The Data Pane

The window opens to the first of four tab panes. This pane contains two data grid objects representing two list variables of instance scope. The main grid holds the data that will be displayed using the graph object on pane two. The second data grid on the right allows the user to enter text for the headings displayed on the graph object. These also appear as column headings on the first data grid on this pane for all the "Group" columns, so the number of lines on this grid is maintained as the number of columns in the first grid minus one. There are also buttons on this pane for adding and removing columns for the first grid, removing the current line and even generating test data in the proper form for the current graph type. Here we see test data generated for a Line graph. The Data List grid is extendable, so it is not necessary to have a button to add lines to it.

There is also a button that creates a new definition for the Data List and populates it with sample data appropriate for the graph type selected on the Graph pane. This can be used to learn the data needs of the various graph types.