Lesson 6: Graph Tutorial  Lesson 6: Graph Tutorial

Open the report to contain the graph

Note

First you open a report that has been created for you. This report provides the data for your graph.

  1. Click the Open button in the PowerBar.

    Shown is the Power Bar with the Open button circled.

    The Open dialog box displays. It lists objects in the current library (tutor_im). You will be using the report named expenses.

  2. Select the Reports object type at the bottom of the dialog box.

    Click expenses (scroll the list).

    Click OK.

    Shown is the Open dialog box. At top is the Objects box with the entry expenses. Next is a scrollable list of reports with a rectangle around the highlighted entry expenses. At bottom is the Object Type drop down with the entry Reports.

    The report displays in the Report painter. Here is the Design view.

    Shown is the Design view of the Report painter. In the Header band are the centered report title Expenses for year, time and page computed fields at upper right, and a rectangle around the text Amount in thousands at lower left. The Header group description band has a rectangle around the word description. The Detail band shows quart and amount. The Trailer group description band partially displays a computed field as sum ( ar.

  3. Look at the Preview view.

    InfoMaker retrieves information from the database and displays as much as fits on the screen.

    Shown is the Preview view for the Expenses report. At top center is the title Expenses for 1995, the date and page display at upper right, and the text Amount in thousands shows below the title at lower left. Entries are sorted by Description, with a group of data rows for quarter and amount labeled Administration at top, then Fees.

  4. Use the scroll bar on the right edge of the report to see more data.

    The entire report consists of three pages: one for 2003, one for 2004, and one for 2005.




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