News Rating Chart allows you to view ratings of all downloaded and rated news.

You can open Rating Chart by clicking on the "New Rating Chart" item of the "Applications" item of Main Menu.

On the appeared rating chart window you will see the "Build-In Chart" tab with a rating chart in it. If you have MS Office 2000 or MS Office 2003 installed on your computer you will find additional tab on this window: "MS Office Pivot Chart".

If you run rating chart at the first time, it will be shown with parameters by default. But the next time you will open rating chart window with parameters which were automatically saved after the last using. These parameters you can find on the toolbar of the Built-In Chart.

Period

You can choose the period of time you want to view ratings. After choosing a period start and end date will be adjusted automatically, but if you prefer to choose a special period of time you can do so by adjusting start and end date of period manually by clicking on the "From" and the "To" buttons respectively. After changing the period you will need to click on the "Redraw Chart" button to redraw the chart.

Chart Type

You can change the type of chart by choosing one of four available chart types.

Plot. Line with markers displayed at each data values.

Bar. Clustered bars which compares values over time.

Stacking Bar. Compares the contribution of each value to a total over time.

Area. Displays the trend of values over time.

Changing the type will redraw the chart automatically.

Stacked

Compares the contribution of each value to a total over time. Changing "stacked" status will redraw the chart automatically.

Legend

Shows the legend on the right side of the chart. If Legend is turned on you will see the labels of series. Changing "Legend" status will redraw the chart automatically.

Series

You can change the series by choosing one of six available series. All data will be sorted and shown by chosen series. If Legend is turned on you will see the labels of every series. After changing the series you will need to click on the "Redraw Chart" button to redraw the chart.

Redraw Chart

Click on this button to redraw chart if you made any changes in some of above parameters.

Rating Filters.

You can filter data for the chart by choosing some of available list items such as Categories, Providers, Channels, Sectors, Industries and Companies. If you click on "All" item then all items of chosen list will be selected or deselected depending on the status of this item. After the filters changing you will need to click on the "Redraw Chart" button to redraw the chart.

MS Office Pivot Chart

If you run rating chart at the first time, it will be shown with parameters by default. But the next time you will open rating chart window with parameters which were automatically saved after the last using. Parameters which will be saved are: fields in fields zones, type of chart, showing legend, totals used in data zone, functions used in totals.

With the Microsoft Office Chart Component, you can interact with a dynamic chart that updates to reflect the latest changes to the data on which the chart is based. You can change the type of chart by opening "Commands and Options" dialog from chart's toolbar and choosing necessary type.

You can add or remove fields for the chart. Use the chart field list to view the list of fields that are available from the source data and to add fields to the category, series, filter, and data areas of the chart. To eliminate data that you don't want to see or summarize, you can remove fields from the chart. A field that you remove is no longer displayed in the chart, but it remains available in the field list for viewing. You can open "Chart Field List" dialog from chart's toolbar.

For more information about using MS Office Pivot Chart see MS Office Chart Component Help which is accessible from chart's toolbar.