If the user is reporting on a lot of information then the line chart/graph
in the report contains too much data and the X-Axis labels just look like
one big blob because all of the item labels are squeezed together too
tightly.
Has anyone found a way to say for example... If there are more than X number
of items on the X Axis in the chart then to split the chart into 2 charts.
The second chart would appear directly beneath the 1st chart. This way the
user would be able to telll what the data is they are looking at.
This seems to be a common problem in all charting situations and the
solution usually is just filtering on less data. I don't see why we have to
tell the user to filter on less data and run multiple reports. It seems
possible that en enterprise reporting application like RS should have this
capability... or... the capability to code it in the report.
Any ideas?There is no perfect solution for this. Some ideas:
* You could use filters and multiple charts and use conditional visibility
to hide unneeded charts
* Group the data and use drillthrough reports with charts showing the
details per group
* If you use a bar chart visualization instead of line chart, you could use
a table with groupings. In the group header you would add a chart. The more
data you have in the dataset, the more groups you get and the more chart
bars are drawn. A sample for this approach is copied to the bottom of this
posting.
-- Robert
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"D Witherspoon" <dwitherspoon@.noway.org> wrote in message
news:elaCN4ivFHA.2008@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> If the user is reporting on a lot of information then the line chart/graph
> in the report contains too much data and the X-Axis labels just look like
> one big blob because all of the item labels are squeezed together too
> tightly.
> Has anyone found a way to say for example... If there are more than X
> number of items on the X Axis in the chart then to split the chart into 2
> charts. The second chart would appear directly beneath the 1st chart.
> This way the user would be able to telll what the data is they are looking
> at.
> This seems to be a common problem in all charting situations and the
> solution usually is just filtering on less data. I don't see why we have
> to tell the user to filter on less data and run multiple reports. It
> seems possible that en enterprise reporting application like RS should
> have this capability... or... the capability to code it in the report.
>
> Any ideas?
====
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