# Graphing: Graphing Items from the Main Window

When you create graphs from the main window, you select items from the View and/or Item list. The View list contains predefined groups of items that you have saved as personal views, or that you or other users have saved as public views. (See the "Creating Predefined Views" section for more information about creating views.)

The Item list contains only items that are available for the patient and date range you have selected. If no items appear on this list, try adjusting your data-source settings. (See "Step 2 below under Access the Graph Setting Dialog Box" for information about increasing the number of sources available for the Item list.) You can also try expanding the date range you have selected.

If you haven't already done so, set graphing display options. (See "Graphing: Configuring Settings" for information about setting up display options.)

To graph a view or single item:

· In the Item or View list, click the item or view you want to graph.

To graph multiple items, take the following steps:

1. (Optional) Sort items in the Item list by clicking a column header. (You can resize columns by dragging--or double-clicking--the border between column headers.)

2. In the View or Item list, select a view or first item. If you click a view, CPRS graphing automatically selects and sorts at the top of the Item list the items that comprise the view.

3. If you are selecting items from the Item list, press and hold the <Ctrl> key or, if the items you want to select are sorted to appear sequentially, press and hold the <Shift> key.

4. If you are pressing the <Ctrl> key, click each additional item you want to add. (You can cancel the selection of an item by clicking it again.) If you are pressing the <Shift> key, click the last item in the sequence of items you want to add.

5. When you are finished selecting items, release the <Ctrl> or <Shift> key. CPRS graphing displays your graph (or graphs) in its right-hand pane.

Once you have graphed one or more items, you can change the graphing display in various ways. See Graphing: Adjusting the Display to learn about change what items are in the split screen, separating numerical and event data, and removing items from the graph.

Related topics

Graphing Overview

Start CPRS graphing

Configure graphing settings

Start CPRS graphing

Configure graphing settings

Predefined Graphing Views

Graphing Items from the Select Items and Define Views Dialog Box

Graphing: Adjusting the Display

Graphing: Displayed Details for Graphed Items

Graphing:Using the Zoom Feature

Graphing: Copy and Paste or Print Graphs

Graphing: Exporting Data