Create a graph report

To create a graph report, complete the following steps.

Step 1.  Make the appropriate selections on the Data Items, User-defined Items, Sorts, Restrictions, and Groups tabs.

Step 2.  On the Layout tab, position the pointer in the Report Header section and click the right mouse button.

The Layout menu appears.

Step 3. Select Default Graph.

//GRAPH appears in the header and footer sections. In the header, this indicates the beginning of layout information for the graph. In the footer, it indicates the end of layout information for the graph.

The following items appear in the report header section. Follow the instructions under the items to specify values for the graph.

<graph type>

To specify the type of graph, select this item and type one of the following numbers:

1 line graph with points

2 bar graph

<Main Title>

To specify the title of the graph, select the text and type the title.

<Sub Title>

To specify the sub title, select the text and type the title.

<Y-axis Title>

To specify the Title of the Y axis of the graph, select the text and type the title.

The following is an example of a report header for a bar graph entitled PM COST ANALYSIS, with a sub title of the current date and a Y-axis title of COST.

//GRAPH
2
PM COST ANALYSIS
<DATE>
COST

Step 4.   Position the pointer in the Page Header section and click the right mouse button.

The Layout Menu appears.

Step 5.  Select Insert Text Item.

Step 6.  Type the X axis title in the blank text box and click OK.

<X-axis Title>:<subset 1 title>:<subset 2 title>

Title of the X axis, such as EQUIPMENT ID, followed by the titles of any number of subsets of data, such as PM LABOR COST, or PM PARTS COST.

Step 7.  Position the pointer in the Report Body section and click the right mouse button.

The Layout menu appears.

Step 8.  Select Insert Data Item.

A list box of data items appears.

Step 9.  Select the data item you want.

A mask containing the character x displays in the report to represent the placement of the data item.

Step 10. Select Insert Text Item.

Step 11. Type a colon (:) in the blank text box and click OK.

A colon displays in the report to separate the data item from the next item you specify.

Step 12. Repeat steps 5–11 to specify all the data items that you want to plot on the graph.

For example, the following line specifies the value of the X-axis, EQ_COST_DATA.EQ_EQUIP_NO, followed by the values of subsets of data EQ_COST_DATA.PM_LABOR_COST and EQ_COST_DATA.PM_PARTS_COST.

--- Report Body ---
EQ_COST_DATA.EQ_EQUIP_NO:EQ_COST_DATA.PM_LABOR_COST:EQ_COST_DATA.PM_PARTS_COST