User (Legacy) Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Hi, "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:VD4siA3jDHA.3296@WEBSERVER1... > I already answered this question before. I don't understand why the > duplicate post. Here is my old answer: Chia: In fact I try one of your method that posted previously but it doesn't work and that is why I re-posted it again > > The only way to achieve this is that to SKIP the null values instead of > > setting it to the chart and use the date field as labels instead of > > X-Values. Chia: How to SKIP the NULL value. For my case, In fact I already skip the NULL value and if I didn't put back the NULL value at the end of the graph, I will get Broken line graph and that is why I set all the NULL value as HIDDEN. > > If you use the dates as X-Values, the distance between Dec and Feb WILL BE > > greater than the distance between Feb and Mar. If you use labels instead, > > the intrinsic value of the date is lost so the position is not affected by > > it. Chia: Can you show some example for this? I not really can get your idea. Thx > Is there something here that you don't understand ? > > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 Please post a follow up in the appropriate thread. What didn't work ? What did you do ? By posting in a new thread all you are doing is starting from zero again and delaying the whole process. -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted October 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hi all, "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:DvxGV8AlDHA.3624@WEBSERVER1... > Please post a follow up in the appropriate thread. Chia: Seem likes no reply from my previous question and that is why I post another new thread. > > What didn't work ? What did you do ? Chia: Please refer to my previous email and you will know why it didn't work for my case. I still get a straight line. My question here is how to eliminate the straight line from dec 2002 to feb 2003? > By posting in a new thread all you are doing is starting from zero again and > delaying the whole process. Chia: Very very sorry to do it. > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 By "skipping" the NULL values I meant going through the data and feeding into the chart only those points that are not null. In other words, you will end up with a chart containing exactly the number of points that you want to see. Chart FX will no skip this data automatically, you will need to go through the recorset yourself and set the data point-by-point. Something like this: ChartFX1.OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, 1, COD_UNKNOWN RS.MoveFirst i = 0; While Not RS.EOF if (RS("ValueField") is not null) Then ChartFX1.ValueEx(0,i) = RS("ValueField") ChartFX1.Legend(i) = RS("LabelField") i = i + 1 End If RS.MoveNext Wend ChartFX1.CloseData COD_VALUES -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Please refer to my attachment (graph.zip) and run the continuous_graph.vbp project file and non_continuous_graph.vbp project file. and you will know what problem i am facing off right now. For continuous_graph.vbp project, it included data from 1 Dec 2002 to 28 Feb 2003 with weekend as null value and for non_continuous_graph.vbp project, it included data from 1 Dec 2002 to 31 Dec 2002 and from 1 Feb 2003 to 28 Feb 2003 with weekend as null value. or in simple term, it excluded Jan 2003 data. Hope my sample program will clear the air and hope to get your reply soon. Regards, Chia "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:ZXOoPTxlDHA.1152@WEBSERVER1... > By "skipping" the NULL values I meant going through the data and feeding > into the chart only those points that are not null. > > In other words, you will end up with a chart containing exactly the number > of points that you want to see. > > Chart FX will no skip this data automatically, you will need to go through > the recorset yourself and set the data point-by-point. Something like this: > > ChartFX1.OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, 1, COD_UNKNOWN > RS.MoveFirst > i = 0; > While Not RS.EOF > if (RS("ValueField") is not null) Then > ChartFX1.ValueEx(0,i) = RS("ValueField") > ChartFX1.Legend(i) = RS("LabelField") > i = i + 1 > End If > RS.MoveNext > Wend > ChartFX1.CloseData COD_VALUES > > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 You are still setting the dates as x-values. In BOTH cases. Again, here is the code I suggested: ChartFX1.OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, 1, COD_UNKNOWN RS.MoveFirst i = 0; While Not RS.EOF if (RS("ValueField") is not null) Then ChartFX1.ValueEx(0,i) = RS("ValueField") ChartFX1.Legend(i) = RS("LabelField") i = i + 1 End If RS.MoveNext Wend ChartFX1.CloseData COD_VALUES As you can see, THERE IS NO X-Values. Dates are being passed as LABELS. If you keep passing dates as X-Values, they will have an intrinsic value and the distance between 25-Dec and 20-Jan WILL be greater than the distance from 13-Dec to 25-Dec. So if you want equally spaced points regardless of the date DO NOT USE X-VALUES. I don't understand why the two loops in your code. Here is the modified code: With cfxChart .OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, rsDataPrm.Fields.Count - 1, COD_UNKNOWN For i = 1 To rsDataPrm.Fields.Count - 1 'exclude Transdate rsDataPrm.Filter = rsDataPrm.Fields(i).Name & " <> NULL" 'populate non-null value first For k = 0 To rsDataPrm.RecordCount - 1 If Not IsNull(rsDataPrm(i).Value) Then .Series(i - 1).Yvalue(j) = rsDataPrm(i).Value .Legend(j) = Format(rsDataPrm("TransDate").Value, "dMMMyy") j = j + 1 End If rsDataPrm.MoveNext Next Next .CloseData COD_VALUES End With I hope this makes it clear. -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted October 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Hi, Your example was really great and solved my problem. But I have some problem here. My previous example just