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New Chart Settings Experience

The new Chart Settings experience introduces a redesigned and more intuitive way to configure charts within ASK BOSCO®

All chart controls are now grouped into a single, structured settings panel, giving you greater control over how your data is visualized.

 

This update includes:

  • A clearly structured settings panel organized by chart components

  • 50+ new advanced settings across supported chart types

  • Pixel-level control over formatting, styling, and layout

  • Smart inheritance so common settings apply automatically

  • Basic and Advanced modes to suit different user needs

The result is faster configuration, improved consistency, and more professional visual outputs.

What Problems Does This Solve?

Previously, chart customization could be:

  • Difficult to navigate

  • Spread across multiple menus

  • Repetitive when applying formatting

  • Limited in advanced styling control

This update:

  • Makes chart settings easier to locate

  • Reduces repetitive formatting through inheritance

  • Supports both quick edits and advanced customization

  • Helps create consistent, presentation-ready charts with less effort

Key Improvements

1. Simplified Navigation

All settings are now accessible from a single, organized panel.

Previously:

  • Axis settings were accessed individually per axis.

  • Some formatting options required navigating through multiple menus or using the settings (cog) icon.

Now:

  • All axes can be configured from one consolidated panel.

  • Settings are grouped logically by chart component.

  • Fewer clicks are required to make changes.

How to Access Chart Settings

  1. Open a chart within a report.

  2. Select the chart to activate editing mode.

      3.  Use the settings panel on the right-hand side.


If the new settings panel is not visible, please contact team@askbosco.io

Formatting Inheritance

Common formatting settings are now inherited across similar chart elements.

For example:

  • Applying number formatting to one column automatically applies it to comparable columns.

  • Shared formatting improves visual consistency across reports.

Individual formatting can still be overridden where necessary.

This reduces repetitive setup and helps standardize reporting outputs.

Basic Mode vs Advanced Mode

Chart Settings load in Basic Mode by default, displaying commonly used options.

For additional customization, you can enable Advanced Mode within supported panels.

Advanced Mode provides:

  • Expanded styling controls

  • Aggregation adjustments

  • Additional display and formatting options

When enabled:

  • The preference is saved

  • Advanced Mode applies across all panels that support it

Settings Panels Overview

The available panels depend on the selected chart type.

Type

Use the Type setting to choose how your data is displayed (for example, bar chart, line chart, or pie chart).

Changing the chart type may also change which other settings are available. For example, some chart types have additional layout or axis options, while others do not.

Layout

Define how data is structured within the visualization.

Options may include:

  • X-axis

  • Y-axis

  • Slice

  • Size

  • Size with color

Column

Manage column-level formatting and configuration:

  • Rename columns

  • Adjust sorting

  • Apply number, percentage, or currency formatting

  • Configure conditional formatting

  • Adjust aggregation (Advanced Mode)

Axis

Control axis presentation and styling:

  • Rename axes

  • Adjust number formatting

  • Change axis positioning

Advanced Mode allows you to:

  • Modify font style, size, and color

  • Adjust numeric ranges

  • Show or hide axis lines and intervals

  • Link styling across multiple axes

Data Label

Control how labels are displayed within the chart:

  • Enable or disable labels

  • Format label content

  • Filter label display

  • Adjust styling

Tooltip

Configure tooltip behavior:

  • Enable or disable tooltips

  • Select displayed fields

Advanced Mode allows customization of:

  • Background color

  • Opacity

  • Border styling

  • Text format and color

Legend

Manage legend visibility and positioning.

Display

Control chart behavior and scaling:

  • Fit-to-screen options

  • Automatic bar width adjustments

  • Maximum data point limits

  • Zoom functionality

Advanced Mode also enables:

  • Chart background styling

  • Plot area background adjustments

  • Border styling

Query

Provides transparency into how the chart is generated.

You can:

  • Review the query structure

  • See which fields and tables are used

  • Access the underlying SQL query

This improves trust and transparency in reported data.

 

Who Benefits From This Feature?

Executives

  • Cleaner, more consistent charts

  • Presentation-ready visuals

Analysts & Power Users

  • Deep control without workarounds

  • Greater transparency into chart logic

Marketers & Business Users

  • Easy visual adjustments without technical expertise

  • Faster creation of professional reports

Summary

The new Chart Settings experience delivers a more intuitive, efficient, and flexible way to configure visualizations in ASK BOSCO®.

With structured navigation, smart inheritance, and optional Advanced Mode controls, it supports both quick adjustments and highly customized reporting — while improving consistency and reducing repetitive setup.

This article was created by Grace. If you have any questions or need a hand, feel free to reach out to us at team@askbosco.io

Febuary 2026