Case Study 5 - SWF Chart

A SWF Chart is very similar to the Chart used in Report Designer. The only difference is only the appearance and the variety of chart types available.

  1. In a newly created perspective, drag FruitSales.ds into the blank space and select Add Table.
  2. After clicking on Next once, click on Finish.
  3. Next, drag FruitSales.ds to the right of the Table and select Add SWF Chart.
  4. In the View tab, click on FruitSales, then select the option Selected. This will mean that the SWF Chart will display data according to the selected row.
  5. On the next screen, sorting can be done according to requirements. This case study is to illustrate the creation of a simple SWF Chart, so we will skip that.
  6. After 3 clicks on the Next button, choose a desired chart type. We will use a Column Chart in this case study. It can be seen that the variety of charts available is lesser compared to the usual chart variety. This is because SWF Charts can only be applied to few particular types of charts.
  7. On the next page of the wizard, select Company under the Key tab.
  8. In the Values tab, check all the available checkboxes.
  9. In the Group tab, select On Value for the Group on drop-down list and select Sum for the Operation drop-down list. Then click on Finish.
  10. In order to see the SWF Chart, it has to be opened from Repertoire Server web interface. When the Perspective is opened, it will look like Figure 2.25, “SWF Chart”. SWF Chart itself will display data of a particular column on a mouse rollover.

    Figure 2.25. SWF Chart

    SWF Chart
  11. Try clicking on other rows in the Table element. The SWF Table will react based on the data selected and you will be able to see the chart in action.