Bookshelf v7.8: About Chart Applets

A chart applet graphically displays data from a business component in various formats for analysis of trends, category comparison, and other data relationships. Any data in a business component can be included in a chart. The data in a chart applet reflects the current query for the business component. The user can update the chart with changes to the query by clicking inside the chart. Figure 96 shows a chart applet in a view.

This view, titled Opportunity Size Analysis (Oppty Chart View - Opportunity Size Analysis in Siebel Tools), lists opportunities in the upper (list) applet and aggregates them by size in the lower (chart) applet. By default, the chart applet in this view (Oppty Chart Applet - Competitor Frequency Analysis) displays the data in bar chart format, in a specific type of bar chart called 3dBar. The user can select different chart types from the Type picklist at upper right in the chart applet. Chart types are discussed in About Types of Charts.

NOTE: To change the size of the legend for a chart applet, right-click on the legend and select one of the options.

Axis Terminology

Specialized terminology is used for axes in Siebel Tools and Siebel applications. Each axis has a special name, as shown in Table 57.

Table 57. Axis Terminology
Axis	Name	Meaning in Bar Charts	Meaning in Line Charts	Meaning in Pie Charts
X axis	Category	The horizontal axis (except in horizontal bar charts, in which the X axis is vertical along the left).	The horizontal axis.	The set of pie slice labels.
Y axis	Data Values	The vertical axis (except in horizontal bar charts, in which the Y axis is horizontal along the bottom).	The vertical axis.	The percentage of the circle occupied by each pie slice, and the corresponding numeric value.
Z axis	Series	A set of labels in the legend. In the stacked bar or cluster bar charts, each series label corresponds to a bar segment or bar of a particular color appearing in each stack or cluster.	A set of labels in the legend. In line charts, each series label in the legend corresponds to one curve.	Do not use a series field with pie charts, because only the first entry in each series will be charted.

An example of a chart with all three axes is the Project Revenue Analysis chart shown in Figure 97.

In this chart, the amount of revenue is plotted on the Y (data values) axis, quarters appear on the X (category) axis, and each bar color (Z, or series, axis) identifies a a different project.

NOTE: In charts with two Y axes, the first Y axis refers to the vertical axis on the left side, while the second Y axis refers to the one on the right side.