Oracle reports - Line graph

Question

Hello,
I have a few issues with the line graphs (using oracle 10g dev suite R1 - 9.0.4).
1. Unable to make my y axis - a dotted line.
2. Since I couldn't make the y axis a dotted line, I made it a thin line. This thin line looks fine when I run it from the oracle reports builder. but when I genenerate to a PDF file, this thin line becomes thicker.
3. Thirdly, I want to place a dot or something wherever the value changes in the line graph. One option is to add the MarkerText visible="true" to the Graph settings xml file. but this puts the marker text to all the y axes.
I want it only for 1 y axis.
Cheers

Answer 1

Assuming you mean "series" and not "axis", you can control the style, width, and markers using the lineStyle, lineWidth, and markerShape attributes of the <Series> element (in the XML shown in the Graph Settings property) for the series (set of Y values) of interest.
For example, to use a thin, dotted line with circle markers on the first series, but leave the other series with their defaults, you might:
1. Make sure the markerDisplayed attribute of the <Graph> element is set to ="true". Otherwise, no markers will be displayed.
2. For the <Series> element with the id attribute equal to "0" (which identifies the first series), set the lineStyle attribute to "LS_DOTTED", the lineWidth attribute to "1" (in pixels), and the makerShape attribute to "MS_CIRCLE".
3. If needed, set the markerShape attribute of the other <Series> elements to "MS_NONE".
The Graph Settings property might look something like this:
<rw:graph id="CT_1" src="G_YOUR_GROUP" groups="X" dataValues="Y1,Y2">
<!--
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Graph version="3.2.0.22" graphType="LINE_VERT_ABS" markerDisplayed="true">
<SeriesItems>
<Series id="0" lineStyle="LS_DOTTED" lineWidth="1" markerShape="MS_CIRCLE"/>
<Series id="1" markerShape="MS_NONE"/>
</SeriesItems>
</Graph>
-->
</rw:graph>For more information, see the "Graph.dtd" file in your "%ORACLE_HOME%\jlib\bigraphbean.jar".
Hope this helps.