Charts

The charting feature allows a user to compare bug data from the system in a more visual form. This feature is quite powerful, in that it allows a user to customize the axes and incorporate the filters to extract more precise data sets.

Charts Menu

The charts menu is divided into four useful tabs for your convenience. Each of these tabs define a set of related options that are available for the report definition and they work together when the report is saved or run.

Saved Charts

If you have any saved charts, they will appear in the saved chart dropdowns, at the top of the page. If you wish to modify them, simply select "edit" for the appropriate chart and then you can edit the options and save it again. If you rename the chart, you will have to delete the old one manually, as the new one is saved separately. System wide charts (visible to all users) listed in their own dropdown are denoted by a "*" and can only be edited by admin users.

Creating Charts

The Quick Chart tab has the basic chart options and allows you to create a chart quickly and easily.

Field 1: indicates the field that will be used as the main criteria for the chart that is to be created (x-axis of two dimensional graph).
Field 2 : indicates the secondary field criteria for the chart to be created. (y-axis of two dimensional graph).
Chart Type : the type of chart to be created (Stack, Pie, Bar, Line, Column).
Filter Option : this options is used to control the filter that is used to search for the issues of the resulting chart.

1. Relative implies that the chart will use the filter that is currently applied (visible in the filter definition) at the time the chart is run.
   
2. Absolute implies that the filter that exists when the chart is saved, will always be used to make the chart, regardless of what filter criteria is in place when the chart is run.
   
3. None implies that no filter is used for the chart.
   

The Chart Presentation tab allows you to format the chart on the resulting page:

1. Margins :
   controls the margin values around the chart.
2. Width/Height :
   controls the width and height of the chart.
3. Legend Position :
   controls the position of the legend on the chart.
4. Show Values :
   indicates that the actual values are shown over the visual representation.

The Date Period tab limits the issues in the resulting chart to a specific time period. This is only used for charts where the field 1 option is a date field.

1. Start Date :
   sets the start date of all issues displayed in the chart.
2. End Date :
   sets the end date of all issues displayed in the chart.
3. Period :
   controls the time increments used to display the chart.
4. First Day of Week :
   sets the day used as the first day of each week.

The Save Options tab allows you save a chart for future use (or reference). Simply enter a name in the "Save As" field after selecting the criteria for the chart in the other tabs. If nothing is enterred here, the chart is run, but can not be used again later.

Example Pie Chart

The Custom Charts section allows the user to be creative and choose any fields for comparisons. It also allows you to specify the chart type. This chart shows a column chart comparing each users current bugs (Assigned To) against the user that originally entered the bug (Entered By).

Example Line Chart

Note:

The filters can sometimes cause problems for users if they forget that a filter is active. If you are missing information about specific issues in your output, it is probably because a filter is set. If a filter is active, you will notice its definition at the top of the page.