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    Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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    Hi,
    I have a report that contains a sub-report and an embedded chart. In the same band (be it Group or Detail), if I place the chart before the sub-report, the chart produces a different result compared to placing the chart after the sub-report. Better still, if I copy the chart (Control-C) and place the original before the sub-report and the copy after the sub-report, each chart shows a different result (the correct result is when the chart is placed before the sub-report).

    The report has three arguments that appear in a pop-up dialog when the report is executed. The arguments are for filtering and are used by both the sub-report and the chart. I wonder if:

    - Happens because there are arguments
    - This is the expected result
    - This is a bug



    Regards,
    Felix
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    Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

    Are the chart and the embedded report both based on the same table?
    Are they part of a set?
    Is the report (main report) based on a table? a set?

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      #3
      Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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      Hi Gabriel,
      Thank you for your time. A few things I omitted in my last post (and should have included):
      • I am using Alpha Five v11 / 3381-4096 (latest official release)
      • The sub-report and the embedded chart are based on the same child table of a set
      • The main report is based on a set
      • The main report only has the sub-report and the embedded chart




      Regards,
      Felix
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        #4
        Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

        Is there a filter for the main report? i.e. a filter for the parent table?

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          #5
          Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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          Hi Gabriel,
          I thought I had included all the relevant information but you're one (or more!) steps ahead of me.
          • The main report has a filter that uses the three arguments. It does not filter on anything else except theses three arguments.
          • The embedded chart also has three arguments, although with different names, and uses the same filter. Of course, since the arguments have been named differently, the filter expression, which in reality is the same as in the main report, changes on these argument names.
          • The initial pop-up dialog, when the report executes, displays the main report's arguments. The chart's arguments never appear, even if I include a fourth argument in the chart.


          As you can see in the first image, I have placed the chart in three positions: above the sub-report, overlapping it and below it. The second image show the results.

          Sub-report_Chart_01.JPG Sub-report_Chart_02.jpg




          Regards,
          Felix
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            #6
            Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

            So, the sub-report is inside the group.

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              #7
              Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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              Hi Gabriel,
              Yes, in the images you can see they are in the Group region. If instead I place the sub-report and the embedded charts in the Detail region, the results are (just as confusingly) the same.


              Regards,
              Felix
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                #8
                Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

                Clean up your XY window as much as you can of all the calcs you did not add yourself.
                Place the chart & subreport where you want them to be and check the XY window see if the calculations by alpha is what you want.
                There might not be any by alpha, but just check and see.

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                  Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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                  Hi Gabriel,
                  What I've done is start all over again with a new report. Just like before, the main report is based on a set and in the main part I have three arguments used for filtering. These arguments appear in a pop-up dialog when the report is executed.

                  I also have made two embedded charts, both exactly the same except that one is based on the set and the other on a child table (called "sistemas"). The embedded charts also have three arguments, with the same names as in the main report.

                  There is no sub-report, no variables and no calculated fields.

                  I have placed the charts in the Header, Detail and Footer regions. The results are independent of whether the chart is based on the set or on the sistemas child table. But as you can see in the images, the results are not consistent. In the pop-up's particular combination shown in the first image ( Barcelona --- 13/07/2011 --- 2) the correct result is the one that appears in the header, but for other combinations it can be the one in the footer or one of the detail charts.

                  Chart_designmode.jpg Chart_results_page1.jpg Chart_results_pages2and3.jpg




                  Regards,
                  Felix
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                    Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

                    Felix:
                    Unfortunately, I am not able to test as I do not have your version but it seems you did a good work so far. Why don't you send this last report to alpha and see if they could figure it out. My gut feeling is, it shouldn't matter where you place the chart because it is pre-calculated, that is unless part of it is based on a set/child calculation with grouping, which does not seem to be the case here.

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                      #11
                      Re: Report with subreport and embedded chart --> chart results depends on placement

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                      Gabriel,
                      I'll do that. Thank you for your time, I really appreciate your lending a hand. Happy New Year 2014!!!



                      Regards,
                      Felix
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