Using the Chart Control

Use the Chart Control to set properties on a visible chart. These charts help plant managers quickly quantify the state of operations at a plant. FDA provides a set of system functions specific for the Chart Control. The chart Control uses the following files:

• Data XML

  The data XML file determines the information that a graph displays. The Chart Control uses a data XML file that you create to call system functions. You can create the data XML file using any editor, such as business functions or event rules. Data XML is required for the Chart Control. See Appendix: A for examples of data XML.

• Graph XML

  The graph XML file determines how the information that a graph displays is formatted, i.e. in a bar or pie format. JD Edwards provides default templates of graph xml files for you to use to design your charts. You can change or modify the information in the graph XML to change the appearance of the chart. The graph XML file is optional for the Chart Control. If the graph XML file is not specified for the Chart Control, then the graph will be displayed in the format specified by the graph name attribute in the data XML file. See Appendix: B for examples of graph XML.

FDA enables you to create the following chart types:

• bar_basic

• combo_basic

• combo_markers

• ine_basic

• pie_basic

• pie_onetime

• stacked_bar_basic

• stacked_bar_ontime