Create or Edit Combo Charts for Visualizations in Projects/Shells

You can create or edit Combo charts for visualizations if you have the Manage Content permission to perform this task.

To create or edit Combo charts for visualizations in a project/shell (User mode):

1. Sign in to Unifier with project/shell user credentials.
2. Select the specific project/shell tab, and switch to User mode. For example, select a tab called Vision Corporation.
3. In the left Navigator, select Visualizations.

   or

   Access the Visualizations log from a business process log as follows:

   1. In the left Navigator, select Logs, and then select a specific business process, such as Contracts.
   2. In the selected business process log (right pane), just below the User mode indicator, select a specific visualization from the Visualization list.
4. In the Visualizations log (right pane), perform any of the following actions:
   • Select Create to add a new visualization in the project/shell. Proceed to step 6.
   • Select a visualization in the log, and then select Edit. Proceed to step 5.
5. On the Edit page, select Edit () for a content item in the visualization layout; proceed to step 6b.
6. On the Create or Edit page, specify or update the following information:
   1. To preview the data before creating the chart:
      1. From the Data Source list, select the data source to use for creating the content item. The list shows published content in the alphabetical order.
      2. From the Preview Project list, select an active project/shell, and then select Preview Data.
   2. From the View Type list, select Combo Chart.
   3. In the Name field, enter a name for the Combo chart.
   4. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a short description about the Combo chart.
   5. From the Values list, select a data element from the data source selected above. A maximum of three values can be selected for a Combo chart. For each value, select a type of chart (Bar, Line, or Area) and a measure listed below. Displays Count by default.

      For each data element selected in the Value list, select any of the following measures:

      • Average: The mean of all values of the selected data element.
      • Count: (Default) The total number of rows of the selected data element.
      • Max: For numeric fields, displays the highest value. For date fields, displays the maximum date.
      • Median: The central value among all values of the selected data element.
      • Min: For numeric fields, displays the lowest value of the selected data element. For date fields, displays the minimum date.
      • Sum: Sum of all values of the selected data element.
   6. (Optional) From the Color By list, select a data element to measure using a color-code. A maximum of three Color By values can be selected for a Combo chart. Perform any of the following actions:
      • To color-code additional data elements, select Add Color By.
      • To remove a color code and the associated data element, select Delete (x).
      • If you have selected more than one color code, select Drag () to reorder the color codes.
   7. From the Category list, select a data element to use as a category to differentiate the bars on the chart. A maximum of three categories can be selected for a Combo chart. Perform any of the following actions:
      • To select a data element for the category, select Add Category .
      • To remove a category and the associated data element, select Delete (x).
      • If you have selected more than one category, select Drag () to reorder the categories.
   8. From the Data Labels list, select the position for displaying labels on the charts. Choices include:

      The following options display:

      • Auto: The default data label display setting for all types of charts.
      • Center: The data label displays in the center of each data point on an Area chart, Bar chart or Line chart.
      • Above Marker: The data label displays above the marker point.
      • Below Marker: The data label displays below the marker point.
      • Before Marker: The data label displays before the marker point.
      • After Marker: The data label displays after the marker point.
      • None: The data labels do not display on the chart.
   9. From the Orientation list, select Vertical or Horizontal.
   10. In the Stacked field, toggle to hide or display stacked bar charts in the Combo chart.
   11. In the Show Color by Axis Title field, toggle to hide or display the label of the data element you selected for the X-axis in the Color By field (Step f).
   12. In the Show Values Axis Title field, toggle to hide or display the label of the data element you selected for the Y-axis in the Values list (Step e).
   13. Make changes as needed to refine the above selections.
7. After making all changes, perform any of the following actions:
   • If you created a Combo chart, select Create, and return to the Edit page.
   • To confirm all the changes made to the edited Combo chart, select Update, and return to the Edit page.
8. On the Edit page, select Save to update the visualization with any created or edited content.