HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Performing On-Report Analysis with Web Intelligence (August 2008)

Adding charts to reports124
You can use more than one measure object on the Y-axis as long as the measures are of
the same type and scale; for example, Number of Guests, and Future Guests. There are
five types of area charts: absolute, stacked, percent, 3D area, and 3D surface.
Pie charts
Pie charts display data as segments of a whole. Pie charts are useful if you want to show
how each part of your report data contributes to the total.
You can only include one measure object in a pie chart. If you have several measures in
your report, you should choose another chart type. There are four types of pie charts: pie,
3D pie, ring, 3D ring.
Radar, Polar, and scatter charts
In radar charts, the X- and Y-axis connect at the chart’s center. Radar charts are useful if
you want to look at several different factors related to one item. For example, you could
use a radar chart to display revenue data for different services within a hotel. On one axis,
you could display revenue for the rooms. On another you could display revenue for the
restaurant, and so on.
Scatter charts are similar to line graphs, except that the data points are plotted without a
line connecting them. Scatter charts are useful if you want to make a comparison between
specific data points.
There are four types of radar, polar, and scatter charts: radar line, stacked radar, polar,
and scatter.
Inserting charts
There are three ways to insert a chart into a report:
• insert a blank chart and allocate data to the axes
• duplicate a chart already on the report and then modify the data and/or format
• turn a table into a chart – if you want to retain the original table you can duplicate the
table first and then turn the duplicate into a chart
To insert a blank chart and allocate data to the axes
1. Verify that the Document Properties pane is displayed to the left of the selected report.
To display the Document Properties pane, click the
Show Left Pane arrow at the top
left of the report.
2. Click the arrow to the right of the drop-down list box, then select
Chart and Table
Types
.
The categories of chart, table, and cell types appear.
3. If the
Charts category is not visible, click the + next to Report Elements.
4. Click the
+ next to Charts.
The different types of chart are listed. Each type contains multiple versions with different
layout and formatting properties.