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`Using SAP Business Graphics
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`SAP Business Graphics is a graphics program for generating two- and three-dimensional graphs.
`The program offers you a variety of graphing options, data interfaces and various file manipulation
`commands.
`To customize the appearance of your graph, SAP Business Graphics allows you to:
`¯ Present your data in two- or three-dimensional views, displaying single graphs or groups of
`graphs.
`¯ Choose the type of graph and the arrangement of data elements in it. Other formatting options
`are also available.
`¯ Create customized color schemes for graphs. Using these color schemes, you can generate
`multiple graphs that are colored consistently.
`SAP Business Graphics also provides you with a variety of data interfaces. You can input data to
`the program by:
`¯ Capturing screen data from an SAP transaction. The Screen Capture facility is described in this
`handbook.
`¯ Creating input data with an ABAP/4 program. You can write an ABAP/4 program that calls up
`SAP Business Graphics and sends it input for display.
`The ABAP/4 tools and interfaces for doing this are described in SAP Graphics: Programming
`Interfaces (Product Number 5000 2582).
`This section contains the topics listed below.
`To get started right away, the section Getting Started shows you basic procedures for
`experimenting with the system: how to capture SAP screen data, invoke SAP Business Graphics
`and start formatting your graph.
`The section Inputting Data:Capturing SAP Screen Data provides more specifics about screen
`captures, and the section Understanding the Data Display explains how SAP Business Graphics
`interprets your input data.
`Each subsequent topic describes a menu and its options.
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`Getting Started
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`This section provides a quick introduction to using SAP Business Graphics so you can enter the
`program and start exploring the system for yourself.
`It contains the following topics:
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`Klnvoking SAP Business Graphics with Screen Capture Input
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`You can invoke the screen capture program from any SAP transaction screen, and use it to send
`screen data to SAP Business Graphics.
`The method you use for calling up the screen capture program depends in part on whether you
`have an R/2 or R/3 SAP System. Procedures for both systems are described in this section.
`Captured screen data must be in table form. (The screen capture facility allows you to highlight and
`edit screen data to make it conform to requirements.) The table must be presented in rows and
`columns, as shown in the following figure, which contains a screen capture window overlay for an
`R/3 transaction screen. Rows may be labelled and columns may have headers.
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`To represent the data in this table graphically, perform the following steps:
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`Select the menu options System -~ Services --~ Business Graphics.
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`Select the menu option System -~ Generate Graphic.
`The data is redisplayed in a second window that looks just like the transaction screen, except
`that the window header is SAP Screen Capture.
`2. Highlight the data to be input to the graphics program:
`Position the mouse cursor (using the left mouse button) on the upper left of the area you want to
`highlight. Holding the mouse button down, move the cursor down to the lower right of the
`desired area. (Include row labels and column headers if you want them in the graph.)
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`Release the mouse button. The area you have highlighted is interpreted as numbers and text
`labels for the graphics program.
`3. Click on the Draw button (CUA-Interface: F7=Draw).
`SAP Business Graphics starts up and presents you with a display of the data you highlighted.
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`For more information on editing Screen Capture data and formatting it for graphic display, see the
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`Switching Between Graphics Views
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`SAP Business Graphics provides you with four possible views, formatted windows, for displaying
`the data. You can move around between these views using the Goto menu.
`You are placed in one of these views as soon as you enter SAP Business Graphics. The starting
`view depends on the input data you use. For data in a single table with rows and columns, you are
`placed by default in the Selection view. This view contains three parts:
`¯ A 3D graph in the upper left
`¯ A 2D graph in the lower right
`¯ A set of selection bars in the lower left, below the 3D graph. Selectinq Parts of the In nput Data for
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`To switch from the Selection view to another view, (for example the 3D view), perform the following
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`1. Click on Goto in the menu bar. A pull-down menu appears listing the four possible views.
`2. Select 3D viewwith the mouse, (as shown in the figure), and release the mouse button.
`The Selection view goes away, and is replaced by the 3D view. This view contains a single 3D
`graph.
`3. Try the above steps to call up the 2D view and Groups view, to see what these views look like.
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`Selecting Parts of the Input Data for Display
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`If you are in the Selection view, you can use the selection bars to decide what part of the 3D graph
`you want to display in the 2D graph.
`The selection bars are the bars of text located below the 3D graph portion of the Selection view.
`The text in these bars lists either the names of rows or the names of columns in the 3D graph. The
`topmost bar gives the title for the rows (or columns) as a set. Compare the text in the selection bars
`with the labels in the 3D graph portion of the view.
