” v1,v2,...vn” ybase=[ top| middle| bottom| value]

List of columns to use to get the values for the chart. The colorlist argument provides a number of options, including a series of keywords for automatically generating colors. updowncolors is a specification of colors for positive, negative, and zero values: up: color, down: color[, zero: color] where the zero is optional. colors may be specified as a color name (red, green, blue) or an rgb or rgba color in hex notatation, e.g. #FF0000 for red. List of labels for the chart. If not provided and attributelist is provided, the names of the attributes are used as labels. Color of the labels Font to use for the labels Size of the label font label style The min and max range as floating point values. This is used to have consistent scaling across all nodes A floating point value used to scale the chart. If false, labels aren’t drawn A list of values to use for the chart. One of values or attributelist will often be required, but not both The specified the base of the chart. Usually used to set the location of the 0 value for line and bar graphs.