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Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Preface
About five years ago, Cognos elected to freeze the chart expressions in Series 7, Impromptu and PowerPlay - technology licensed from Three D Graphics. In the ensuing period there has been a significant advance in every aspect of chart technology, led by Three D Graphics - the leader in the field. The result is Charts Unlimited for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu (to be followed later by PowerPlay). For Users of Series 7 Impromptu that have not yet chosen the superb attributes of IBM Cognos 8 BI, Charts Unlimited is a powerful, single click electable, exchange replacement chart library, fully and totally supported by Three D Graphics.
Operations: Assisted by more than 100 new macros, achieve superior Ease of Use, Usefulness and Usability Performance: Receive an additional complement of chart types responsive to every need and application Aesthetics: New expert pie labeling, perfect anti-aliasing, great multi-dimensional gauges, transparencies and more
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Full support for P-charts, X-bar charts, range charts and all other Six Sigma graphs in conjunction with the current Series 7 step-line, error-bar, range-line and SPC chart capability.
Single- and Multiple-Pie engine with multi-faceted labeling capability that eliminates the interferences that plagued its predecessors.
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Programmatic control over dozens of chart properties like min/max scale range, hi-light colors, reference lines, etc.
Set chart parameters at run-time instead of design-time Complete and easy methods to pivot and swap data in the chart Control over null-to-zero and zero-to-null conversions, numeric formatting and more Improved automatic layout routines that guarantee professional looking charts with well formatted labels, no matter how complex the dataset
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited is composed of three elements:
Aesthetic. In comparison to the technology of five years ago, Charts Unlimited boasts two new rendering engines. Multi-slice single and multiple unit Pie Charts with expert labeling; perfect anti-aliasing; great multi-dimensional gauges; transparencies and more
Performance: A full complement of chart types responsive to every need and application
Operations: Most important! Three D Graphics has generated more than one hundred macros specifically targeted to enable superior Ease of Use, Usefulness and Usability
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Without Anti-Aliasing, curves along the outer edge of the gauge and the gauge band are bumpy and jagged With Anti-Aliasing, curves along the outer edge of the gauge and the gauge band are perfectly smooth
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Gauges are automatically rendered with anti-aliased drawing for perfectly smooth lines
Multiple gauge border styles and gauge needle styles are available
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
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B-Spline based Curved Line Chart Drawn with Charts Unlimited true Bezier curve drawing technology
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited
True Alpha-Channel Transparency can be applied to any chart object Great for designing charts with hidden data areas
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited includes several bevel overlays that can be drawn above a standard chart object. These drawing effects add visually appealing glints, highlights and shadows.
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
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Bevel Effect applied to risers and chart frame Bevel Effect can be applied to any chart object
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
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Square bevel effect applied to chart risers and their associated series icons.
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Spherical Bevel fill effect can be applied to any circular fill area
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Clipped Gauge border style draws the border according to specified start/stop angles of the inner Gauge Range/Band
Bevel effect applied to standard gauge Needles
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Even though macros are defined in the chart title fields, they will not appear as text in your chart. If you need to use a particular title field to define a chart title and to enter a macro, append a tilde (~) character and a space to the title and add the macro after the space.
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
@RDT 2 (Rotate Data Text 90 degrees) @APPEND_DATATEXT ($s) (Append ($s) to Data Text)
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
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Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
@COLOR_SCHEME 5
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
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Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
@RIVER 1 1
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@BPW - Use the sixth data value to determine the width of Box Plots
@IN - Move the First Box Plot In/Right by a specified number of virtual units @MC - Marker Colors in Box Plots @MK - Number of Markers in Box Plots
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu
Charts Unlimited
Chart Enhancement & Operational Macros for IBM Cognos Series 7 Impromptu