1. Creating Graph Cards Graphical representation of XA Data Jim Boyer Jim.boyer@cistech.net

2. Creating Graph Cards XA PowerLink jim.boyer@cistech.net

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

4. Graph Types

5. 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

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

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

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

9. Types Of Graph Data

10. Card Navigation

11. 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

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

13. 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)

14. Sample = Chart Values

15. Options

16. Labels

17. 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

18. Customer Invoice -Top 10

32. Change text

33. Customer Invoice -Top 10

34. 1 Record Multiple Values Item Revision Profit

35. Item Profit Graph

44. Add The New Card To The Card File

45. Item Profit Graph Open The Item Revisions Object

46. New Card Item Profit Graph

48. Graphs in Compound Cards PowerLink

49. Graphs in Compound Cards

55. 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.

56. Stacked Bar Chart

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

58. Graph Cards Questions