Using QMF

Where QMF report data appears on a chart

Compare the report in Figure 133 and the bar chart in Figure 134 to see how QMF displays report data on a chart. QMF created both the report and bar chart by using the default report form.

Figure 133. This report shows employee data.

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|       ID  NAME        DEPT  JOB  YEARS  SALARY        COMM                     |
|   ------  ---------  ----- ----- ------ ----------  ----------                 |
|      120  NAUGHTON     38  CLERK   -    12954.75      180.00                   |
|      180  ABRAHAMS     38  CLERK   3    12009.75      236.50                   |
|       40  O'BRIEN      38  SALES   6    18006.00      846.55                   |
|       60  QUIGLEY      38  SALES   -    16808.30      650.25                   |
|      130  YAMAGUCHI    42  CLERK   6    10505.90       75.60                   |
|      200  SCOUTTEN     42  CLERK   -    11508.60       84.20                   |
|       90  KOONITZ      42  SALES   6    18001.75     1386.70                   |
|      230  LUNDQUIST    51  CLERK   3    13369.80      189.65                   |
|      250  WHEELER      51  CLERK   6    14460.00      513.30                   |
|      220  SMITH        51  SALES   7    17654.50      992.80                   |
|      150  WILLIAMS     51  SALES   6    19456.50      637.65                   |
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Figure 134. This bar chart shows the same employee data as the report.

You specify the following parts of a chart using a QMF form:

• chart heading
• X-axis
• X-axis data labels
• Y-axis
• Y-axis data labels
• legend

In general, report data appears on a chart according to the following rules:

Chart heading

Report heading

X-axis data

First (leftmost) column of the report. If you define a GROUP or BREAK column, the data in that column appears on the X-axis.

X-axis data labels

Values in the leftmost column, or the GROUP or BREAK column.

Y-axis data

Remaining numeric columns.

Y-axis data labels

Values in the remaining numeric columns.

Legend

Column headings for the Y-axis data.