How to create a statistic chart?

This article shows how to display the search results as a chart.  You can view the results in a variety of formats: line, area and bar charts.  Also, it is possible to save the chart on your dashboard, it's described below. 

Learn about charts 

Statistic charts are useful for monitoring any process with a level of variation – for example, billed time, cost, rates and others. They can easily illustrate the data for analyzing and improving efficiency. 

Moreover, the user can create charts in the Summary Report, Orig-Term Report and Active Calls sections and export a respective chart to the Dashboard section. 

A chart has several elements. Some of these elements are displayed by default, others can be added as needed. The user can change the display of the chart elements and remove elements that he does not want to display. Also, it is possible to create a combination chart by using more than one type. 

To know the elements of a chart

1. Title - a default name of a target chart that can be edited by a user.
2. Chart area defines the boundary of all the elements related to the chart including the plot and any headings, legend, tooltips. 
3. Pot area contains all chart statistics data and bounded by the X and Y Axes.
4. X Axis (horizontal) and Y Axis (vertical) that define the base and the left side of the Plot area
5. Data points  are actual data of a target chart.
6. When hovered over a data point of a chart, a tooltip containing a detailed description of a respective data point(s) will be displayed. 
7. Zooming tool provides additional type of the chart overview. 
8. Chart settings where user can set chart type, change chart name, set values for both axes, update chart, etc. 
9. Legend of the chart that provides explanation for chart data points
10. Toolbar allows general management of a chart: make a copy of target chart, export one or close it.
    

Tip

Roll the mouse wheel chart to zoom in/out on the chart. Also, drag the chart area to arrange a showing region.

Screenshot: Orig-Term report bar-chart

Chart Toolbar
To show a customized toolbar, point to the upper-right corner of the chart area and additional options become visible.
Quick Access Tools	To export a chart to the Dashboard, click on the Add chart icon.  Here you can make a copy of a chart by clicking on the Copy icon.  Tip Therefore, you can use the default templates, copy and customize them according to your demands. To choose the default template, press the Show Chart button and select it from the drop-down list. To close the chart, click the Closeicon.
Chart Settings
General	General information block containts the following fields: Name - enter a unique heading  X Axis - choose values for the line on a chart that runs horizontally/ Tip For horizontal axis, you can choose several parameters. If there are no needed values, check the parameters specified in the Group By field and run the report once again. Y Axis - specify parameters for the line that runs vertically. Tip For vertical axis, you can create only two axes and specify limited units of measure (money/time/%).   For example, you can choose columns: cost total, average rate, time billed, but not ASR Std (%) for one chart.
Chart Type	This form describes the variety of types available for usage: Bar charts display the data arranged and plotted on a standard column chart. The vertical columns with distinct colors rise from the horizontal axis to visually represent the desired data. This type is mainly effective while comparing a large quantity of data points over several axes. Area charts show meaningful information and fill the area between the line and the threshold with different colors. This type is almost the same that a line chart but the area below the plot line is solid. It is primarily used to show data over time or other categories. Line charts use one or several horizontal lines to visually depict data points. This type is useful to display the data points over time. It's helpful for Active Calls statistic charts. Stacked charts - Use these charts to display cumulative series of values and emphasize the total:   Stacked Bar charts display the data arranged and plotted on a standard column chart. Stacked Area charts show meaningful information and fill the area between the line and the threshold with different colors.  Stacked Line charts use one or several horizontal lines to visually depict data points. Also, you can create a multi-format chart. So, you can select/change the visual representation of each parameter from the Y Axis.
Chart Update	This information block contains: Interval field where you can specify the update period in seconds for the chart (e.g., 30 sec). Show last field that defines the period for which chart data is displayed (e.g., last 60 min).
	Press the Save button on the toolbar to save changes. Press the Delete button on the toolbar to remove the chart.
Legend
This form enables to navigate between the data points in the chart and modify chart legend entries. By default, it indicates the colors of the plotted data and corresponding parameters. To promptly find respective legend entries use the Quick Search tool. To disable the visibility of the parameter on the chart, click on the respective value, for example, Orig Billed Time (highlighted in the screenshot below) and it becomes gray. Also, you can change the colors of the chart legend entries by clicking on the item color.  Screenshot: Orig-Term report toolbar

Tip

To quickly open the report from the chart dashboard, click the respective icon on the top of chart area near the chart title:

• Summary Report icon
• Orig-term Report icon
• Active Calls Report icon

Creating basic chart

In order to create a basic visual chart, you need to generate the report. You can do this in the Summary Report, Orig-Term Report or Active Calls sections. The chart only can be made on the basis of the generated report. There are several steps for creating a simple chart:

1. Press Show Chart button on the toolbar. 
2. Choose the Blank Chart from the drop-down list
3. Open the Settings on the right toolbar.
4. Specify the Name, and choose parameters for X Axis and Y Axis. 
5. Then, choose the Chart Type. It could be a multi-format chart. 
6. If applicable, you can save the template of the chart by clicking on the Save button.
   

Screenshot: Orig-Term report bar-chart

Tip

The chart displays only an active statistics presented in the report. You can check an actual date interval by clicking the Info icon and it can differ from the specified interval if there is no date for the period.

Displaying chart on the Dashboard

 You can export already created chart to the Dashboard by clicking the Add chart icon on the toolbar in the report. Then, this chart appears on the Dashboard.

 Alternately, you can go to the Statistics > Dashboard. Then, follow these steps:

1. Choose a target dashboard from the list of all existing ones (for example Orig-Term, Default).
2. Press Show Chart button and select the respective chart from the drop-down list.

        Screenshot: Dashboard section

To use chart templates

A Chart Template is a set of pre-configured charts saved in the Dashboard (higlighted with red) and auto-generated templates for each report (highlighted with green) that depend on the suggested combination of parameters and present statistics for the report (see screenshots below):

Screenshot: Dashboard section

Screenshot: Summary Report section

1. The pre-configured chart templates (e.g., Success Records, ASR Std) saved in the Dashboard are available in the Summary Report section due to selected Group By parameters (e.g. Service Name) while you generate a report. Respective templates will be visible in the drop-down list of the Summary Report section only if you save it and export to the Dashboard previously. 
2. The auto-generated templates for each report (e.g., Cost Total) are accessible in the Summary Report section due to selected Group By parameters, Columns values and active statistics in the report. To use a respective template, select it from the drop-down list and customize it according to your demands. The names of these templates represent predefined parameters on Y Axis.
3. If any Time parameters (e.g., Year, Month, Date, Time) is selected in the Group By field, all other values will be skipped for auto-generated chart templates on X Axis.