Chart Data Axis (Y) Scale - keep constant over groups, dynamic for report

Crystal XI
I want to chart how many transactions there are at a teller, showing number of transactions per hour, with a separate chart for each day in a range that the user specifies at run time through paramaters.
So I group on date at report level, and make my chart on change of hour show count of transactions, and that works.
But using autoscale, EACH CHART is scaled on the Y axis, so for a day that has a peak of 5 tx per hour, that hour reaches top of chart, where next day, there is an hour with 100 tx.  So you can't tell at a glance that day 2 was busier than day 1.
I like the auto scale, but I'd like it to consider the report for the scaling.  Is there a way to do that?  Or do some chart types let me do it and others don't?  (I've looked at Bar and Area charts)
I can't use a fixed scale, because different customers have wildly different typical numbers.  (I could use a dynamically calculated fixed scale, but I don't see that that's an option)  If there's a way to use a formula for the data scale, I'm missing it, and that would probably solve my problem.
Assuming I'm out of luck there - I can change the query as necessary, and I suspect I'm giong to have to use some gimmick like chart my maximum value in invisible ink, if someone's been down the road and knows a solution, if you can give me a quick hint on that, I'd appreciate it.

If all else fails, you can do this easily with our CRChart add-in using the @SC family of macros which allow you to set the Y-Axis scale min/max dynamically (i.e. map them to a field or formula at runtime).
-Dan
disclaimer: I work for the company, threedgraphics.com, that makes this product. This product costs money.

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