Picking your chart

If you already know what type of visualization you need, you can select a template chart to create a report based on pre-defined diagrams.

These are the available groups of diagrams that you can choose from:

  • Column Charts
  • Bar Charts
  • Line Charts
  • Pie and Donut Charts
  • Actual-Budget Comparisons
  • Portfolio
  • Other Charts

To analyze your data using a selected chart:

  1. Select Dashboards > Home.
  2. And select a chart from the Pick your chart widget.
  3. Specify the data source:
    Database
    Specifies the database alias.
    Model
    Specifies the data model.
  4. Define filters and axes.
    1. For each hierarchy, you can filter or select elements.
    2. To define access, drag and drop a selected hierarchy on the row or column axes.
      You can also select if to suppress zero or empty values using the options icon. You can switch the axes, remove the hierarchies and select the attributes that you want to display.
  5. Browse your data
    You can adjust the rows and column, switch the axes, add tuple values, and select the filters and attributes that you want to display.
  6. In the Widget Options you can specify the title and description of your widget.
    Note: The default title and description is generated and updated automatically, but if you specify the title or description they will not be updated automatically.

  7. Click Next.
    The selected diagram is displayed.
Parent topic: Creating content with Infor BI Self-Service templates