Creating Graph Cards Graphical representation of XA Data Jim Boyer

Creating Graph Cards XA PowerLink

Graph Types – Bar or horizontal bar – Line – Pie – Stacked bar – Stacked line – Stacked pie

Graph Types

Graph Data A Graph Can Be Created For Any Numeric Data That Can Be Displayed Using A List Card In Power-link. A Graph Can Be Created For Any Numeric Values On An Attribute Card

Types Of Graph Data One Record With Multiple Similar Values – Item Cost Elements

Types Of Graph Data One Record With Multiple Similar Values Item Cost versus Sales

Types Of Graph Data Multiple Records With One Value – Order Values For A Customer

Types Of Graph Data

Card Navigation

Building Graph Cards Terminology – Message ( information to display in the label) – Series Content (customer invoices) Series Size (number of records to include) Subset (selected records) Sort (the order in which to present the data) – Sample Values to Use in the chart

Terminology (continued) – Options (graph format) – Labels(how to display data names ) – Linking (relating data to the graph) Building Graph Cards

Series Message= data to display on the label Series size = number of records selected (eg. 10 for top 10 report) Subset = the records to include (eg. Open orders) Sort = display sequence (very important for top 10 graph)

Sample = Chart Values

Options

Labels

Creating A Graph Card Customize Cards Create A New Card Determine The Graph Type Select The Data – Series – Sample – Limit Format The Card Assign The Card To A Card File

Customer Invoice -Top 10

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Customer Invoice -Top 10

1 Record Multiple Values Item Revision Profit

Item Profit Graph

Add The New Card To The Card File

Item Profit Graph Open The Item Revisions Object

New Card Item Profit Graph

Graphs in Compound Cards PowerLink

Graphs in Compound Cards

Stacked Bar Chart Data can now be displayed using stacked bar graphs. Bar graphs are great for comparison, such as showing planned and actual data side-by-side. Stacked bars go one better, by letting the bar itself represent multiple data elements.

Stacked Bar Chart

PowerLink Graphs Series of data Top 10 Comparative Data Graph Types Linking List and Graphs Stacked Bar Graphs

Graph Cards Questions