Trend charts show historical information about change requests.
About this task
To specify the
parameters for a trend chart:
Procedure
- Click
- In the Choose Record Type window, select a record type and click OK. The first page of the Rational® ClearQuest® Chart
wizard opens.
- On the first page of the Rational ClearQuest Chart
wizard, select the Trend Chart option and click Next.
- On the Parameters page, specify the fields to display
along each axis of the chart. In the Horizontal Axis (time) section,
specify the time period to chart:
- In the Start date and End
date fields, enter the start and end dates, respectively, of the
chart. Alternatively, click the button next to the fields to open a calendar
window from which to select these dates.
- From the Interval list, select a time
interval.
- In the Legends section, define the legend
fields:
- In a trend chart, Field 1 is always defined
as the State field. Click Select States to
open the Select Values window and select one or more values to include in
the legend. Then click OK.
- Optional: To include a second field in the legend, select a
field from the Field 2 list.
Tip: To display all the record fields in the Field 2 list
instead of only the fields in your Favorites folder,
select the Show All Fields check box.
- Optional: To sort the legend on Field 2,
select a sort order from the Sort list.
- In the How to Count section, define how
the totals will appear by selecting either the Show state transitions
in each time period option or the Show totals in each
time period option. If you select the Show
state transitions in each time period option, you can also show
the accumulated totals for each time period by selecting the Show
cumulative counts check box.