Linking Graphs

Introduction

If you need to create a series of graphs that are related in some way, you can link the graphs so that selections you make in one document are propagated to all the linked documents.

For example, suppose that you need to prepare a series of graphs based on the same set of line items. By creating a series of new graphs and linking their Line Item dimensions, you need to select the set of line items only once; the choices you make are automatically applied to all the linked graphs. As long as the dimensions are linked, any time you add or remove a line item or change a label associated with a line item, your changes are applied to all the linked graphs.

Rules for linking graphs

When linking graphs, the following rules apply:

• You can link a series of graphs. You cannot link graphs with reports or worksheets.

• You can link only dimensions of the same type (for example, Time with Time, Line Item with Line Item, and so on).

• You can link multiple dimensions with their corresponding dimensions. For example, you might link the Time, Line Item, and Organization dimensions across a series of graphs.

• You can form a link based on any dimension except the FinData dimension.

Saving links

Links that you create in a graph are preserved until you overtly remove them. That is, you can create a link and save and close the graph. When you reopen the document, the link remains intact.

Related information

For more information about rules for linking graphs, search for the following topic in the Financial Analyzer Help system: "Linking Dimensions in Graphs."