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.
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.
The Quick Chart tab has the basic chart options and allows you to create a chart quickly and easily.
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).
indicates the secondary field criteria for the chart to be created. (y-axis of two dimensional graph).
the type of chart to be created (Stack, Pie, Bar, Line, Column).
this options is used to control the filter that is used to search for the issues of the resulting chart.
The Chart Presentation tab allows you to format the chart on the resulting page:
controls the margin values around the chart.
controls the width and height of the chart.
controls the position of the legend on the chart.
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.
sets the start date of all issues displayed in the chart.
sets the end date of all issues displayed in the chart.
controls the time increments used to display the chart.
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