`1. Experiment with the selection bars: click on the various bars and observe the effects: The bar
`you click on is highlighted and new data is displayed in the 2D graph portion of the view.
`a) When you click on the topmost bar, all the values in the 3D graph are displayed in the 2D
`graph.
`b) When you click on one of the lower bars, you are selecting a particular row (or column) of the
`3D graph for display in the 2D graph. The values for that row (or column) appear in the 2D
`graph.
`2. If the selection bars contain the names of rows, try reading the column-names into the selection
`bars. (Or do the opposite, if the columns are already there).
`The floor of the 3D graph has side panels. To read the column-names into the selection bars,
`click anywhere on the side panel on the right side of the 3D graph floor. (To read in the rows,
`click anywhere on the left-hand side panel.)
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`KFormatting Graphs Using the Options Menus
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`As an example, follow the steps below to try out the 3D Options menu.To begin, return to the
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`SAP Business Graphics provides you with four options menus for formatting the graphs. These four
`options menus are available through the Options main menu (in the menu bar) and they all work in
`the same way.
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`Selection view, if you are not already there.
`1. Click on Options in the menu bar and further select 3D Options.
`2. Re-position the Selection view and the menu (by clicking on each window’s title bar and
`dragging) so you can see both at the same time.
`3. In the 3D Options menu, the current graph type (the default) is Towers. Select the graph type
`Pyramids. (If there is no immediate change in the 3D graph, click on the Apply button below).
`The objects in the 3D graph change to pyramids, while the 2D graph remains the same.
`4. Click on the various 3D Colors entries to observe how the coloring pattern changes in the 3D
`graph.
`Try out several combinations of options to observe the effects. Bear in mind that not all options can
`be used with all graph types. The section .rh.e..~..l~.e.D.~ provides more details on individual
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`Setting Menu Options and Indicators
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`To set a menu option, click on the option. If no change is visible in the relevant graph (the 2D or 3D
`graph to which the option applies), click on the Apply button as well.
`The results of your changes appear in the graph.
`Menu indicators work slightly differently. If they have up- and down-arrows attached, you can click
`on the arrows to add or subtract one to the indicator’s value.
`You can also just type new values in. Click on the box where the indicator’s current value is
`displayed, delete the value and type in a new one. If you type a value that is too large or too small,
`the indicator’s maximum or minimum value is automatically used.
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`Using the Continue, Apply, Cancel, Default and Help Buttons
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`Each Options menu has four or five buttons at the bottom. These buttons are:
`¯ Continue: Use this button to save the current menu settings and exit the Options menu.
`If you have selected an option, but have not activated it with the Apply button, Continue saves it
`anyway.
`¯ Apply: Use this button to activate an option you have selected.
`You may not need the Apply button to activate selected options. This depends on how your
`System Administrator has installed the graphics program.
`If the related graph changes as soon as you select an option, you do not need the Apply button.
`If the graph does not change on selection, you must click on Applyto see the option in effect.
`An exception to this rule is the Dimension Order option (in the 3D Options menu). You must
`click on the Apply button to activate this change, regardless of what the system default is.
`¯ Default: Use this button to set all options in the menu back to their default (system-defined)
`values. Your current settings are lost. (Only the Color Assignment menu contains this button.)
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`Cancel: Use this button to leave the Options menu without saving the option settings. The 3D
`graph returns to the state it had before you opened the menu.
`Help: Use this button to display information about the options available in the menu.
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`Klnputting Data" Capturing SAP Screen Data
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`The screen capture facility allows you to pick up table data from any screen in the SAP system and
`send it to SAP Business Graphics for display. You can also edit the data before sending it, if you
`want to change values or add text labels to your graph. Changes you make to data while using the
`screen capture program have no effect on the original SAP data from which the screen was copied.
`You can start one or more versions of the screen capture program from any SAP screen. You then
`call SAP Business Graphics from the screen capture program. Multiple calls to the graphics
`program are also possible.
`To capture screen data from an SAP transaction, you must perform the following steps:
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`Select the menu options System --~ Services --> Business Graphics.
`In an R/2 system (CUA Interface)
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`Select the menu options System --~ Graphics.
`You get a screen capture window exactly like the SAP window you are capturing. The screen
`capture program has placed your screen data in a buffer. (See the following figure, which
`contains a screen capture window overlay for an R/3 transaction.)
`2. Highlight the text you want to send to the graphics program.
