protected function getUnitsForColumnsToDisplay()
{
// derive units from column names
$units = $this->deriveUnitsFromRequestedColumnNames();
if (!empty($this->properties['y_axis_unit'])) {
$units = array_fill(0, count($units), $this->properties['y_axis_unit']);
}
// the bar charts contain the labels a first series
// this series has to be removed from the units
reset($units);
if ($this->graphType == 'bar' && key($units) == 'label') {
array_shift($units);
}
return $units;
}