How to chart database search results?

Question

I'm new to Macs and Appleworks. I want to make a graph/chart of numbers that come from summary fields of a database search. Do I somehow link the database search results to a spreadsheet? Can I put the graph on a database report page? Thanks.

Answer 1

Maybe this will help.
You can create a bar chart this way.
You have some summary fields to be charted, call them sum1, sum2, etc.
Create another summary field for each that you have. The basic formula will be:
LEFT("||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||",SUM('sum1'))
This will give a number of line characters to match the sums. Position these fields to form a chart. You can modify the font and style, etc.
There're also some variations. If your totals are large, you could divide the final parameter by something:
LEFT("||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||",SUM('sum1')/2)
And even multiply by something if your totals are small.
This is using the standard line character. You could also use dingbats - the "n" will give a solid square: LEFT("nnnnnnnnnnn",SUM('sum1'))
Additionally, to fill gaps between characters, you can create two chart fields for each total and overlap them.
Now, these are summary fields and so need to be on the summary part of the layout, and you must be in Page View to see.
David