have 1 series only which was Daily Data. The reason I have 2 loops is because I need to populate more than 1 series and my latest attachment will show you the problem that I am facing right now. I have 3 series, first one is Daily data, second one is Weekly data and last one is Monthly data. I managed to generate a dummy recordset but when come to populate the graph, it give unwanted graph. Please unzip the attachment and run and you will see the problem. If I use my old method to populate the data, it is fine except for Jan 2003 data's problem. Hope to get your reply soon. Again, thanks a lot for your prompt reply. Regards, Chia "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:w8JpBzNmDHA.536@WEBSERVER1... > You are still setting the dates as x-values. In BOTH cases. > > Again, here is the code I suggested: > > ChartFX1.OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, 1, COD_UNKNOWN > RS.MoveFirst > i = 0; > While Not RS.EOF > if (RS("ValueField") is not null) Then > ChartFX1.ValueEx(0,i) = RS("ValueField") > ChartFX1.Legend(i) = RS("LabelField") > i = i + 1 > End If > RS.MoveNext > Wend > ChartFX1.CloseData COD_VALUES > > As you can see, THERE IS NO X-Values. Dates are being passed as LABELS. > > If you keep passing dates as X-Values, they will have an intrinsic value and > the distance between 25-Dec and 20-Jan WILL be greater than the distance > from 13-Dec to 25-Dec. So if you want equally spaced points regardless of > the date DO NOT USE X-VALUES. > > I don't understand why the two loops in your code. > > Here is the modified code: > > With cfxChart > .OpenDataEx COD_VALUES, rsDataPrm.Fields.Count - 1, COD_UNKNOWN > For i = 1 To rsDataPrm.Fields.Count - 1 'exclude Transdate > rsDataPrm.Filter = rsDataPrm.Fields(i).Name & " <> NULL" > 'populate non-null value first > For k = 0 To rsDataPrm.RecordCount - 1 > If Not IsNull(rsDataPrm(i).Value) Then > .Series(i - 1).Yvalue(j) = rsDataPrm(i).Value > .Legend(j) = Format(rsDataPrm("TransDate").Value, > "dMMMyy") > j = j + 1 > End If > rsDataPrm.MoveNext > Next > Next > .CloseData COD_VALUES > End With > > I hope this makes it clear. > > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 What you want here is sort of contradictory. On one hand, you want Chart FX to IGNORE the intrinsic value of a date because you want the distance between 31-Dec and 3-Feb to be the same as the distance between distance between two consecutive days, which are clearly different. This is why I suggested to get rid of X-Values altogether. On the other hand, you want to distinguish between Daily Data, Weekly data and Monthly data. But the data is not really daily, it has a big hole in January. You can not have both. You either have a day being a day and therefore have the appropriate distance to cover for missing data in January or you don't in which case dates become meaningless and points are plotted as a collection one after the other, the only way to synchronize these series would be to interpolate the points for the Monthly and Weekly chart which will be very hard to do. In my opinion the initial chart, with the extra distance in January is the CORRECT chart. It looks like what you want is an arbitrary scale that sees Jan different than the rest of the months and this is not supported by Chart FX or by any Charting Software I know. Bottom line is this are the ONLY two options you have: 1) Stay with the X/Y chart and the consistent distance between days. 2) Interpolate your Weekly and Monthly data to match your "daily" data. This will be, of course completely arbitrary. You have to define where to put the monthly data for a specific month, to which point of the "daily" data will this point correspond to ? -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted October 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Hi, Thanks very much for your prompt reply. However may I know how to go for options 2? > 2) Interpolate your Weekly and Monthly data to match your "daily" data. This > will be, of course completely arbitrary. You have to define where to put the > monthly data for a specific month, to which point of the "daily" data will > this point correspond to ? "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:jpIxa1JnDHA.1264@WEBSERVER1... > What you want here is sort of contradictory. > > On one hand, you want Chart FX to IGNORE the intrinsic value of a date > because you want the distance between 31-Dec and 3-Feb to be the same as the > distance between distance between two consecutive days, which are clearly > different. This is why I suggested to get rid of X-Values altogether. > > On the other hand, you want to distinguish between Daily Data, Weekly data > and Monthly data. But the data is not really daily, it has a big hole in > January. > > You can not have both. You either have a day being a day and therefore have > the appropriate distance to cover for missing data in January or you don't > in which case dates become meaningless and points are plotted as a > collection one after the other, the only way to synchronize these series > would be to interpolate the points for the Monthly and Weekly chart which > will be very hard to do. > > In my opinion the initial chart, with the extra distance in January is the > CORRECT chart. It looks like what you want is an arbitrary scale that sees > Jan different than the rest of the months and this is not supported by Chart > FX or by any Charting Software I know. > > Bottom line is this are the ONLY two options you have: > > 1) Stay with the X/Y chart and the consistent distance between days. > > 2) Interpolate your Weekly and Monthly data to match your "daily" data. This > will be, of course completely arbitrary. You have to define where to put the > monthly data for a specific month, to which point of the "daily" data will > this point correspond to ? > > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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