Creating charts from data in a list

You can select data in a list and use it to create a chart. Depending on whether you select columns, rows or cells in the list, different menu options are shown in the context menu for creating the chart and different data is copied.

1. Open the desired list of network objects, base data or result attributes.

Note: If you select data in the next step that cannot be displayed in a chart, the Create Chart option in the context menu will not be active and you cannot create a chart.

2. Select the desired data:

Data selection	Description
Click the column header	Selects the values of the attribute of all objects in the list
Press Ctrl and click the headers of several columns	Selects the values of the attributes of all objects in the list that are located in the clicked columns
Click a row header	Selects the objects in the row
Press Ctrl and click the headers of several rows	Selects the objects located in the clicked rows
Press Ctrl and click several cells in a column	Selects only the value of the attribute of the object in the clicked cell
Press Ctrl and click several cells in various columns	Selects only the values of the attributes of the objects in the clicked cells

3. Right-click on one of the selected cells.

4. Choose the desired entry from the context menu:

Context menu	Description
Create Chart	Opens the Chart - <Name> window. The chart is displayed based on the selected objects. In Data selection, select Attributes and then select the desired attributes on the right. You can select options for the dimensions in Data selection (Presenting data).
Create chart > For selected attributes...	If you have selected attribute values by column, the Create Chart window opens. The selected attributes and their objects are copied. You can create the chart or continue with configuration, such as selecting additional attributes or selecting options for the dimensions. If you have selected enough attribute values in list cells to create a chart, the chart is displayed.
Create chart >For selected attributes (x-axis: all simulation runs)	Displayed for every subattribute of the selected attributes that has a non-aggregated value for a simulation run. Opens the Create Chart window The subattribute is plotted on the x-axis and all instances are used.
Create chart > For selected attributes (x-axis: all time intervals)	Displayed for every subattribute of the selected attributes that has a non-aggregated value for a time interval. Opens the Create Chart window The subattribute is plotted on the x-axis and all instances are used.
Create chart > For selected attributes (x-axis: all vehicle classes)	Displayed for every subattribute of the selected attributes that has a non-aggregated value for a vehicle class. Opens the Create Chart window The subattribute is plotted on the x-axis and all instances are used.

The Chart – <Name Network object type> window opens. The chart shows the data depending on the selected cells in the attributes list:

Selected cells	Displayed data
In a column of an attribute	If only attribute values of an attribute in a column were selected for objects in several rows or in all rows, each object is plotted on the x-axis in whose row a value was selected. For each of these objects, the attribute value is plotted in the chart on the y-axis above the associated object on the x-axis: In a line chart the data points of the attribute values of the successive objects are joined by a line. In a bar chart the attribute value is indicated by a bar above each object.
In different columns	If attribute values of several columns and of several attributes were selected for objects in several or all rows, each object is plotted on the x-axis in whose row a value has been selected. For each of these objects, the attribute values are plotted in the chart on the Y axis above the associated object on the X axis: In a line chart the data points of the attribute values of each attribute of the successive objects are joined by a line. Each column in which attribute values are selected is thus represented by a line. Each line that connects the values of a particular attribute has its own color. In a bar chart each attribute value is indicated by a bar. Each column in which attribute values are selected is represented by a bar above the associated object on the X axis. The number of bars above an object on the X axis corresponds to the number of columns in which you have selected attribute values. All of the bars that represent the values of a particular attribute have the same color.

In a column of an attribute

If only attribute values of an attribute in a column were selected for objects in several rows or in all rows, each object is plotted on the x-axis in whose row a value was selected.

For each of these objects, the attribute value is plotted in the chart on the y-axis above the associated object on the x-axis:

In a line chart the data points of the attribute values of the successive objects are joined by a line.
In a bar chart the attribute value is indicated by a bar above each object.

In different columns

If attribute values of several columns and of several attributes were selected for objects in several or all rows, each object is plotted on the x-axis in whose row a value has been selected.

For each of these objects, the attribute values are plotted in the chart on the Y axis above the associated object on the X axis:

In a line chart the data points of the attribute values of each attribute of the successive objects are joined by a line. Each column in which attribute values are selected is thus represented by a line. Each line that connects the values of a particular attribute has its own color.
In a bar chart each attribute value is indicated by a bar. Each column in which attribute values are selected is represented by a bar above the associated object on the X axis. The number of bars above an object on the X axis corresponds to the number of columns in which you have selected attribute values. All of the bars that represent the values of a particular attribute have the same color.

5. Edit the chart if you so wish (Configuring a created chart).

6. If desired, continue to use the chart in another program (Reusing a chart).

Superordinate topic:

Creating charts with or without preselection