Chart wizard—columns

The Columns dialog box allows you to configure the columns and rows in the report chart. The fields and controls available in this dialog box are described in the following table:

Section Field Description

Columns

Title

Type the title of the report in the Title box.

 

Data Source

Select the source data for the table report from the list. The selected data source appears in the Data Source column in the table.

 

Column Value

Select the configuration or statistics parameters from the list. Select the parameter in the list twice in rapid succession to populate the Column Value field.

Configuration parameters of boolean value (true or false), integer value, or string value, are represented by the letter ‘C,’ for example, . Statistics parameters of numeric value are represented by the letter ‘S,’ for example, .

 

Display Name

Type the display name of the column in the Display Name box. It appears with this column header in the report chart.

If you do not type a name, the column takes the default name of the selected parameter.

 

Display Mode

For an existing data source, select the type of chart that you want to view. The corresponding preview of the chart appears in the Chart of the Preview pane. For more information see Display Mode.

 

Secondary Y Axis

Select to show the secondary Y axis in the chart report. The secondary Y axis appears only when assign values to the secondary axis. This axis appears on the right side of the chart report. The primary Y axis appears on the left side of the chart report. The secondary Y axis allows you to view diffrent Y axis values in the same chart, which are not in the same range.

 

Group By

Group the chart by the values of this column. All other columns that do not have this option selected are aggregated with the default operation depending on the type, String: Max, and Integer: Sum.

 

Aggregation

Select to aggregate the columns in the report table (Sum, Avg, Max, Min, Count).

 

Style

This option appears only if Display Mode for all the selected properties is any of the following mode: Line, Smooth Line, Step Line.

Select to apply a style for each of the individual line. The options available in Style are:

  • Solid
  • Dash
  • Dot
  • DashDot
  • DashDotDot

 

Add a new column to the report chart.

 

Delete the selected column from the report chart.

 

Move up the selected column in the report chart.

 

Move down the selected column in the report chart.

Preview

 

View a preview of the chart or data.