`This operation, described in the following section, allows you to select the part of the screen that
`you want to include in the graph. The screen capture program interprets the text you select as a
`collection of numerical values and text labels.
`3. To edit the selected text before graphing it, click on Edit (CUA-Interface: F6=Edit).
`Editing and formatting of the text is described in the following sections.
`4. Click on Draw (CUA-Interface: F7=Draw) to enter SAP Business Graphics and see the graph of
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`KHighlighting Screen Capture Text
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`To highlight text in the screen, move the mouse cursor to the upper left corner of the region you
`want to select. Holding the left mouse button down, move the cursor down and to the right until you
`reach the lower right corner of region. Release the mouse button. The hightlighted region is
`displayed in reverse-video.
`The screen capture program interprets the region you highlight to determine what values and other
`information the region contains. (See the following figure.) Interpreted text is displayed in particular
`colors, depending on what the screen capture program thinks each piece of text is. These colors,
`which are used regardless of the user’s setup, are as follows:
`¯ numerals in green, white lettering
`¯ text in grey:
`dimension element (row and column) names: white lettering
`dimension names: blue lettering
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`main title: black lettering
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`You can highlight only one continuous region at a time.
`However, if you want to capture two
`separate regions, you can highlight both regions together and use the editor to delete everything in
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`It is not possible to capture (or highlight) data from more than one screen at a time.
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`Editing Screen Capture Text
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`To edit screen capture text, highlight the desired part of the text, and click on the Edit button
`(CUA-Interface: F6=Edit) or press F6.
`You are placed in the screen capture editor, where the text you highlighted is displayed in
`reverse-video. You can edit anywhere inside this region.
`The following editing functions are available, using either keyboard keys or the mouse.
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`Positioning the Cursor
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`¯ Arrow keys: move the cursor one character in any direction.
`¯ Ctrl+Left-Arrow, Ctrl+Right-Arrow: move the cursor one word to the left or right in the
`current line.
`¯ POS1, END: position the cursor at the very beginning or very end of the current line.
`¯ PageUp, PageDown: move the cursor to the top or bottom line (within the same column) of
`the highlighted area.
`¯ Positioning using the mouse: Position the cursor anywhere in the highlighted area by
`clicking on this position with the mouse.
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`Deleting Text
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`Backspace: deletes the character to the left of the cursor position.
`Deh deletes the character at the cursor position.
`Deleting a block of text using the mouse: Position the mouse cursor on a particular text
`character and click. Holding the mouse button down, move the mouse either down and to the
`right or up and to the left. The block of text between the starting and ending position of the
`mouse is deleted.
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`Inserting Text
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`Ins: switches between insert-mode and replace-mode. If you press this key and enter text, the
`existing text moves to the right. If you press the key a second time, you return to replace mode.
`Text you enter in replace-mode replaces the existing text.
`Note that to use insert-mode, you must have space at the end of the line, within the editing
`region. If the text already extends to the far right side of the highlighted area, you cannot insert
`more. In this case, re-highlight the text region, leaving more space to the right and re-edit.
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`Using Functions Keys and Pushbuttons
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`The following function keys and pushbuttons are available (pushbuttons of the R/2 CUA Interface in
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`F1 (Fl=Help)
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`Calls up a help window.
`¯ F15(F15=Exit)
`Leaves the screen capture program and returns you to the SAP transaction.
`¯ Highlight (F5=Highlight)
`Returns you to highlighting-mode.
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`¯ Edit (F6=Edit)
`Allows you to edit the highlighted area.
`¯ Draw (F7=Draw)
`Starts SAP Business Graphics with the graph of your data.
`If you are in editing mode, two more pushbuttons are available in addition to the Highlight
`(F5=Highlight) pushbutton:
`¯ Restore (F6=Restore)
`Undoes all editing changes you have made within this call to the editor. The Restore operation
`does not return you from the editor.
`¯ Continue (F7=Continue)
`Exits from the screen capture editor.
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`Formatting Screen Capture Text for Input
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`Screen capture input to SAP Business Graphics must adhere to certain format rules in order to be
`recognized correctly.
`SAP Business Graphics assumes that your screen data resembles the basic SAP table structure.
`This structure is somewhat flexible, but the table must obey the format rules listed in this section.
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`Restrictions on the Format of the Data
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`If you use the screen capture facility to input graphics data, the input table can contain either a
`single list of values, or rows and columns. If the data is a single list, you can include the values
`themselves and labels for each value. If the data has rows and columns, you can include a label for
`each row, a label for each column, and the table values themselves.
