# Graphing: Setting Display Options with the Graph Settings Dialog

The Graph Settings and the Graph Settings dialog boxes enable you to specify particular sources that you want CPRS graphing to display in the Item list (main window). In addition, these dialog boxes include several display settings.

As its name implies, the Graph Settings dialog box enables you to specify only default settings. The Graph Settings dialog box, on the other hand, enables you to specify default either settings or temporary settings that apply only the currently active graphing window.

Changing Default Settings through the Graph Settings Dialog Box

1. Select Tools on the CPRS GUI main menu.

2. Select Options.

CPRS displays the Options dialog box.

3. On the Graphs tab, select Default Graph Settings .

Note: Changes you make using this dialog box from the Tools menu take effect only after you close and restart CPRS.

4. Continue with Step 2 below under Access the Graph Setting Dialog Box .

Changi ng Settings through the Graph Settings Dialog Box

You can access the Graph Settings dialog box in any of the following three ways:

1. Select the Settings button located on the bottom bar of the main window.

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Select Settings on the right-click menu.

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On the Reports tab, select Graphing (local only) and then click the Settings button located below the Available Reports list.

Note: When you access the Graph Settings dialog box from the Reports tab, changes apply only to graphs you create from the Reports tab.

NOTE: Regardless of how you access the Graph Settings dialog box, CPRS applies your changes only to graphs you create during your current CPRS session unless you save them as your default settings.

2. You can specify which sources CPRS graphing uses to display items by taking the following steps:

a) In the Sources Displayed list, select the check boxes adjacent to the sources you want to include.

b) To select all available sources, select All.

c) To cancel the selection of all sources, select Clear .

3. Set any of the Display Options as you choose:

3D: | Select this option if you want your graphs to appear three dimensional. This option is also available on the right-click menu.
Clear Background | Select this option if you want your graphs to appear on a plain white background.
Dates | Select this option if you want to display dates along the horizontal (time/date) axis.
Fixed Date Range | Select this item if you want always to display the selected date range.
Gradient | Select this opt ion if you want to display graphs against a gradient blue background.
Hints | Select this option if you want CPRS graphing to display hover hints that contain a brief description of items to which you are pointing.
Legend | Select this option if you want y our graphs to include a legend that identifies graphed items.
Lines | Select this option if you want graphs to include vertical lines along the horizontal (date/time) axis. (Lines can help orient graphed items in time.)
Merge Labs | Select this option if you want lab tests to be graphed together regardless of specimen or reference ranges.
Sort by Type | Select this option if you want CPRS graphing to sort items in its Item list by type.
Stay on Top | Select this option if you want the detached graphing window to stay on top. This option is also available on the right-click menu.
Values | Select this option if you want to display values for graphed items.
Zoom, Horizontal | Select this option if you want the ability to select and expand graphed items with respect to the horizontal (date/time) axis.
Zoom, Vertical | Select this option if you want the ability to select and expand graphed items with respect to both the vertical and horizontal axes. (You can select this option only if you have also selected the Zoom, Horizontal option.) This option is also available on the right-click menu.
Max Graphs in Display | Select the maximum number (1-20) of graphs that you can display simultaneously.
Minimum Graph Height | Select a minimum height (10-1000 pixels) for each graph.
Max Items to Select | Select the maximum number of items (1-1000) you can include in a single graph.
Outpatient Date Default | Select the date range for outpatient data (Today, One Week, Two Weeks, One Month, Six Months, One Year, Two Years, All Results)
Inpatient Date Default | Select the date range for inpatient data (Today, One Week, Two Weeks, One Month, Six Months, One Year, Two Years, All Results).

4. (Optional) To save changes for future CPRS sessions, select the Personal or Public buttons in the Save as Default area. You can save settings as public defaults only if you are authorized to do so.

Note: CPRS applies defaults only after you close and subsequently restart CPRS. When you do this, CPRS applies your personal default settings. It applies public default settings only if you have not saved personal default settings.

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