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Use

You display the list data in graphical form. A bar chart is displayed and includes the Key Figures (Y values in the graphic) of the displayed list along with the corresponding Characteristics (X values). You can tailor the chart type as well as all the graphic settings to your needs.

Prerequisites

You select the columns and lines to be displayed in the graphic.

Caution

If you have Selected Individual Cells, the graphic includes the corresponding line selection.

In addition to the selection of columns and lines, totals and subtotals also influence the graphic (see below).

Procedure without selection of lines or columns

To display the data in graphical form, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Result

The data graph appears in a dialog box.

The default graphic is a bar chart containing the Key Figures (Y values in the graphic) of the displayed list along with the corresponding Characteristics (X values). For each Key Figure, the values from the list are displayed as bars. The corresponding specific instances of the Characteristics are summarized and displayed as labels underneath the bars. The corresponding characteristics are displayed as labels on the X axis. The assignment of bar colors to the corresponding Key Figures is described in the legend underneath the graphic.

Caution

You can tailor the graphic to your needs. Click the right mouse button on the area of the graphic you want to change and choose one of the displayed options.

Procedure with selection of lines or columns

By selecting certain lines and columns, you limit the data displayed in the graphic.

Selecting lines

To include only certain lines in the graphic, proceed as follows:

  1. Select one or more lines.
  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

The X values in the graphic only include the data from the lines you selected.

Selecting columns

The effect of your column selection on the graphic depends on whether you selected columns containing Key Figures or Characteristics.

To display the graphic, proceed as follows for both cases:

  1. Select one or more columns.
  2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

If you have selected one or more characteristics, these Characteristics are displayed as the labels of the X values underneath the bars.

If you have selected one or more key figures, the specific instances of these Key Figures are displayed per X value with a separate bar. Your selection of Key Figures is displayed in the legend underneath the graphic.

Caution

If you want to change the selection of data displayed, you do not have to close the graphic. Instead, make a different selection in the list and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text. The graphic changes accordingly.

If you change data in your list, such as by sorting or setting a filter, this directly influences the graphic. The graphic is automatically adjusted. You do not have to activate the changes.

Influence of existing totals and subtotals

Totals in the list

An existing total in the list is displayed in the graphic as a selected column containing Key Figures, that is, the Y value is displayed as a bar.

Influence of selections

Subtotals in the list

If the list contains totals and subtotals, the graphic includes the subtotal from the highest subtotal level; the subtotal criterion of the top subtotal level is the X value. The subtotals of this subtotal level criterion are the Y values.

Influence of selections

Alternative procedure in full screen mode

In full screen mode, you can also call the function using the menus:

Choose Views ® Graphic.

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