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Additional Graph View Options

In addition to the Graph View menu and toolbar options you can also perform some quick appearance changes to the Graph View as follows:

How to perform these changes is explained in the following procedures.

Note: The following options and more options for customizing a view are available in the View and Output Definition option. For more information, see the section View and Output Definition Dialog.

Increase or Decrease Number of Items Displayed

When you switch the object view from Table View to Graph View by clicking the Graph icon in the bottom left corner of the view, the Graph View will display the same amount of items that were displayed in the Table View. For example, if the Table View displayed 8 rows of X records found then the Graph View will display only those 8 items. If you want the Graph View to display more items then switch back to the Table View and expand the window to display more rows. Then when you switch back to the Graph View it will display the same amount of items. For example, if the Table View displayed 8 rows and you expand the Table View to display 10 rows then when you switch to the Graph View it will display 10 items.

You can also use the Sort Option and the Filter Option in order to specify the order of the items and reduce the amount of items you want to display in the graph, prior to switching to the Graph View.

Note: When you print a Graph View, all records (not only the ones displayed in Graph View on your screen) will be included in the printout unless you specify a range in the print option.

Quick Gallery Option to Change Graph Type

When a Graph View is displayed you can use the Quick Gallery option to change the graph type. (This option is the same as the Gallery icon option found on the Graph View toolbar, this is another method for initializing the same option.)

To use the Quick Graph Type Change option
  1. Right-click in the graph of the Graph View.

    The Graph Options Menu is displayed as shown in the following sample:

    This illustration is a screen shot example of the Right-Click Graph menu.

  2. Click the Gallery option and a list of graph types is displayed as shown in the following sample:

    This illustration is a screen shot example of the Right-Click Graph, Gallery menu.

  3. Click the graph type you want to change to.

    The Graph View is updated and the new graph type selected is displayed.

Quick Color Option to Change Graph Colors

When you switch to the Graph View, all the bars in the graph will have the same color. To apply different colors to the bars you first use the Quick Multiple Colors Option. Then you can right-click a particular bar and specify a color for that bar. The following procedure assumes you have the object displayed in the Graph View and all the bars have the same color.

To use the Quick Graph Color option to specify a color
  1. Right-click a particular item (for example a bar) in the graph.

    The Graph Options Menu is displayed.

  2. Select the Multiple Colors option.

    The Graph View is displayed and the graph items are displayed by a different color.

  3. Right-click the item (for example a bar) in the graph you want to specify a color for.

    The Graph Options Menu is displayed.

  4. Click the Color option.

    A color chart is displayed as shown in the following sample:

    This illustration is a screen shot example of the Right-Click Graph, Color menu.

  5. Click the color you want the item changed to.

    The item in the Graph View is displayed with the color selected.

Quick Multiple Colors Option

When you switch to the Graph View, all the bars will have the same color. To apply different colors to the bars you can use the Quick Multiple Colors Option. Then you can right click a particular bar and specify a color for that bar as described in the section Quick Color Option. The following procedure assumes you have the object displayed in the Graph View and all the bars have the same color.

To use the Multiple Colors Option
  1. Right-click any item (for example a bar) in the graph.

    The Graph Options Menu is displayed.

  2. Click the Multiple Colors option.

    The Graph View is updated with each item displayed by a different color.

    Note: To return the Graph View so that all items use the same color, right-click an item (for example a bar) in the graph and select the Multiple Colors option.

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