Inserting an event band chart

Event band charts display a vertical band that represents time intervals for each row returned by a query.

About this task

To Insert an event band chart:

Procedure

  1. Double-click the Event Band Chart object in the Layouts palette of the Palette view.
    The Event Band Chart Wizard opens.
  2. In the All Data Sources tree, navigate to the table or query that will be run to obtain the layout object's query result set and click Next.
    The Select the fields representing the event time period page opens.
  3. In the Begin date drop-down list, specify the name of the data column from your query result set that contains the beginning date of the event you are charting in the Event Band chart.
    You should select a data column that includes a date.
  4. In the End date drop-down list, specify the name of the data column from your query result set that contains the end date of the event you are charting in the Event Band chart.
    You should select a data column that includes a date.
  5. Click Finish.
    The Event Band Chart Wizard closes and the chart is displayed in the editor window.