Adding minimum and maximum values to the X–Y plot legend

You can include on the plot legend a report of the minimum and maximum X–Y values in the plot, and you can customize the format and precision of these values.

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Selecting one or more X–Y curves to customize

  1. Locate the Chart Legend Options.

    Select OptionsXY OptionsChart Legend; or click , which is located with the X–Y plotting tools in the Visualization module toolbox.

    Tip: You can also open this dialog box directly by double-clicking the legend in the viewport when an X–Y plot is displayed. You cannot select a component in an X–Y plot directly from the viewport when an active procedure is in effect; cancel the current procedure before selecting items from an X–Y plot.

  2. From the Charts field, select one or more X–Y plots whose legends you wish to customize.

  3. Click the Contents tab, if it is not already selected.

  4. Toggle on Show min/max to report the minimum and maximum X–Y values in the legend.

  5. Select one of the following number formats for the minimum and maximum values displayed in the legend:

    Automatic

    Very large values and very small values are expressed in scientific format. All remaining values are expressed with no exponent and using the specified number of significant digits.

    Decimal

    All values are expressed with no exponent and using the specified number of significant digits.

    Engineering

    Values greater than or equal to 1000 (or values less than or equal to 0.001) are expressed as a number ranging from 1 to 999 that is multiplied by 10 to the nth power, where n is a product of 3 (for example, 20.5E+03 or 17.76E+06). All remaining values are expressed using the specified number of significant digits.

    Scientific

    All values are expressed as a number between 1 and 10 that is multiplied by an appropriate power of 10 (for example, 2.05E+04 or 1.776E+07).

  6. Click the Precision arrows to specify the desired number of significant digits (for non-decimal formats) or decimal places (for decimal format) in each label.

  7. Click Dismiss to close the Chart Legend Options dialog box.