A Chart can be used on any Header Sheet or Project Sheet to display one or more datasets graphically. They share many similarities with Graphs but differ in several important ways.
- A chart can display any two sets of data against each other and can appear on header sheets, project sheets or in the header or footer area of a log.
- A Graph can plot depth-related data and can only be added to the depth-related area of a log.
Data can be plotted from 3 different sources - More information on each type is detailed here.
- Against data from the same table or from any parent/grandparent table, for example, moisture content against sample top, Liquid Limit against Plasticity Index, or size sizes against percentage passing.
- A fixed-point series to represent a line or set of points. This can be used to place fixed labels on a graph or to represent a fixed line.
- An expression series where the data is based on an equation - for example, an Air Voids line.
Once defined, a chart can be added to a Header Sheet or Project Sheet. The same chart can be added to multiple reports, making the chart object like a block in gINT.
Two Chart Examples
Please also see the Lab Administration Guide (available from the Tutorials page) for more information on configuring Charts, particularly the topic of pagination behavior for Chart reports.