Charts¶
Charts are generated from Chart Templates. For details on setting these up, see Chart Templates.
The Charts tab will list all of the Chart Templates that are appropriate for the event data shown in the Event Listing pane. If you don’t see any Chart Templates listed, try different types of events, by changing asset or by changing your filters. The Chart Templates will only show event data included in your filters (workpacks, event types, column-specific filters, etc). If your Chart Template is on Continuous Event data (such as cross-profiles), ensure that you select that Continuous Event in your event type filter.
To expand/collapse each chart, click the 
button at the top right of that chart, or click the chart’s grey header row.
If a chart is misconfigured, you will see a message explaining this in place of the chart. Go to Chart Templates to resolve the described problem.
Available Chart Templates will be listed alphabetically. The first Chart Template will be automatically expanded.
Events with Findings will be shown on the chart in red.
For some Chart Templates, at the right of the chart is the chart legend. If you hover the mouse over an item on the legend, other series on the chart will fade out temporarily. If you click an item on the legend, that series will be toggled on/off. If you export the chart (see below), only series currently visible will be exported.
Every client database includes:
- Baseline Chart, which shows events’ Easting and Northing, and optionally also shows a pipeline baseline track (if you’ve set one up);
- Cross-Profile chart, which shows seabed profile for a single KP (if you have any PL - Cross Profile data imported);
- Event Type -v- KP chart, which will show what events are logged at what KP of a pipeline (if you have any KP-based assets such as pipelines);
- Events by Type, a pie chart showing how many events you have of each type;
- Longitudinal Profile, which shows top of pipe, bottom of pie, and left and right seabed versus KP (if you have any PL - Profile data imported); and
- Pipeline View, which shows events along your pipeline in a 3D view. This view can also show seabed profile (if you have any PL - Cross Profile data imported), and animates motion along the pipeline as you select events. See Charts Toolbar below for details of buttons that are used by the Pipeline View.
Zooming¶
At the bottom of most Chart Templates, below the horizontal scrollbar (if visible) is the Zoom Bar. You can hover the mouse over the left or right end of the selected part of the Zoom Bar and drag to change the selection. Initially the entire Zoom Bar will be selected, so hover the mouse over the left or right end of the bar and drag. Once a subset of the chart is selected, you can use the scroll bar or the Zoom Bar to drag the whole selection area without zooming.
You can also zoom in or out by putting the mouse in the chart area and spinning the mouse wheel. For charts with a lot of data (thousands of events) this can be slow, so the Zoom Bar may be faster. You can zoom on a single axis by putting the mouse pointer over that axis and spinning the mouse wheel. Not all charts support zooming in both axes.
You can also control zoom with toolbar buttons Zoom In, Zoom Out, and Reset Zoom.
Charts Toolbar¶
There is no toolbar for the whole Charts panel. Instead, each chart has its own toolbar.
Zoom in.
Zoom out.
Resets to default zoom level.
Click this button to open the Export dialog. Ensure the range you want is set correctly using the Zoom Bar. Ensure the series you want to export are visible. If you would like to export the chart as a series of images, each covering a smaller horizontal range, enter the range you would like each chart to cover in the Range of X Axis per image field. For example, if you have a 300km pipeline and you enter “10” as the range per image, it will be broken into 30 images, each covering 10km.
Copies the chart, as you see it displayed, without the “zoom” section at the bottom, to the clipboard.
Expand/collapse display of this chart.
This option will represent the pipeline with a perspective to give a right impression of the height, width, depth and position in relation to each other and is only used in Pipeline View charts.
This will condense the pipeline and the events shown on the pipeline and is only used in Pipeline View charts.
This will arrange the events on a pipeline in a stack for each type of event and is only used in Pipeline View charts.
Tip
Position your cursor over the chart area and then use your mouse wheel to increase/decrease the chart scale for export.
Use this button to copy the chart, as currently displayed, to the clipboard.
For chart templates with a drawing image behind the chart, use this button to select the drawing.
Report Table Sources¶
To extract chart template data into a report template, use a Chart Template element in the report, and use the appropriate Event table as a source. For more information see Report Templates.