You can configure the entire chart to act as a hot spot. On clicking anywhere on the chart, you can view more information about the chart data, either in a tabular format or in an external file.

• Select the Hotspot Settings check box.

An entire chart can be configured to act as a hot spot in two ways:

1. Display data table upon clicking anywhere in the chart
2. Open a Web Page

Display data table upon clicking anywhere in the chart

You can view the chart data in a tabular format by clicking anywhere on the chart. By default, this feature is enabled when you configure the entire chart to act as a hot spot.

• Select the Show data table upon clicking anywhere in chart check box. The chart data will appear in a table, as shown below:

  

Open a Web Page

You can also open a Web Page by clicking anywhere on the chart.

• Select the Create the entire chart as a link to check box.

You need to specify the following information to link the entire chart to a Web Page:

• Link URL: In the Link URL text box, enter the location of the Web Page.
• Open in: You can specify the target window of the external link, that is, whether the Web Page will open in a new page, a pop-up window or in a frameset.

  

• In the Open in list, select the appropriate target window.
• In the ID text box, enter the ID of the target window, if the Web Page opens in a pop-up window or in a frame.

Pop-up window settings

If you have specified the target window as a pop-up window, you can customize the appearance and available features of the pop-up window.

• Height: You can specify the height of the pop-up window in pixels.
• In the height up and down box, click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the height of the pop-up window. Alternatively, you can also enter the appropriate height.
• Width: You can set the width of the pop-up window in pixels.
• In the width up and down box, click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the width of the pop-up window. Alternatively, you can also enter the appropriate width.
• Resizable: You can manually resize the pop-up window by dragging the edges of the pop-up window.
• Select the resizable check box to enable manual resizing of the pop-up window.
• Scrollbars: You can display or hide the horizontal and vertical scrollbars that normally appear when the page content is larger than the screen.
• Select the Scrollbars checkbox to display the scrollbars.
• Menu bar: Select the menubar check box to display a menu bar at the top of the pop-up window
• Toolbar: You can display the main toolbar, with the back, forward, stop buttons.
• Select the Toolbar checkbox to display the various toolbars.
• Left: You can specify the distance of the pop-window from the left edge of the screen.
• In the left up and down box, click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the distance of the pop-up window from the left edge of the screen. Alternatively, you can also enter the appropriate distance in the left up and down box.
• Top: You can set the distance of the pop-window from the top edge of the screen.
• In the top up and down box, click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the distance of the pop-up window from the top edge of the screen. Alternatively, you can also enter the appropriate distance in the top up and down box.
• Location: You can display the location bar. A location bar is the address bar you can type and view the URLs.
• Select the location checkbox to display the location bar.
• Directories: You can display or hide any additional toolbar, like the links bar in Internet Explorer.
• Select the directories checkbox to display the additional toolbars.
• Status: Select the status checkbox to display the status bar at the bottom of the pop-up window.
• Full screen: Select the Fullscreen checkbox to open the pop-up window in full-screen mode.