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Use

An SAP system application component can use the chart-OCX-business graphic to display data in a graphic within the SAP front end.

The chart-OCX-business graphic is a graphical component with a programming interface and a user interface.

Integration

The chart-OCX-business graphic is integrated as an OCX control in the SAP front end and called up using the SAP system application component.

Features

The chart-OCX-business graphic offers a wide range of Chart Types, for example vertical bars or pie charts. Time scale charts with one or more time scales can be used for milestone trend analyses and control charts.

You can work flexibly with the charts using the Chart Wizard. You can individually format every Chart Element. To visualize certain properties of your data you can use a range of formatting functions to insert further chart elements in your chart such as trend lines for a series of data or error indicators for data points.

You can carry out some functions directly by manipulating a graphical element with the mouse, for example changing the value of a data point or rotating a 3D diagram.

The texts in the dialog boxes (chart wizard) can be configured by the calling application. In particular there is a Quick-Info Text (tool tip) for every chart element that can be configured by the application.

Changes made in the chart by the user, such as selecting objects or changing values are sent to the calling function via the interface. The application can use this interface to monitor what is happening in the chart.

Restrictions

Only those settings/functions that are supported by the calling SAP system application can be called in the chart.