In WebFOCUS Designer, bins are used to group values by the increment you specify. This allows you to view large amounts of data across measures or calculated measures, enabling you to analyze trends and identify outliers. Data binning also allows you view your data as part of a larger group, displaying ranges of that data in manageable, visible bins.
When you create a chart, you are not restricted to the fields that exist in your data source. You can add calculations to automate summations and other mathematical tasks related to your data fields. You can specify operators, fields, variables, and functions when creating a calculation. If you can generate the information you want from the existing data, you can create a temporary field to evaluate and display it. A temporary field is a field whose value is not stored in the data source, but can be calculated from the data that is there.
With Quick Transforms, you can easily apply the most commonly used analytical functions to measure fields in your chart. This allows you to quickly specify a function for a field as you create your chart, expanding your options for incorporating aggregated data.
You can use the Calculator to perform basic calculations on fields in your data hierarchy. When you create a calculated field, a new, unique field is created. It incorporates all of the data fields and expressions that you added to the calculation.
As you create charts or styled tabular content in WebFOCUS Designer, you may want narrow the display of information that is shown. You can do this by creating filters with data fields in your content. You can also use filters as a way to create custom displays of the data that you show in your content. For example, you may only want to show revenue information for specific product categories and models in a given year.
Changing the display or output format of measure fields that have been placed on the canvas or in field containers allows you to control how values in a field are interpreted and the styling that they use when displayed. This feature allows for field display formatting, which is essential for any data-based content design tool.
By adding color to your chart components, you can change the way information is perceived and plays a large role in the effectiveness of your chart.
Color adds contrast to your charts, giving you an advantage in presenting unique, well-balanced content. You can use color to highlight a specific aspect or outcome on your chart. WebFOCUS Designer provides a color picker to add color and style your chart.
A theme is used to determine the coloring and hues that display in the charts you configure using WebFOCUS Designer. For example, the default border color and chart colors are determined by the theme.
The default theme is called Warm, but you can select a different theme as required. For example, you may want to apply a corporate standard theme to your chart. You can add and change themes to suit your requirements (for example, branding).
Available themes that are called by WebFOCUS Designer are located in the Global Resources domain, as shown in the following image.
A data grid is a type of chart that displays a tabular representation of your data, similar in structure to a tabular report. A data grid allows you to review data in a row and column format, similar to a printed report. Data grids are easy to create, and provide features such as a tooltip for each cell of the grid. WebFOCUS Designer provides numerous options to style and format a data grid.
Values in a data grid can be sorted, and data grids can be shared or saved for use on a page. A data grid is shown in the following image.
If you are working with a chart type that supports a matrix format (for example, Matrix Marker), WebFOCUS Designer provides a selection of formatting options that you can use to customize and enhance the styling of your chart. A matrix format is a grid that contains values based on the intersecting data points, which is useful for reviewing changes and trends over time. Available formatting options for matrix charts include Headers and labels, and Lines, as shown in the following image.