`You cannot use the screen capture facility to input data in multiple tables. If you want to graph data
`occurring in multiple tables, you must write the input values to a file using ABAP/4 programming
`tools. See SAP Graphics: Programming Interfaces (Product number 5000 7442) for more
`information.
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`Format Rules for Numerical Values
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`Numerical values must obey the following rules:
`¯ Within a numerical value, the screen capture recognizes only the minus sign (hyphen), the
`comma, and the decimal point (period) as legitimate punctuation. Exponential notation and other
`variations are not recognized.
`Note that the functions of the period and the comma in the English system are exactly opposite
`to their functions in some European systems. If your numbers are not being interpreted
`correctly, check with the system administrator to determine how these characters should be
`used.
`¯ The minus sign must occur after the number, with no intervening spaces.
`¯ All numbers in a row must be separated by spaces.
`¯ A column of numbers is right-justified and identified by the position of its right-most character.
`Each number belonging to this column must have its right-most character in the correct position.
`If you have values partially or entirely out of alignment with the given right-most character
`position, they will not be interpreted as belonging to the proper column. In most cases, the
`screen capture program assumes these are values for an entirely new column.
`¯ You may leave out values for a given row or column.
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`Format Rules for Text Strings
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`You can include labels in the table to name the rows and columns. You can also provide a title for
`the set of rows, for the set of columns, and for the graph as a whole.
`¯ SAP Business Graphics does not accept more than 32 elements per dimension. As a result, you
`cannot have more than 32 rows or 32 columns in your table.
`Any string of characters not identifiable as a number is assumed to be a label. Labels may occur
`at the beginnings of a row, at the head of a column, as a title for the rows or columns, or as the
`graph main title. A non-numeric item placed in among the data values is ignored by the
`graphics program.
`¯ A legitimate number occurring where a label should be is interpreted as a number. If you want to
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`use labels that look like numbers, you must modify them to contain at least one non-numeric
`character.
`¯ Placement of labels for row-names or column-names:
`Row-names can occur only at the beginning (left side) of a row.
`Column-names should line up above the columns they are heading, but do not necessarily
`need to begin in the same column. They should be separated by at least two spaces.
`If you don’t adhere to these requirements, the screen capture program attempts to pick out the
`labels anyway. However, the results may not be what you expect. (Check the selection bars in
`the Selection view to see if your headers were correctly identified.)
`¯ Placement of titles for rows or columns as a set:
`The title for the rows as a set should be placed directly above the column of row-names.
`The title for the columns as a set should occur directly above the first of the column-names,
`and begin in exactly the same position.
`The main title for the graph should occur in the very first line of the highlighted area. If you have
`more text there than just the title, the screen capture program attempts to pick out the string in
`the center of the line. The longest string in the center of the line separated from other text by
`double spaces is assumed to be the title.
`The maximum length for a text string cannot be specified exactly since this depends on the size
`of your window, the resolution of your monitor, and other factors.
`Many strings too long for a small window are displayed correctly when you enlarge the window
`to full-screen size. In general, you must experiment to find the optimal length for text strings.
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`KUnderstanding the Data Displays
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`The data you input to SAP Business Graphics is interpreted by the program and used to generate
`2D and 3D graphs. This section describes the different forms your input data can take, and the
`different forms a graph can take.
`It contains the following topics:
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`Describes the data input tables you can input, and how SAP Business Graphics interprets them to
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`The 2D and 3D graphs described in this section can occur in any of the four views (Selection, 3D,
`2D, and Groups) listed in the Goto menu. You use the menus and buttons in these views to display
`all or parts of the input in more detail.
`For more information on selecting parts of the input data for display, see the section [t?.e..Got£..
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`Data Input Tables and How They Are Interpreted
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`SAP Business Graphics accepts input in the form of tables. A table can contain a single list of
`numbers, or a set of rows and columns. You can also input multiple tables, each of which has rows
`and columns. This section illustrates how these data tables are graphed.
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`Data Values in a Simple List
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`When the data occurs in a simple list, SAP Business Graphics creates a 2D graph (see figure). The
`list items are laid out along the horizontal axis of the graph. You cannot generate a 3D graph for
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`When data is input in a table with rows and columns, SAP Business Graphics creates a 3D graph.
`This is illustrated by the following figure, which contains data input as a table of values (left) and a
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`Data Values in Multiple Tables
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`Your data can also include multiple tables, each of which contains rows and columns. The number
`of rows and columns must be the same from table to table: the table never changes size.
