Reporting COM object properties by function

The following table describes all the Reporting COM object properties by function. This will provide a sense of “where and why” each property could be used. Detailed descriptions of the properties can be found in the “The Reporting COM object” section.

When you want to...	Use...	Notes
Define a query for the report	CommandSet CustomFilterSet ManagerFilter
Define chart type	SetGraphDisplay	Not required for text formats.
Define graph parameters	PieColumnsSetTitle	The PieColumns property applies only to pie charts.
Define graph legends and titles	SetLegendRect AddLegend SetGroupLabel
Extract data from a query	GetData RowCount ColCount
Extract site and user information	SiteCount GetSite MemberCount GetMember
Associate data with the GROUP/INDEX pair	SetGraphValue	Used for either pie or bar charts; not required for text formats.
Display a report	GetGraphBits ImageHTML HTML XML	GetGraphBits and ImageHTML properties apply to graphical formats; HTML and XML properties apply to text formats.
Define user/connection activities	SetCustomDB CurrentUserDBUID IDtoRefName Filtering
Define a date format	UserDate FormatDate