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title: Chart properties file
description: Each dashboard uses a Velocity template (<name>.vm) and a set of chart properties files to render the charts.
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# Chart properties file

Each dashboard uses a Velocity template (`<name>.vm`) and a set of chart properties files to render the charts.

As charts are configured with the Chart Builder tool, the tool generates the corresponding properties for each customized item. The metrics configuration can be copied into a properties file and added to a dashboard. If no values are specified for a given property, the property will use a default value from the `<server-root>/config/dashboard/charts/_chart-definition.template` file. All properties and their descriptions are listed in this file.

The properties in the chart definition file are broken into two groups:

* Properties that start with `display` affect the display of the data.

* Properties that start with `query` affect the metric query.

When building a new chart, just copy the query parameters into a properties file. In general, display options should be referenced from common styles defined in the `_chart-definition.template` file, or the styles defined for a dashboard.