The ESL Business Graphics module, called the BGraph module, is comprised of a set of predefined variables and action routines that enable you to easily convert tables of numbers into several different kinds of graphs:

 

LINE GRAPHS

Stacked line graph

Standard line graph

Standard line graph with symbols

Stepped line graph

Surface line graph

 

HI-LO-CLOSE GRAPH

 

PIE GRAPH

 

BAR GRAPHS

Standard bar graph

3-D (three-dimensional) bar graph

Overlapping bar graph

3-D overlapping bar graph

Stacked bar graph

3-D stacked bar graph

 

SCATTER GRAPH

 

You specify the region in which the graph is to be placed, the data to be plotted, and the type of graph to be displayed. The module then creates the graph.

 

Note: All text drawn by the BGraph module is drawn using font "medium" by default. For information on specifying alternate fonts, see Customizing a Graph.

 

You can optionally specify:

 

A title for the graph and axes

Automatic or manual axis boundaries

Labels for ticks and pie wedges

Colors to be used for text, bars, lines, and pie wedges

Footnotes

Legends

Axis grid lines

No tick marks on X and/or Y axis

Starting point for pie wedges

Fonts and colors for titles, labels, footnotes, and legends

Manually-controlled tick labels

Line widths

Patterns for symbols