What is a Chart?

A bar chart uses vertical bars to represent numeric quantities of data.

Here is an example of a bar chart.

Here is how this bar chart appears in the script.

  bar-chart id = "br-test" { 
    title "Bar Chart" 
    cplan "/cplans/basic_timeseries.cplan" 
    dimension "Posting Period" 
    bar column = "Cases" 
    
    sort-column "Cases" 
    first 10 
  } 

TIP: Use a sort-column and a first tag in the bar-chart block to identify top or bottom values. In this case, the top ten posting periods display.

An h bar chart, or horizontal bar chart, uses horizontal bars to present numeric quantities of data.

Here is an example of an h bar chart.

Here is how this hbar-chart appears in the script.

  box id = "hbr-test" { 
    title "H Bar Chart" 
    hbar-chart { 
      cplan "/cplans/basic_timeseries.cplan" 
      dimension "Posting Period" 
      bar column = "Cases" 
      
      sort-column "Cases" 
      first 10 
    } 
  } 

TIP: Notice that the hbar-chart is contained within a box element. This is because hbar-charts do not use the title tag, but you can use a box element title to label the hbar-chart.

A line chart uses points on a graph and a line between them to show the relationship between numerical data values.

Here is an example of a line chart.

Here is how this line chart appears in the script.

  line-chart id = "ln-test" {
    title "Line Chart"
    cplan "/cplans/basic_timeseries.cplan"
    dimension "Posting Period"
    line column= "Cases"
    
    hide-legend
    sort-column "Cases"
    first 10
  }

Notice that the legend does not appear in the chart because the hide-legend tag is in use.

A pie chart uses percentages of a circle to show the relationship that numerical data values have to the total.

Here is an example of a pie chart.

Here is how this pie chart appears in the script.

  pie-chart id = "pie-test" { 
    title "Pie Chart" 
    cplan "/cplans/basic_timeseries.cplan" 
    dimension "Posting Period" 
    column column = "Cases" 
  }