Configure pie chart colors

You can configure the colors used to represent maps, topics, images, and resources on the pie charts available through the Project Management view.

The default colors for project management pie charts are various shades of red.

Important: Make configuration changes in a test environment and confirm they work before copying them to a production environment.
Figure: A sample Project Management pie chart


To configure pie chart colors:

  1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
  2. In the repository's /system/conf collection, check out and open one of the following files:
    • map_status.xml to configure colors for the map portion of the chart
    • topic_status.xml to configure colors for the topic portion of the chart
    • image_status.xml to configure colors for the image portion of the chart
    • resource_status.xml to configure colors for the resources portion of the chart
    Note: These files are also used to configure the workflow used by all the documents in your Content Store, so they should be updated with care.
  3. Locate the element for the cycle to configure.
    For example, to configure the Authoring cycle, locate the Authoring element:
    <cycle name="Authoring" type="work" initial="true" level="0">
  4. For each <state> element under the cycle, enter the RGB values separated by semicolons to configure a pie chart color for that state.
    In the example below, the "done" state for a map document object has been configured in blue:
    <state name="done" type="end" level="6" color="0;0;255">
   <lockable>
      <objtypes>
         <type>none</type>
      </objtypes>
   </lockable>
   <milestone/>
   <nextStates>
      <next>draft</next>
   </nextStates>
</state>
    Tip: There are several web sites that match colors with RGB values.
  5. Save, close, and check in the file.
  6. Repeat from Step 3 to configure colors for additional document objects.
    Tip: To make it easy for users to understand the pie chart, use consistent colors, perhaps in varying shades, for each state across all document objects (for example, blue for draft, yellow for edit/review, green for done).
  7. Inform users of the changes and request that they close and reopen their CCMS Desktop to apply the changes.
The pie chart colors change to the color you set.
To test your setup:
  1. Open the Project Management view.
  2. In the Project Management view, right-click a document map within a document project and select Show statistics.
  3. Verify that the pie chart colors are acceptable.