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Uses of Charts

You can use the three-dimensional and animation charting capabilities to organize and visually represent complex information. You can use charts to:

• Mouse over data points to view additional information about dimension values and metrics.
• Drill down to view details about a data point on a chart.
• Slice a pie or a funnel chart to call out information.
• Assign colors and change X and Y-axis labels.

You can display charts from any portlet page, such as the Overview page or dashboards. You can add charts by personalizing pages or your CA Clarity PPM administrator can add charts using Studio.

For more information, see the Studio Developer documentation.

You can print, slice, or can rotate charts by setting chart options.

Right-click a chart to set the following chart options:

• Print. Prints the chart.
• Slicing. Extracts slices from a pie or a funnel chart. Slicing is the default setting.
• View 2-D. Temporarily changes to a two-dimensional view of the chart. When you leave the chart portlet page and return, the chart view is three-dimensional.

The following table describes the available options for each chart.