5.8 Displaying combination reports

Combination reports are a feature that allows you to combine multiple historical reports in the same graph. Although normal reports allow you to display reports from multiple agents in a single graph, they must refer to the same records in a historical report. By using a combination report, you can display multiple historical reports in the same graph regardless of the agent used or the type of record in the report. You can also compare one report with another by displaying it as reference data (a baseline) in the graph.

The following table describes whether or not a combination report can be displayed, for each combination of graph type and graph options.

Table 5‒6: Whether a combination report can be displayed

Graph type	Graph options
	Normal	Show 3D graph	Show gridlines
Column graph	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stacked column graph	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bar graph	No	No	No
Stacked bar graph	No	No	No
Pie graph	No	No	No
Line graph	Yes	No#	Yes
Area graph	Yes	No#	Yes
Stacked area graph	Yes	No#	Yes

Legend:

Yes: Can be displayed.

No: Cannot be displayed.

#

Can be set, but the setting is ignored.

The following figures show examples of displaying a combination report.

Figure 5‒7: Example of displaying a combination report (column graph)

Figure 5‒8: Example of displaying a combination report (stacked column graph)

Figure 5‒9: Example of displaying a combination report (line graph)

Figure 5‒10: Example of displaying a combination report (area graph)

Figure 5‒11: Example of displaying a combination report (stacked area graph)

Organization of this section

• 5.8.1 Preparing to display combination reports

• 5.8.2 Displaying combination reports

• 5.8.3 Checking the properties (definitions) of combination bookmarks

• 5.8.4 Examples of using combination reports in real-world situations

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