Category Chart

A Category Chart defines the header for an abstract category dataset that can be used for creating a variety of two dimensional charts.

Category Chart (Categorychart type) is found in the Business Graphs group in the Tool Box view.

The CATEGORYCHART element defines the header for an abstract category dataset that can be used for creating a variety of two dimensional charts such as category charts. The categories are defined by the CATEGORY element and its "key" attribute, which has to be unique within a CATEGORYCHART. Within a CATEGORY, CATEGORYITEMS define the values within the category. Within one category, the "key" values of individual CATEGORYITEM elements has to be unique. The resulting chart is drawn automatically. See Working with Business Graphs for additional information.

Properties

Select the object on the Report Design page to display to display its properties in the Properties View. You can change the object's default appearance by setting the values of its properties.

title, valuesTitle, keysTitle, drawAs, fidelity

Valid values for drawAs for Category Chart: Area|Bar|Bar3D|Line|Line3D|SpiderWeb|StackedBar|StackedArea|Waterfall|Table|SortedTable|AggregatedTable. The default is a Bar.

Note: If you select Waterfall as the chart type, the value in the last category of the data set should be (redundantly) specified as the sum of the items in the preceding categories - otherwise, the final bar in the chart will be incorrectly plotted. At the present time, the chart can only have one category.

The fidelity property applies only if the chart is drawn as a table (drawAs="Table").