Generating Time-series Charts

This procedure explains how to generate a Time-series chart from the item data displayed in the upper pane. A Time-series chart displays as a line chart showing the number of items that have the same day, week, or month in the specified time/date field.

You can filter out data in the upper pane to display only the data that you want to include in your chart. In addition, you can select specific items from the filtered data to include in your chart. A maximum of 60 fields can be displayed in the upper pane.

Click a component tab in the upper pane and select an item.
You can generate time-series charts for all item types.
Note: A time-series chart must be based on a time/date field. If the upper pane displays no time/date fields, the application displays an error message. To avoid this error, add a time/date field to the columns in the upper pane.
Optionally, select the specific items you want to chart.
Right-click in the upper pane and choose Charts > Time-series to open the Time-series Chart dialog box.
Type a name for the chart in the Chart Name field.
Select a Tracking Interval: Daily, Weekly, or Monthly
Select one or more items from the Time Series list.
Check any additional options you want. You can specify a date range (Limit To Period Of Time ), display accumulated items (Cumulative Totals), or include all date ranges in the chart (Include Non-Represented Dates).
Select which data to use for generating the chart. If you have selected specific items in the upper pane to chart, select Current Selection. Otherwise, use Select All.
Select a printer page orientation: Portrait or Landscape.
Click OK.

Note: If the chart has too much data on it to be readable, increase the size of the chart window, or decrease the number of items in the chart.