[AccessD] Excel Graphs from Access Data - Ideas, Please

I would be tempted to use an ActiveX 3'd party graphing solution, I find 
Excel Graph
much like using an ExaSketch. I would use one like TeeChart.
http://www.steema.com/products/teechart/gallery_std.html

If the client isn't an engineer, the aesthetics of the graph will be 
important
and multi-line graphs with labelling gets very tricky in Excel

Maybe others can suggest other ActiveX's, this one is $359 for developers
version. There maybe ones aimed specifically at Excel. I have heard of 
people using Tableau
Software but then you are up to $1200.  I am used to using DISSPLA on 
mainframes
with Fortran.


Tina Norris Fields wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Client is an oil and gas producer.  Daily data of several kinds are 
>reported from the field on a daily basis.  Client would like to be able 
>to see graphs showing, for instance, daily production for well A for a 
>selectable time range (the last month, this last week, this last 
>quarter, whatever) - he would also like to be able to see daily 
>production for two or three wells at a time on the same graph, or for 
>all the wells in a given oilfield (individually or as a total). 
>
>Once a query is devised for selecting the date range, the specific 
>wells, or the complete oilfield (separately or in combination), I want 
>to export the selected data to Excel and draw the appropriate graphs.  
>And, I want to do all that fairly automatically. 
>
>The client would like users to be able to tweak data in Excel for the 
>graph, if need be - as in to exclude outlying data points - but, of 
>course, not alter the actual data captured in the Access data table.  
>So, I am thinking of using a make-table query and sending the data from 
>the "made" table to Excel.  Is this a good idea?
>
>Some of you have done some automation with Access and Excel, so I would 
>appreciate knowing what the pitfalls are that I need to be careful of.  
>I am thinking to build essentially template Excel files with already 
>configured graphs for the choices that are going to be offered to the 
>user - which well or wells, or which well-field, and for what date 
>range?  Does this sound like a good idea?
>
>With great care, I believe I can code
>
>I really would like your creative and technical advice, here - so, all 
>ideas are welcome.
>
>Thanks,
>Tina
>  
>

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada