View Tab - Graphs/Graph Window

The View tab enables you to view saved graphs in the Analysis View module, and analyze the graph data.

The graph window in the Requirements, Business Components, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects modules enables you to view predefined graphs to analyze data during your work in those modules.

How to access

To access the View tab

Use one of the following:

  • In the Analysis View module, select a graph, and click the View tab.

  • If you have the required administrator permissions, in the Analysis View module's Analysis Menus tab, select a graph and click the View tab.

  • In the Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects, or Business Components module, choose Analysis > Most Recently Used, and select a graph.
To access the graph window

Use one of the following:

  • In the Requirements, Test Plan, Test Lab, Defects, or Business Components module, choose Analysis > Graphs, and select a graph type.
  • In the Analysis View module, select a project report in the analysis tree. In the project report, select a section node and in the Graph Selection area click View.

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User interface elements

See the table below for the user interface element details.

Note: The View tab of a graph has an improved look and feel starting from ALM 15.50. If you want to use the classic view, ask your site admin to enable the view by using the ENABLE_CLASSIC_GRAPH_VIEW parameter.

The graph window supports the classic view only.

UI Element

Description

Set Graph Appearance: Opens the Graph Appearance dialog box, enabling you to customize the graph title, graph color, and graph display.

For details, see Graph Appearance.
Refresh Graph: Refreshes the graph so that it displays the most up-to-date information.
Icons after you click Show More Actions

Send by E-mail: Sends the graph by e-mail.

  • For composite graphs and Test Execution - panned vs. Actual graphs, if you want to send them by emails, you should enable the new graph look in emails. For details, see Enable new graph look in emails.
  • For other types of graphs, when you send them by emails, these graphs are displayed in the old style in emails. If you want them to be displayed in the new style, you should enable the new graph look in emails. For details, see Enable new graph look in emails.

Note: Requirement Coverage trend graphs do not support Send by E-mail.
Print Graph: Prints the graph.

Edit Categories: Opens the Edit Categories dialog box for you to combine X-Axis and Grouped By field values into categories.

For details, see Edit Categories for Graphs .

Copies graph into clipboard. It includes the following options:

  • Copy Graph: Copies the graph in color to the Clipboard.
  • Copy Full Screen Graph: Copies the graph in color to the Clipboard, enlarged to fit full screen.

When viewing a graph as a bar, pie , or line chart, saves the graph as an image file. It includes the following options:

  • Save as JPEG: Saves the graph as a JPEG image file.
  • Save as PNG: Saves the graph as a PNG image file.

When viewing a graph as data grid, saves the graph as a CSV or an HTML file. It includes the following options:

  • Save as CSV File: Saves the graph as a CSV file.

  • Save as HTML File: Saves the graph as an HTML file.

Auxiliary line: Shows the auxiliary line that helps you better visualize the difference between two lines.

Auxiliary line only works for graphs of the same entity type. For example, they are both for defects. If the graphs are age or summary graphs, the auxiliary line shows percentages (primary graph value / non-primary graph). If the graphs are progress or trend graphs, it shows differences (primary graph value - non-primary graph value).

Available from: Composite graphs that include only two source graphs. Auxiliary line is available only when both source graphs enable the display of grand total and the composite graph does not use the source graph style. For details, see Show grand total and Use source graph style.

Data Range: Opens the Data Range window to specify which groups of data in each graph will be reflected in the composite graph.

For details, see Composite Graph Data Range.

Available from: Composite graphs

Column Chart: Switches the column format to a stacked column chart or clustered column chart, depending on the graph type.

Available from: Summary, trend, age, and composite graphs.

Line Chart: Switches the chart format to a line chart.

Available from: Progress and composite graphs

Pie Chart: Switches the chart format to a pie chart.

Available from: Summary graphs.

In pie charts, the x-axis categories are displayed as pie segments. The y-axis quantities are represented by the size of the segments.

Note: Pie charts do not display the Grouped By field.

Area chart: Switches the chart format to a stacked area chart or clustered area chart, depending on the graph type.

Available from: Graphs whose x-axis values are dates, such as trend and progress graphs

Data Grid: The grid creates a matrix of the graph's x-axis and Grouped By categories. A Total row is added that displays the total of each Grouped By category.

Available for all graph types.

UI Element

Description

Generate. Refreshes the graph so that it displays the most up-to-date information.

Bar Chart. In summary, trend and age graphs, switches the chart format to a bar chart.

Pie Chart. In summary graphs, switches the chart format to a pie chart.

In pie charts, the x-axis categories are displayed as pie segments. The y-axis quantities are represented by the size of the segments.

Note: Pie charts do not display the Grouped By field.

Line Chart. In progress graphs, switches the chart format to a line chart.

Data Grid. The grid creates a matrix of the graph's x-axis and Grouped By categories. A Total row is added that displays the total of each Grouped By category. Available in all graph types.

Show/Hide Total Values. In progress graphs, shows/hides a <total> category to the graph, representing the sum of of all the other Grouped By categories.

Tip: After showing the <total> category, click its label in the legend to hide the category.

Scroll to the Left/Right. Scrolls the graph to the left or right. These buttons are enabled when the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are in use.

Show All. Restores the graph to its normal size. This button is enabled when the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are in use.

Zoom In/Out. Changes the magnification of the graph.

Save Graph Image. When viewing a graph as a bar, pie chart, or line chart, saves the graph image. You can select from a variety of graphic file formats.

Save Graph Data. When viewing a data grid, saves the graph data. You can save the data as an Excel spreadsheet, a Word file, an HTML document, or a text file.

Set Graph Appearance. Opens the Graph Appearance dialog box, enabling you to customize the graph title, graph color, and graph display. For details, see Graph Appearance.

Copy Graph to Clipboard. Includes the following options:

  • Copy Graph (Color). Copies the graph in color to the Clipboard.

  • Copy Graph (Monochrome). Copies the graph in monochrome to the Clipboard.

  • Copy Full Screen Graph (Color). Copies the graph in color to the Clipboard, enlarged to fit full screen.

  • Copy Full Screen Graph (Monochrome). Copies the graph in monochrome to the Clipboard, enlarged to fit full screen.

Print Graph. Includes the following options:

  • Print Graph (Color). Prints the graph in color. This is the default button option.

  • Print Graph (Monochrome). Prints the graph in monochrome.

  • Print Graph and Details (Color). Prints the graph and its description in color.

  • Print Graph and Details (Monochrome). Prints the graph and its description in monochrome.

Edit Categories. Enables you to combine X-Axis and Grouped By field values into categories. The following options are available:

  • Edit X-Axis Categories. Opens the Edit X Axis Categories dialog box, enabling you to display combined x-axis values as a single category in the graph. This option is available only for summary graphs and Requirements Coverage graphs. This is the default button option. For details, see Edit Categories for Graphs.

  • Reset X-Axis Categories. Removes combined categories of x-axis values, and resets the graph display.

  • Edit Group by Categories. Opens the Edit 'Group By' Categories dialog box, enabling you to display combined grouped-by values as a single category in the graph. For details, see Edit Categories for Graphs.

  • Reset Group by Categories. Removes combined categories of grouped-by values, and resets the graph display.

Full Screen. Opens the graph in a new window and maximizes its display.

Note: The toolbar remains visible in full-screen mode.

Tip: To return to the standard view, click the Close button in the top-right corner of the window.

Available from: View tab

In the graph window, opens the New Graph dialog box, enabling you to save the graph to a folder in the Analysis View module.

Available from: Graph window
<graph area>

You can perform the following actions in the graph area:

  • In bar or pie charts, to further analyze the data, drill down to the graph's data by clicking on a segment in the graph.

  • Right-click an area in the chart to change its color.

  • Hover over a bar or segment to view a tooltip containing the area's category, x-axis, and y-axis values.
<graph title>

Click a graph title to change the graph's titles and appearance. For user interface details, see Graph Appearance.
<legend>

In line or bar charts, displays the chart categories and their corresponding color.

You can perform the following actions in the legend box:

  • In progress and trend graphs, click a category check box to show or hide the category in the graph.

  • Right-click a category to change its color.

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Enable new graph look in emails

To enable new graph look in emails, you should do the following in the ALM server:

  1. Install Chrome.

  2. Install ChromeDriver from https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads. Make sure your ChromeDriver version is compatible with the Chrome version.

  3. Run ChromeDriver.

  4. Create an xml file, name it alm_webdriver_config.xml, and specify the Chrome and ChromeDriver path in the file.

    <WebdriverConfiguration>
    <DriverPath>your ChromeDriver path</DriverPath>
    <ChromeExecutionPath>your Chrome path</ChromeExecutionPath>
    <DriverPort>the ChromeDriver port</DriverPort>
</WebdriverConfiguration>

    In Windows, use "\\" as the path separator. In Linux, use "/"as the path separator.

  5. Store the file in the {ALM repository}\sa\DomsInfo\Configuration\ path.

If ALM is deployed in a cluster environment, perform step 1 to step 3 in each node of the cluster, and make sure you deploy Chrome and ChomeDriver respectively in the same path in all nodes.

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