GrapeCity ActiveAnalysis Part 6: Using More Shapes and PDF Export

ActiveAnalysis Script 6 – Using More Shapes and PDF Export

This blog is the 6th in a series of blogs on ActiveAnalysis.

Part 1 Create an Analysis App from Scratch
Part 2 Silverlight Viewer Sample and Pivot View Control
Part 3 Shapes and Trend Lines on Charts
Part 4 Filters
Part 5 Data Window

1) If starting fresh, run the Silverlight Viewer from the Start Button, GrapeCity | ActiveAnalysis | Viewer | Silverlight Viewer and connect to Real Estate: List & Sale prices.

2) Continuing with the Silverlight Viewer Sample in Part 5… continue to use Real Estate: List & Sale prices.

3) Press the Clear Layout button if continuing from Part 5

4) Drag (Attribute) Sales Date to Columns

5) Drag (Measure) Square Footage to Columns

6) Drag (Attribute) Bed count to Rows

7) Drag (Measure) Bedrooms to Rows

8) Drag (Attribute) Bath Count to Encodings Shape

9) Change marking to Circle and Drag (attribute) Bath Count to Size. An attribute is like a category (describes the data point). A measure is a number (is the data point itself). We have continuous date support or break dates down by category (like in the GDP example in Parts2 and 3). Right click on Year and select Continuous.

10) Drag (Measure) Total Rooms to Size

11) Expand Year, quarter, month

12) Remove SQUARE Footage from Columns

13) Make sure the Sale Date is continuous by right click on Year in the Columns. Replace Bedrooms with (measure) Baths on Rows.

14) Hover over one of the points… cool info!

15) Export to PDF

16) Press Export to save the file.

17) Open the saved file:

In Part 7 we will look at the Toolbar.

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