# Display a Chart

Aligned Elements can display breakdown charts on a selected set of Document Objects.

In Aligned Element, you can add Charts, modify, copy, rename, and delete them. A chart essentially consists of: 

* an input set of Document Objects 
* a number of chart properties

These two in combination yield a Chart to be displayed. Charts can be performed on current Document Objects in the master project and the linked projects. 

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Note! Objects from snapshots or from older revisions cannot be included in a Chart.
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## How to display a Chart

In the **Navigation Bar** entry **Charts**, select the type name for the Chart. In the next view, the left side will display a list of available charts of the type name. 

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Selecting a chart name will display the chart definition of the chart on the right side.

To display the actual chart, click **Run**.

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In the displayed chart, click on a chart section (a bar, slice, or column) to display all Document Objects of the section in a list below the Chart.

## Export a Chart

Select a Chart and click **Export** to export the Chart definition to an xml file. The xml can be used to import the chart in other Projects.

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Note! The exported file contains the definition of the chart, not the items in the input set or the chart image.
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## Import a Chart

Click **Import** to select an exported Chart xml definition file and import it. If necessary, adapt the Chart input set after the import is completed.


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