Useful techniques

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility

Useful techniques

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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You may like to try these techniques to speed up your use of the ICU:

Clear the data or format with option 2 in the Save/get panel.
Clear a data definition with option 2 in the Save/get panel from panel 2.9.4.
Use the TR (transpose) command in Data Manipulation (panel 2.2) to give you more room to edit a chart with many data groups, then transpose back when you have finished editing.
You can also you use this to speed up data import. Select the data by columns and transpose it after importing it.
Go directly a panel by typing in its number in any command field.
Use a set of sample data as a template for your own data.
Use Chart by example to get an overview of a chart type before creating a chart.
Use Chart by example to generate the chart, then use the rest of the ICU to fine-tune it.
Be selective when using preview - use it only when you are trying something new.
Only change curve smoothness when everything else has been done.
Use PF2, rather than S from the Home Panel, for directory functions.
Speed things up by using PF6 in Step-by-step charts to suppress the pictures.