Line Chart & "don't summarize"

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Post Author: HelenW

CA Forum: Charts and Graphs

I am trying to create a simple line chart showing the value of an integer variable plotted against the time of day (24 hours). My problem is that when I choose the field that I want to plot, the checkbox for "don't summarize" is disabled, and I have no choice but to summarize the data. I am using Crystal Reports XI Release 2. Any suggestions?

Thx

Helen

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Post Author: Sriram Venkataramani

CA Forum: Charts and Graphs

Hi Helen,Had the same problem. Interestingly, the solution is that the "Don't Summarize" field is only available for formula fields.If you don't want to summarize a field, create a new formula which returns the value of that field. That should do the trick.Source: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/radhelp/v6r0m1/index.jsp?topic=/com.businessobjects.integra... - Sri

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Post Author: HelenW

CA Forum: Charts and Graphs

Actually I don't want to summarize at all. What I really want is a stepline chart, but as that isn't supported natively, I had to kludge it.

BTW, I figured out how to turn the summarize on/off. You can't do it from the Chart Expert or Chart Options, but if you close these, select the chart, and use F4 to go to properties, there is a property EnableSummarizeValues that takes a boolean. Awkward, but at least you can do it.

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Post Author: V361

CA Forum: Charts and Graphs

Helen, if you can write a formula to summarize the section you can use the formula to create the graph, are you summing by hour ?. Take a look at the sample reports in CR XI, from the start page, samples, feature examples, chart... There are several chart examples there.