--- title: Chart Options slug: user-guide-10x/chart-options docTags: createdAt: 2025-06-18T11:01:38.788Z --- The Options tab in the chart configuration panel allows customization of the chart's presentation. Different chart types have different options. ::Image[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/SqMytfXtAM1teD5PRDVkd_chart-options.png" size="16" width="315" height="289" position="center" showCaption="false"} Here are the many options available to you with charts: | Chart Option | What it Does | Available With | | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Show Legend** | Displays a legend to the right of the chart. | all bar charts, multi-series line charts, stacked area and 100% area charts, pie and donut charts, heat map | | **Show X-Axis** | Displays the x-axis of the chart. | all bar charts, all line charts, all area charts, heat map | | **X-Axis Label** | Displays text as a label under the x-axis. | all bar charts, all line charts, all area charts, heat map | | **Show Y-Axis** | Displays y-axis of the chart. | all bar charts, all line charts, all area charts, heat map | | **Y-Axis Label** | Displays text as a label to the left of the y-axis | all bar charts, all line charts, all area charts, heat map | | **Show 'Other' Group** | Shows data items that do not fit on the chart, grouped together under an **Other** item. This option indicates whether to show that item in the chart or not. | all charts | | **Auto Scale** | Changes the y-axis scale from the minimum value of the measure to the maximum value of the measure. | line charts, area charts | | **Show Value Labels** | Displays labels on pie and donut charts. | pie and donut charts | | **Show Timeline** | Displays a timeline control under charts which allows the user to select a specific date interval to display on the chart. This is only available on charts that have a date field as the first dimension. | all line charts, all area charts | | **Explode Slices** | Displays the radius of the slices of a pie chart proportional to their size. | pie charts | | **Smooth** or **Line Interpolation** | Uses an algorithm to interpolate a smoothe curve from discrete data points. Sub-options include: Basis, Cardinal, Catmull Rom, Linear, Monotone X, Monotone Y, Natural, Step, Step After, and Step Before. | all line charts, all area charts | | **Bubble** | Replaces data points in the chart with bubbles, where the bubble size represents an additional dimension of data. | bubble charts |