Issue 76210 - Cannot create charts from complex writer tables
Summary: Cannot create charts from complex writer tables
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.2
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2007-04-09 22:45 UTC by modir
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:44 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: ---
Developer Difficulty: ---

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The table with the problem (12.81 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2007-05-15 23:03 UTC, modir 		no flags Details
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Description modir 2007-04-09 22:45:59 UTC 
I have a Writer document with a table full of numerical values. Right after the
table I want to add a chart. I click on "Insert -> Object -> Chart" and the
AutoFormat Chart dialog opens. I select then the data from the table and the
Area filed is correctly filled with e.g. <Table1.B3:C4>. The "Next >>" button
gets now active. But when I click on this button nothing happens.

The create button works but then the data is not taken from the table.
Comment 1 kla 2007-05-14 11:58:23 UTC 
@modir: Sorry, cant reproduce. Pls attach the document.
Comment 2 modir 2007-05-15 23:03:24 UTC 
Created attachment 45131 [details]
The table with the problem
Comment 3 modir 2007-05-15 23:04:27 UTC 
I select the fields <Table1.B3:G14> when this "bug" appeared.
Comment 4 kla 2007-05-24 09:47:17 UTC 
@Iha: pls have a look.
Comment 5 IngridvdM 2007-05-24 13:02:44 UTC 
The attached document contains a complex writer table. So far it is not possible
to create charts from those tables in writer.
Also see issue 75742: Re-think if new table model still should forbid Chart
creation of complex table
and issue 75743: new Chart: complex table will give default chart - should be
disabled
Comment 6 paul.m.nz 2007-06-25 03:43:34 UTC 
This issue should then be closed. The issue reported is currently not supported
within OOo and there are two issues (referenced above) which have been created
to resolve the shortfall.

There is no further need for this issue to be open. User can reopen if this is
not the case.
Comment 7 modir 2007-06-27 00:59:49 UTC 
I reopen this bug report again for the following reasons:

a) The problem itself is not solved. If you want to have less tickets in the
queue then this ticket should be merged with the other two and not just closed.

b) In my case the table can be easily changed into a simple table. This would be
when the program would only take the first row above the selection as the
description/legend. In other words, if the program would let the user choose
what he/she wants as the legends then it could be a lot easier to implement.

c) As long as it is not possible the program should at least give a nice message
to the user to tell him/her why it is not possible to create a chart.

Above are two ideas from me. Since I don't know the code I can't tell how easy
they are to implement.
Comment 8 Rainer Bielefeld 2007-07-02 06:10:50 UTC 
I checked with "2.2.1  Multilingual German version WIN XP: [680m18(Build9161)]"
and had no problem to create a chart for <Table1.A2:G14>.

@modir: still a problem for you with 2.2.1?
Comment 9 modir 2007-07-02 11:20:57 UTC 
@rainer: yes, the problem still exists. I downloaded the english version for
Windows XP.
Comment 10 Martin Hollmichel 2007-09-10 13:52:54 UTC 
move to 3.x accroding http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Target_3x
Comment 11 andreas.martens 2008-01-09 13:29:12 UTC 
Confirmed.
Comment 12 zhang261003 2008-01-21 06:13:36 UTC 
Confirmed on Windows XP SP2, OOo2.2, but the complex table can show in MS 
Office.
Comment 13 ethernan 2008-05-23 01:21:31 UTC 
This problem exists when the first line of the table contains one or more merged
cells.