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[SOLVED] Chart should be simple, but can't figure it out.

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November 09, 2018, 04:55 PM
DennisET
[SOLVED] Chart should be simple, but can't figure it out.
99% of our work is reports but once in a while I am asked to include a chart. I just don't get a lot of exposure to the tools so while I think this should be easy, the solution escapes me now.

I need a simple line chart for revenue over time.

Vertical axis - revenue
Horizontal axis - months of the year (Jan - Dec)

I want 3 lines on the chart, each line representing a year (2018, 2017, 2016).

I can export the data to Excel and get the chart but WF should be able to do this!

Using 8201 InfoAssist+ I have revenue and months set but can't get the chart I need by adding Year into any of the Markers (color, size, tooltip). Matrix options didn't help. I don't want multiple graphs for each year.

I've tried plugging year everywhere it could possibly go and just can't get the chart I want. I must be missing something simple, it can't be this hard!

Would appreciate any suggestions.

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Dennis Tuttle
WebFOCUS 8.201M
iSeries V7.2
Active, HTML, Excel
November 10, 2018, 08:09 AM
BabakNYC
I created this in InfoAssist. Y Axis: Revenue; X Axis: Month; Color: Year.

  

ENGINE INT CACHE SET ON
SET PAGE-NUM=NOLEAD
-DEFAULTH &WF_HTMLENCODE=OFF;
SET HTMLENCODE=&WF_HTMLENCODE

SET ARGRAPHENGINE=JSCHART
-DEFAULTH &WF_EMPTYREPORT=ON;
SET EMPTYREPORT=&WF_EMPTYREPORT

SET EMBEDHEADING=ON
SET GRAPHDEFAULT=OFF
-DEFAULTH &WF_STYLE_UNITS='PIXELS';
-DEFAULTH &WF_STYLE_HEIGHT='405.0';
-DEFAULTH &WF_STYLE_WIDTH='770.0';

-DEFAULTH &WF_TITLE='WebFOCUS Report';
GRAPH FILE WF_RETAIL
-* Created by Info Assist for Graph
SUM WF_RETAIL.WF_RETAIL_SALES.REVENUE_US
BY WF_RETAIL.WF_RETAIL_TIME_SALES.TIME_YEAR
BY WF_RETAIL.WF_RETAIL_TIME_SALES.TIME_MTH
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET VZERO OFF
ON GRAPH SET AUTOFIT ON
ON GRAPH SET UNITS &WF_STYLE_UNITS
ON GRAPH SET HAXIS &WF_STYLE_WIDTH
ON GRAPH SET VAXIS &WF_STYLE_HEIGHT
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH LINE
ON GRAPH SET AUTOFIT ON
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
*GRAPH_SCRIPT

setPieDepth(0);
setPieTilt(0);
setDepthRadius(0); 
setPlace(true); 
setUseSeriesShapes(true);
setCurveFitEquationDisplay(false); 

*END
INCLUDE=IBFS:/FILE/IBI_HTML_DIR/ibi_themes/Warm.sty,$
TYPE=REPORT, TITLETEXT=&WF_TITLE.QUOTEDSTRING, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, $
TYPE=DATA, COLUMN=N1, BUCKET=color, $
TYPE=DATA, COLUMN=N2, BUCKET=x-axis, $
TYPE=DATA, COLUMN=N3, BUCKET=y-axis, $
*GRAPH_SCRIPT

setReportParsingErrors(false);
setSelectionEnableMove(false);
*GRAPH_JS_FINAL
"pieProperties": {
"holeSize": "0%"
},
"blaProperties": {
"seriesLayout": "absolute"
},
"agnosticSettings": {
"chartTypeFullName": "Line_Absolute"
}

*END
ENDSTYLE
END

-RUN




WebFOCUS 8206, Unix, Windows
November 12, 2018, 10:35 AM
DennisET
Thank you for the example. It does work, but whatever the difference it was more than just placing the fields.

When I do as you have done and put years into the Color position I still only got a single line. The legend showed a gradient color scale.

So I duplicated my report and copy/pasted your code in everywhere except for my data fields. And I get 3 lines, one for each year.

InfoAssist refuses to open the updated chart. I was hoping to see how the settings were reflected in the editor.

Your code seems about a80% the same as what was generated by InfoAssist for me, so now I can try replacing a few lines at a time to see what exactly makes the difference.

Thanks for your example!

Dennis


Dennis Tuttle
WebFOCUS 8.201M
iSeries V7.2
Active, HTML, Excel
November 13, 2018, 09:27 AM
Doug
All you need is to have 5 fields: REVENUE_2018, REVENUE_2017, REVENUE_2016, Month_number, and Month_Alpha.
   
GRAPH FILE WhatEver
SUM REVENUE_2018 REVENUE_2017 REVENUE_2016
BY Month_Number NOPRINT
BY Month_Alpha
END 

The REVENUE_2018# fields are DEFINE'd