`For data in this format, SAP Business Graphics creates a 3D graph for each one of your tables.
`This is illustrated by the following figure, which contains data input in multiple tables (each with
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`"pages" or "page dimension." Each page, like each row or column, has a name, and this name
`appears as part of the title of the graph.
`Note
`Data input may contain a maximum of 32 items per dimension, that is, 32 rows, 32 columns or 32
`pages. However, the total number of input values may not exceed 1024. Hence the product of the
`number of rows, number of columns, and number of pages, in respecting this limit, must always be
`less than or equal to 1024.
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`This section summarizes all the graph configurations you can request for input values occurring as
`a single list, in a table, or in multiple tables. The terms stacked graph and side-by-side graph are
`also defined here.
`You can skip this section unless you want clarification on these issues.
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`Stacked and Side-by-side Graphs
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`The 2D and 3D graphs pictured in the previous section are shown in their normal configurations.
`For each row (or column), there is a single data value displayed.
`There are two alternatives to the normal graph configurations: stacked graphs and side-by-side
`graphs. Both alternatives allow you to display more than one value for each item in a row (or
`column).
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`Stacked Graphs
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`Both 2D and 3D graphs can be stacked. A stacked graph displays several values for each item in a
`row (or column), one value on top of another. Each stack segment gives the values for elements of
`a dimension (row, column or page) not laid out along the graph’s axes.
`In a 3D graph, you can stack values only if the input contains multiple tables (pages). In this case,
`stacked segments allow you to display values for successive pages simultaneously.
`In a 2D graph, you can stack values when there is only a single input table, but it must contain both
`rows and columns. The stacked segments allow you to display values for all rows (and hence all
`columns) at once.
`No stack can contain more than six stack segments. If there are more than six items in the row or
`column you are stacking, the rest will not appear in the stack.
`Note that you cannot generate stacked graph images for any data containing negative values.
`Stacked 2D graphs can be requested using the 2D Options menu or the selection bars in the
`Selection view. For stacked 3D graphs, use the Stack On/Off button in the Selection view. For more
`information, see The 2D..Q.ptions Menu and Usinq the Selection View).
`The following figure contains a stacked 3D graph.
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`Only 2D graphs can be presented in side-by-side format. A side-by-side graph displays several
`values side-by-side for each item in the horizontal axis. If the rows are displayed along this axis,
`each row item contains as many values as there are columns.
`There can be no more than sixteen side-by-side values for a single item. If the row or column being
`presented side-by-side has more than sixteen items, the rest will not appear.
`Side-by-side graphs are generated automatically when you request a 3D display for a 2D graph.
`You do this by highlighting the topmost selection bar in the Selection view. (See the section
`t_h_e____s___e_Le__c__ti_o__n_____v__i_e___w) for information on using the selection bars.)
`In contrast to stacked graphs, side-by-side graphs can contain negative values.
`The following figure contains a side-by-side 2D graph.
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`Summary of Graphing Capabilities
`This section summarizes what graph images are possible with input data formatted as described in
`the section "Data input tables and how they are interpreted" earlier in this section).
`For data in multiple tables (multiple pages):
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`In a 3Dgraph:
`You can represent all the data at once (for all pages) by using a stacked graph.
`You can display all values for a particular page. The name of that page is appended to the main title
`for the graph.
`You cannot represent less than a full page of values in a 3D graph.
`In a 2Dgraph:
`You cannot represent all the data at once (all pages) in a 2D graph.
`You can represent all values from a particular page; the page name appears as part of the main title
`of the graph. This graph must be either a stacked or side-by-side graph.
`You can represent all values in a given row or column, when they all occur on the same page. The
`name of the page occurs in the main title. The name of the row or column appears as a sub-title.
`For data in a single table (with rows and columns):
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`You can represent all rows and columns simultaneously. You cannot use a stacked graph, since the
`data contains only a single page.
`In a 2Dgraph:
`You can represent all rows and columns at once by using a stacked or side-by-side graph type.
`You can represent values from a single row or column. The name of the row or column appears in
`the title for the graph.
`For data in a single list (a table with only rows):
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`In a 3Dgraph:
`You cannot generate a 3D graph for data values occurring in a list.
`In a 2Dgraph:
`You can represent the entire list of numbers.
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`The Graphic Menu
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`The Graphic menu lets you perform the following operations on graphics files:
`¯ Send (in R/3 Systems only)
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