Swapping Series and Group Orientation

How to:

The swapData property can be used to swap series and group orientation. When false (the default), values in a row in a data set are represented as series. When true, values in a column are represented as series.

Syntax: How to Swap Series and Group Orientation

"swapData": boolean

where:

"swapData": boolean

Can be:

  • true, which swaps the series and group orientation.
  • false, which does not swap the series and group orientation. This is the default value.

Example: Swapping Series and Group Orientation

The following request generates a vertical bar chart:

GRAPH FILE WF_RETAIL_LITE
SUM COGS_US GROSS_PROFIT_US REVENUE_US DISCOUNT_US
ACROSS TIME_DAYNAME
WHERE TIME_DAYNAME EQ 'FRI' OR 'SAT' OR 'SUN' OR 'MON'
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH VBAR
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
INCLUDE=IBFS:/FILE/IBI_HTML_DIR/javaassist/intl/EN/ENIADefault_combine.sty,$
*GRAPH_JS
"swapData": false,
"series": [
	{"series": 0, "color": "lightgreen"},
	{"series": 1, "color": "coral"},
	{"series": 2, "color": "lightblue"},
	{"series": 3, "color": "burlywood"}
	]
*END
ENDSTYLE
END

On the output:

  • The first set of bars represents all series (COGS_US, GROSS_PROFIT_US, REVENUE_US, and DISCOUNT_US) values for the first group value (day name FRI).
  • The second set of bars represents all series values for the second group value (day name SAT).
  • The third set of bars represents all series values for the third group value (day name SUN).
  • The fourth set of bars represents all series values for the third group value (day name MON).

Changing the swapData property to "true" generates the following chart, in which:

  • The first set of bars represents COGS_US (series 0) for each day name (group) value.
  • The second set of bars represents GROSS_PROFIT_US (series 1) for each day name (group) value.
  • The third set of bars represents REVENUE_US (series 2) for each day name (group) value.
  • The fourth set of bars represents DISCOUNT_US (series 3) for each day name (group) value.

Although the labels did not change, the series and groups have been swapped:

To swap the labels as well as the series and group orientation, see Swapping Series, Group, and Label Orientation.

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