Setting graphic display options

Use this procedure to set the printing options that the graphics facility uses to print statistics graphs. These options also determine whether to print the graphics or display them on a graphics terminal.

You can specify graphic display and printing options to obtain the most desirable display or print. The following figure shows the components of a statistics graph for which you can set options.

Statistics graph components

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  1. Header showing the graph title
  2. Markers showing the data points
  3. Lines connecting the markers
  4. X-axis title of the horizontal axis
  5. Y-axis title of the vertical axis or axes
  6. Labels for X and Y axes
  7. Legend describing the plotted data (markers and lines)

To set graphic display options

  1. Access the Graphics Options panel as follows:
    1. On the DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu, select User Options and press Enter.

    2. On the User Options panel, select Graphic Display and press Enter.The Graphics Options panel appears:

      Graphics Options panel

      DEMO------------ DASD MANAGER PLUS Graphics Options ------------Screen 1 of 2
      COMMAND ===>

      Type data and press Enter.                                                   

      Header Attributes               Legend Key Attributes                        
        Color . . . 7                Color . . . 0     (0 - 8)                      
        Char Size   125              Char Size   75    (75 - 200)                   
        Char H/W    125              Char H/W    100   (75 - 200)                   
                                     Orient  . . H     (H , V)                      
      Markers . . . MARK (MARK,NOMA) Margin  . . B     (R, L, T, B)                 
      Lines . . . . LINE (LINE,NOLI) Justify . . C     (C, R, l, T, B)              
                                     Order . . . KNOR  (KNOR ,KREV)                 
                                     Box . . . . KBOX  (KBOX ,NKBO)                 
      X Title Attributes              Y Title Attributes               Color Key    
        Color . . . 7                Color . . . 7                    0 - Default   
        Char Size   100              Char Size   100                  1 - Blue      
        Char H/W    100              Char H/W    100                  2 - Red       
        Axis Color  7                Axis Color  7                    3 - Pink      
                                                                      4 - Green     
      Label Attributes                Box   Attributes                5 - Turquoise
        Color . . . 7               Color . . . 7                     6 - Yellow    
        Char Size   100                                               7 - Neutral   
        Char H/W    100                                               8 - Background

      Important

      To identify the graph components, see the above figure, Statistics graph components.

  2. Specify the Header Attributes as follows to determine how to display graph headers:
    1. Choose a color from the Color Key at the bottom right side of the panel and type its number in the Color field. Choose a value from 0 to 8.
    2. Specify the character size multiplier in the Char Size field.The product divides this multiplier by 100, and multiplies the spacing sizes by this factor.
    3. In the Char H/W field, specify the character height-to-width multiplier to indicate the height of the character relative to its width.For example, a value of 200 multiplies the height by twice the width.
  3. Specify the Legend Key Attributes as follows to determine how to display the legends:
    1. Specify the Color Key, Char Size, and Char H/Win the same way as in Step Setting graphic display options.
    2. In the Orient field, specify H for horizontal orientation or V for vertical orientation of the legend.

    3. In the Margin field, specify the placement of the legend, as follows:

      For orientation

      Use

      Orient=H

      • B for bottom
      • T for top

      Orent=V

      • R for right
      • L for left
    4. In the Justify field, specify the alignment of the legend, as follows:
      • C for center
      • R for right
      • L for left
      • T for top
      • B for bottom
    5. In the Order field, specify the order of legend, as follows:
      • KNOR for normal (left to right for horizontal, top to bottom for vertical)
      • KREV for reversed
    6. In the Box field, specify whether to place a box around the legend, as follows:
      • KBOX for a box
      • NKBO for no box
  4. In the Markers field, specify whether to use place markers, as follows:
    • MARK to use markers
    • NOMA for no markers
  5. In the Lines field, specify whether to draw lines, as follows:
    • LINE to draw lines
    • NOLI for no lines
  6. Specify the X/Y Title Attributes to determine the attributes of the X and Y axes of the graphs.
    1. Specify the Color Key, Char Size, and Char H/Win the same way as you did in Step Setting graphic display options.
    2. In the Axis Color field, specify the color of the X or Y axis. Choose a color from the Color Key at the bottom right of the panel and type its number here.
  7. Specify the Label Attributes to determine the appearance of the axis labels: the Color Key, Char Size, and Char H/W.

  8. If you specified Box=KBOX under Legend Key Attributes, specify the Box Attributes to control the appearance of a box around the legend. Choose a color from the Color Key at the bottom right side of the panel and type its number from 0 to 8 in the Color field.When you press Enter, the Printer Graphics Options panel (see below) appears.

    Printer Graphics Options panel

     DEMO-------- DASD MANAGER PLUS Printer Graphics Options ---------Screen 2 of 2
     COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                                   
     Type data and press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                   
     Device Name   L317F2                                                           
                                                                                   
     Copies  . . . 1                                                                
                                                                                   
     Page Size                                                                      
       Rows  . . . 60                                                               
       Columns . . 120                                                              
                                                                                   
     Print Only    N      (Print instead of displaying any graphs)
  9. Complete the fields on this panel as follows:
    1. In the Device Name field, type the LUNAME of the printer.
    2. In the Copies field, type the number of copies to print.
    3. In the Page Size field, specify the number of Rows per page and the number of Columns per row.
    4. In the Print Only field, type Y if you want to print the graphs on a printer instead of displaying them on the screen, which allows you to print graphs from nongraphics terminals. Type N to display graphs.
    5. Press Enter.
  10. Press END to save the options and return to the main menu.

 

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