Properties in this group control the appearance of the plot area, the rectangular area that serves as background for the trace markers (but not for the legend or axis labels—see Stock chart: Background group). There is also a property that controls the color of the horizontal grid line or lines.

The group includes the following properties:

To set the color of the plot area, select the ... button and choose a color from the palette to set the background color. Close the Color Chooser window when you are done.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Select to display a gradient in the plot area.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Specify an image (.gif, .jpg, or .png file) to display in the plot area. Select the name of the image file from the drop down menu, or enter the pathname of the file. The drop down menu contains the names of image files located in the current directory (typically, the dashboards directory of your project directory, under your Apama installation’s work directory), as well as image files located in the first level of subdirectories. If you enter a pathname, use an absolute pathname or a pathname that is relative to the current directory.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Sets the color of the dotted, horizontal grid line in the plot area (see xAxisMajorDivisions). Select the ... button and choose a color from the palette. Close the Color Chooser window when you are done.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.