Automatic Assignment of Colours and Data Markers

Assigning Colours and Data Markers to PointIDs which allows them to be more distinguishable and identifiable on reports. The DGDT program can automatically assign a Colour and Data Marker for each PointID on the POINT table that does not have a Colour or Data Marker assigned. These symbology settings are used on all applicable graph reports, and a given PointID will have consistent symbology across all such reports. You can manually assign the values as required, since the calculation will never over write existing data.

The Colours and Data Markers that are assigned are selected from two configurable gINT Library Tables, DG_COM_USEABLE_COLOURS and DG_COM_USERABLE_DATA_MARKERS. To configure the list, select DATA DESIGN | Library Data, the select the table name from the yellow drop down list. To print a list of Colours and Data Markers in the current gINT Library, select UTILITIES > Print Object Units, then select Colour and Data Marker as the Objects to Print.

When assigning new Colours/Data Markers, the Assignment algorithm selects the least used Colour/Data Marker to distribute the Colours/Data Markers as evenly as possible. If there is more than one least used Colour/Data Marker, the first item when ordered alphabetically is selected.