Creating HTML Output: Graphs as GIFs or JPEGs

Drill-down graphs in HTML use a technique that enables you to present a summary graph and include the capability to present detailed data for interested viewers. The way it works is that you create a graph with HTML "hot spots." When you click on one of these "hot spots," your browser links to the detail data associated with that part of the graph. This example gives a basic introduction to creating drill-down graphs. More detailed information is available in the ODS online documentation.

The first step is to create a data set with a variable to hold the location of the HTML pages with the detail information. In this case, it is a single page with a separate named anchor (pie1, pie2, ...) for each ...

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