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GRAPHS
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Graphs can be plotted of any account, including archives, and up to 8
accounts can be plotted on the same graph. Line graphs plot the
balance or value of each transaction against it's date and bar graphs
sum the amounts of all transactions over a sub-period (typically one
month) and then plot these as bars for the whole period. (Note that if
the amounts in and out are equal over the period the bar value will be
zero). Bar graphs are most suitable for 'one-way' accounts such as
most Spend accounts where the majority of transactions are only into,
or out of the account. All graphs are drawn with amounts plotted
vertically and with time increasing from left to right. If accounts
have not been displayed, analysed with PROJECT or UPDATED after having
transactions added then these transactions will not be plotted on line
graphs because the balances for those transactions will not have been
computed.
GRAPHDATA ENTRIES
Clicking over the GRAPHS icon on the TOOLBAR will open the
'graphdata' window. The end and start dates are set by default to
today and one year ago, selection of accounts is by clicking over the
'Account' box and then through the normal accounts menu or by dragging
an account onto this box. Clicking on the 'line' or 'bar' button will
select this option if not already selected and clicking on the Plot
button will plot the graph. When the graph is displayed clicking menu
over it will bring up the 'Graph' menu allowing you to add further
accounts, save the graph as a sprite or drawfile, or print it out as a
report. Archive files (or indeed any accounts file) can be added by
dragging the file over the graph itself.
SHAREVALUE/SHAREPRICE
The buttons for 'sharevalue' and 'shareprice' are only applicable
to Share or Unit trust accounts where you have the option of
displaying either the value of your shares or the price, as
entered in 'Valuation' transactions.
PLOT RELATIVE
The 'plot relative' button when selected will cause line graphs to be
drawn with all values relative to the account value at the start date.
This is useful for plotting Share/Unit type accounts against other
each other and against Index accounts.
SUM
Note that if you enter 'Sum' from the menu into the accounts box and
try to action the graph with 'bar' selected a warning message will
appear - see 'SUM' section for explanation.