Visualizing Data


Using Optional Parameters With Auto Linking to Enhance Drill-Down Results

In addition to the basic Auto Linking functionality that is available in WebFOCUS Designer, you can also add optional parameters to your Auto Link charts, extending the capability of this feature. An Auto Link enabled chart can link to any target content that you are authorized to access that satisfies the sort (BY) field to the Auto Link target report filter parameter requirement.

Enabling Automatic Content Linking in WebFOCUS Designer With Auto Linking

Auto Linking makes it easy to connect reports and charts in your development environment, expanding the reporting capabilities of your organization. Using Auto Linking, you can dynamically link multiple charts and reports with a single report or chart of any format, based on their common sort (BY) fields and parameters referenced in any filters. It is this commonality that dynamically links content in your WebFOCUS repository, allowing you to discover new possibilities in your data, and explore new relationships within your reporting enterprise.

Overview of In-Document Analytics

Setting the output format of a stand-alone chart or report to AHTML provides In-Document Analytic capabilities at run-time. Content that uses In-Document Analytics provides users with an interactive interface that allows the generation of real-time, dynamic charts and reports. Its versatility not only allows you to interact with your content by adding filters, sorting data, and generating new content, but it also allows for offline content access.

Editing an Existing Bin

Once you have created a bin, you can edit it. This gives you the flexibility of changing the size of the bin or other related parameters. Changes to the bin values appear in real time.

You can edit an existing bin from the Data panel or if you have placed the bin in a bucket, by right-clicking the bin and selecting Edit bin values.

Note: If a bin field is being used in a calculated field or in a filter, you cannot change the bin label type.

Creating Numeric Ranges With Binning

In WebFOCUS Designer, bins are used to group numeric 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.

Using Dynamic Grouping for Dimension Field Values

Dynamic grouping allows you to create groups of elements based on the field data type that you select. For example, you may have a field with US state names, but no field for US regions. Using the dynamic grouping functionality, you can create groups for different regions for use in a content item without editing the data source. You create one group that combines state name values like Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts into a New England group, states such as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into a Mid-Atlantic group, and so on.