This tool allows you to generate a chart that shows the
used categorical states of a specific descriptor for one or more sets of descriptions.
Select the Project and the Descriptor. You may
restrict the categorical states that shall be included into the diagram by clicking
the
Select states button. By selecting the option Use names
you will insert the categorical state names and the descriptor name into the diagram.
By checking the option Use wording, the wording values will be
used if available. With the numeric control letters you can control
the length of the state labels. If you select option Numbers, the
sequence numbers of descriptors and categorical states will be inserted. Furthermore
after the Series name the item count will be shown in the diagram.
After selecting entries for the Diagram source
and entering a Series name click on button
to draw the diagram (see image below).
With button
you may switch between a 2D and 3D view. In the Diagram area there
is a drop down box, where you may select a different color palette, buttons to rotate
the 3D diagram in different directions, change the perspective and the scaling.
With button
you may save the diagram as an image file, with button
you may store the data rows as tabulator separated text file.
In the Data sources area the button
Add source may be used to add additional data sources (see image below).
Use buttons
and
to move the Diagram source to the top or bottom of the list and
button
to delete the data source. By selecting Hide you may temporarily
ignore the data source for the diagram. With drop down button
you may select the display of Relative values, i.e. values scaled
to the number of items in the Diagram source or Absolute values
in the diagram.