Oracle Unleashed- P15: When I first started using Oracle many years ago, it was possible to know the database and the tools available. With the rash of recent releases of different options for the database and the spate of new tools, only people who wear their underpants over their trousers will be able to know everything there is to know about the Oracle products. | Summary This chapter explored several techniques for developing Oracle Reports. Due to the limitations of space available some of the simpler features might have been glossed over. Also as with any powerful application development tool there are many ways to produce the same result. Hopefully enough material has been presented to give you a fairly extensive understanding of this product. It has been my experience that the only way to truly learn a tool such as this is through repetitive practice and experimentation. I encourage you to expand on this material to gain the expertise necessary to use this tool knowledgeably and efficiently. Previo Page TOC Next Page Home Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on to remove this watermark. Previo Page TOC Next Page Home 34 o Oracle Graphics The Oracle Graphics Environment The Layout Editor Initializing the Graphics Environment Creating a New Display Defining Displays Creating a Pie Chart Creating a Columnar Chart Other Chart Types Defining Parameters for Charts Multiple Chart Applications Creating a Drill-Down Chart Creating a Multilayer Chart Formatting Charts with Text and Breaks Adding Text Items to Charts Customizing the Chart Labels Creating a Break Chart Advanced Formatting Techniques Using Format Triggers Creating Data Filters Summary 34 Oracle Graphics An old adage states that A picture paints a thousand words. This adage is certainly evident in many executive information systems. By being able to view database trends graphically an Oracle database user is better able to make decisions based on this data. Oracle Graphics is used to graphically display database information. You can run Oracle Graphics to display data charts from the Oracle database however this tool is used primarily as a graphical server that can present Oracle data within other compatible applications such as Oracle Forms or Oracle Reports. This chapter explains how to create graphs and charts of Oracle data. These .
