Insert Chart dialog

This dialog appears when you click Menu > Insert > Chart, or drag Chart from the Components panel to the destination. It helps you to insert a chart to a report. See the dialog.

Chart Title

Specifies a title for the chart.

Sets the font, font style, size, alignment, font color and background color properties for the chart title.

Data Source

Specifies the data source on which the chart will be built.

Filter

Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.

Resources

Displays the view elements in the selected business view.

Edits the selected dynamic resource.

Adds the selected resource to be displayed in the chart.

Show Values

Lists the values you want to show in the chart. For a real time chart, the values you add must be of Numeric type and cannot be aggregation objects.

• Primary Axis
  Adds a chart type to the primary axis.
• Secondary Axis
  Adds a chart type to the secondary axis. Active only when the option Secondary Axis is checked.
• X Axis
  Lists the value you want to show on the X axis of the bubble chart.
• Y Axis
  Lists the value you want to show on the Y axis of the bubble chart.
• Radius
  Lists the value you want to show as the bubble radius.

Adds a combo chart to the Primary Axis or Secondary Axis.

Opens the Edit Additional Value dialog to edit the selected additional value.

Moves the selected view element one level up.

Moves the selected view element one level down.

Adds a new pair of Y Axis and Radius for the bubble chart.

Secondary Axis

Specifies whether to show the secondary axis in the chart.

Category

Lists the group object that will be displayed on the category axis of the chart. For a real time chart, if no object is specified on the category axis, Use System Refresh Time will be automatically displayed in the Category text box, namely, the time at which the chart refreshes itself will be used as the category value.

Series

Lists the group object that will be displayed on the series axis of the chart. Not available for real time chart.

Opens the Category Options dialog or Series Options dialog to define the sort order of the category or series values and specify the number of the category or series values that will be displayed in the chart.

Motion Bar for Playable Chart

Lists the group object you want to use as the motion field. A motion field can only be of Integer, Date or Time data type. Available to single bar, bench and bubble chart types only.

• Special Function
  Available only when the motion field is of Date data type. Click it to define the special function.
  • Field
    Displays on which field the special function will be applied.
  • Function
    Specifies the special function to the field.
  • OK
    Accepts the special function settings and leaves the dialog.
  • Cancel
    Cancels the special function settings and leaves the dialog.

Real Time

Specifies to run the chart in real time mode, which means it will be updated automatically by using real time data. Available to single bar, bench, line, and area chart types only. Click to specify the refresh interval and the number of the records to be kept.

• Refresh Interval
  Specifies the interval that the chart will get the data and refresh itself automatically.
• Keep Last N Records
  Specifies the number of records that will be kept for the real time data on the chart.
• OK
  Accepts the interval and records settings and closes the dialog.
• Cancel
  Cancels the interval and records settings and closes the dialog.

Removes the selected resource.

OK

Inserts a chart in the report and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the insertion and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.