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Define a Time Series Chart

Your model contains a great deal of information on both project design and project management, and a major benefit of the Chart feature is providing the facility to capture, summarize and present that information. Using the Time Series Chart you can record changes in multiple series of data over time. Each series corresponds to an SQL Query that you can either run manually or update automatically on a schedule run by the Cloud service. The value of each series is plotted on the line graph on the day or at the time it was collected.

As an example, you might generate the Chart manually on different days, running two Queries showing Issues created and Issues resolved, for comparison. The Chart might resemble this:

TimeSeriesEG
 

After defining the content of the Time Series Chart, you can modify its appearance on the Appearance page of the element's Properties dialog.

Access     Double-click on Chart element | Chart Details | Source

Define Content

Field/Button

Action

See also

Package

To generate the Chart on the entire project, leave this field blank or click on the ( ... ) Browse button and select the <none> entry.

Otherwise, click on the Browse button and select the specific Package to generate the Chart on.

 

 
 

Select <item> dialog

Include Child Packages

If you have specified a Package, select this checkbox to extract information from the child Packages of that Package.

Clear the checkbox to ignore any child Packages when extracting information from the parent Package.

 

 

Data Point Interval

Click on the down-arrow and select either:

·Manual, to generate the Chart manually at any time or date you need; the Manual Record button is enabled
·A time interval at which the Cloud Server will automatically regenerate the Chart

 

 

Exclude Weekends

Enabled when the Data Point Interval field is set to Daily.

·Select the checkbox to refresh the Chart on each week day except for Saturday and Sunday
·Clear the checkbox to refresh the Chart on each week day including Saturday and Sunday

 

 

Run On

Enabled when the Data Point Interval field is set to Weekly or Monthly.  If that field is set to:

·Weekly - click on the down arrow and select the day of the week on which to refresh the Chart
·Monthly - click on the down arrow and select the date in the month on which to refresh the Chart

 

 

Series

Lists the SQL Queries that will be run whenever the Chart is regenerated. This panel also shows the date on which the Query was last executed, and the number of records displayed as a result.

 

 

Edit

Click on an SQL Query name in the Series list and click on this button to edit the Query.

The Edit Series dialog displays; see the Edit Series Dialog table below.

 

 

Add

Click on this button to add a new SQL Query to the Series list, to be executed when the Chart is regenerated.

The Edit Series dialog displays; see the Edit Series Dialog table below.

 

 

Remove

Click on a SQL Query in the Series list and click on this button to delete the Query as a source of information for the Chart.

A confirmation prompt displays. Click on the Yes button to delete the Query.

 

 

Manual Record

If you have set the Data Point Interval field to manual, click on this button to regenerate the Chart.

The Results column in the Series list updates (if changes have occurred); the Chart itself does not change until you click on the OK button to close the dialog.

 

 

OK

Click on this button to scan the specified Packages, close the dialog and generate the Chart.

 

 

Cancel

Click on this button to abort the changes and close the dialog.

The aborted changes include updates to the Results column if you have clicked on the Manual Record button.

 

 

Edit Series Dialog

Field/Button

Action

See also

Examples

(Optional) Click on the drop-down arrow and select an example SQL Query to use intact or to edit to suit your requirements.

 

 

Series Name

Type a name for the SQL Query, to use as a reference to the Query in the Series list on the Source page.

 

 

Query

Type the text of the SQL Query.

Create Search Definitions

 

Test Query

(Optional) Click on this button to test the Query you have written or updated.

A message displays to confirm that the Query was successful or to identify that problems exist.

 

 

OK

Click on this button to save the Query, close the dialog and add or update the Query in the Series list on the Source page.

 

 

Cancel

Click on this button to abort the changes, close the dialog and return to the Source page.

 

 

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