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# Table 485 "Business Chart Buffer"

> Table 485 "Business Chart Buffer" in Base Application (System.Visualization). 9 fields, 40 public procedures. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC26-28.

Base Application · System.Visualization · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/System/OtherCapabilities/Chart/BusinessChartBuffer.Table.al) · facts from BC29

Learn documents this table through its pages: [Page 869 "Cash Flow Forecast Chart"](../page/869.md) (2 Learn pages), [Page 762 "Finance Performance"](../page/762.md) (1), [Page 1157 "Client Detail Cash Flow Chart"](../page/1157.md) (1).

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Business Chart Buffer |
| DataClassification | CustomerContent |

## Fields

Explanation: the field's ToolTip in the code; without one, the ToolTip of a page control bound to the field (marked via the page); without that, its Caption (marked caption) when that differs from the name.

| No. | Name | Type | Explanation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ID | Integer | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 2 | Chart Type | Enum "Business Chart Type" | — | enum [Enum 484 "Business Chart Type"](../enum/484.md); DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 3 | Data Type | Option | — | OptionCaption: String,Integer,Decimal,DateTime; DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 5 | Drill-Down X Index | Integer | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 6 | Drill-Down Y Value | Decimal | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 7 | Drill-Down Measure Index | Integer | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 8 | Period Length | Option | — | OptionCaption: Day,Week,Month,Quarter,Year,Accounting Period,None; DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 9 | Period Filter Start Date | Date | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |
| 10 | Period Filter End Date | Date | — | DataClassification SystemMetadata |

## Keys

- Key1: ID (clustered)

## Procedures

- `Initialize()`
- `SetChartCondensed(Condensed: Boolean)`
- `SetXAxis(Caption: Text; Type: Option)`
- `SetPeriodXAxis()`
- `GetXCaption(): Text`
- `AddMeasure(Caption: Text; Value: Variant; ValueType: Option; ChartType: Integer)`
- `AddDecimalMeasure(Caption: Text; Value: Variant; ChartType: Enum "Business Chart Type")`
- `AddIntegerMeasure(Caption: Text; Value: Variant; ChartType: Enum "Business Chart Type")`
- `GetMaxNumberOfMeasures(): Integer`
- `RaiseErrorMaxNumberOfMeasuresExceeded()`
- `AddColumn(Value: Variant)`
- `AddPeriods(FromDate: Date; ToDate: Date)`
- `AddPeriodColumn(Value: Variant)`
- `AddColumnWithCaption(Value: Variant; Caption: Text)` (protected)
- `AddDataColumn(Caption: Text; ValueType: Option)` (protected)
- `SetValue(MeasureName: Text; XAxisIndex: Integer; Value: Variant)`
- `SetValueByIndex(MeasureIndex: Integer; XAxisIndex: Integer; Value: Variant)`
- `FindFirstMeasure(var BusChartMap: Record "Business Chart Map"): Boolean`
- `NextMeasure(var BusChartMap: Record "Business Chart Map"): Boolean`
- `FindFirstColumn(var BusChartMap: Record "Business Chart Map"): Boolean`
- `FindMidColumn(var BusChartMap: Record "Business Chart Map"): Boolean`
- `NextColumn(var BusChartMap: Record "Business Chart Map"): Boolean`
- `GetValue(MeasureName: Text; XAxisIndex: Integer; var Value: Variant)`
- `GetXValue(XAxisIndex: Integer; var Value: Variant)`
- `GetXValueAsDate(XIndex: Integer): Date`
- `GetMeasureValueString(MeasureIndex: Integer): Text`
- `GetMeasureName(MeasureIndex: Integer): Text`
- `GetCurrMeasureValueString(): Text`
- `UpdateChart(BusinessChartAddIn: ControlAddIn BusinessChart)`
- `SetDrillDownIndexes(Point: JsonObject)`
- `IsXAxisDateTime(): Boolean`
- `CalcFromDate(Date: Date): Date`
- `CalcToDate(Date: Date): Date`
- `CalcNumberOfPeriods(FromDate: Date; ToDate: Date): Integer`
- `GetPeriodLength(): Text[1]`
- `GetPeriodCaption(Date: Variant): Text`
- `GetPeriodFromMapColumn(ColumnIndex: Integer; var FromDate: Date; var ToDate: Date)`
- `InitializePeriodFilter(StartDate: Date; EndDate: Date)`
- `RecalculatePeriodFilter(var StartDate: Date; var EndDate: Date; MovePeriod: Option " ",Next,Previous)`
- `SetDrillDownIndexesByCoordinate(MeasureName: Text[249]; XValueString: Text[249]; YValue: Decimal)`

Plus 7 local procedures.

## Triggers

OnInsert

## Pages and codeunits on this table

- [Page 1051 "Additional Fee Chart"](../page/1051.md) (source table)
- [Page 1157 "Client Detail Cash Flow Chart"](../page/1157.md) (source table)
- [Page 6237 "Emission Scope Ratio Chart"](../page/6237.md) (source table)
- [Page 6246 "CH4 Emission Ratio Chart"](../page/6246.md) (source table)
- [Page 6247 "N2O Emission Ratio Chart"](../page/6247.md) (source table)
- [Page 6280 "Water Intensity Ratio Chart"](../page/6280.md) (source table)
- [Page 6281 "Waste Intensity Ratio Chart"](../page/6281.md) (source table)
- [Page 6282 "CO2e Emission Ratio Chart"](../page/6282.md) (source table)
- [Page 6283 "Water Intensity Bar Chart"](../page/6283.md) (source table)
- [Page 6284 "Water Type Intensity Bar Chart"](../page/6284.md) (source table)
- [Page 760 "Trailing Sales Orders Chart"](../page/760.md) (source table)
- [Page 762 "Finance Performance"](../page/762.md) (source table)
- [Page 770 "Sales Performance"](../page/770.md) (source table)
- [Page 771 "Purchase Performance"](../page/771.md) (source table)
- [Page 772 "Inventory Performance"](../page/772.md) (source table)
- [Page 869 "Cash Flow Forecast Chart"](../page/869.md) (source table)
- [Page 972 "Time Sheet Chart"](../page/972.md) (source table)

## Calls

From the extracted call graph of BC29 (graphify-al on the snapshot checkout): calls whose target is known from a declared type or an `Object::"Name"` argument. Interface dispatch and calls through events are not counted, so the list is not complete.

- [Codeunit 479 "Business Chart"](../codeunit/479.md) (22 calls: `AddColumnWithCaption → AddDataRowWithXDimension`, `AddDataColumn → AddDataColumn`, `AddDecimalMeasure → AddMeasure`, …)
- [Codeunit 362 "PeriodPageManagement"](../codeunit/362.md) (2 calls: `GetPeriodCaption → CreatePeriodFormat`, `RecalculatePeriodFilter → FindDate`)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC24, BC26-28

Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

## Ask your agent

Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). The call sections above are our own, per object, from the BC29 call graph. For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "table", object_name: "Business Chart Buffer")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.