Histograms in BEx

Question

Hi,
I would like to know if any one has experience with creating Histograms (Charts) in BEx. Here is the information:
    1. I have a keyfigure "Quantity" in a Query for a
       Characteristic "Cost Center" and a time char.
    2. The Quantities range from Zero to 50.
    3. Now, the requirement is to create "Bins", for
       example Bin1 = Count of Qty 0 to 5, Bin2 = Count
       of Qty 6-11, Bin3 = Count of qty 12-17 and so on.
    4. Create a Histogram with "Bin Values" on X-axis
       and "Number of Occurrences" (Counts) on Y-axis.
I appreciate any help on this.
Thanks
Srini

Answer 1

Hi Srinivas,
is the range of quantities in general from 0 .. 50 ?  In this case create a new worksheet and insert your query.
Then define a cell-range anywhere out of the query-cell-range and summarize your "bins" in these cells via Excel-formulas.
By inserting a query in a worksheet these sheet gets added a VisualBasic-Sub called "SAPBEXonRefresh(queryID as String, resultArea as Range)". Insert a small VB-Code, which creates a Chart out of the "Bin-Cell-Range".
A good idea to create this code is turning on the Macro-Recorder in Excel, inserting the Chart with your preferences and turning off the Macro-Recorder. Then transfer this part into the above called Sub.
I know, it's a dirty and hard-coded trick, but it works and reading this is more difficult than doing
    Bye
    Ralf