Gramps 5.0 Wiki Manual - Reports - part 4

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Fig. 11.4.1 Reports >Graphical Reports>... Menu overview

This section describes the different Graphical Reports available in Gramps.

Graphical Reports

Graphical reports represent information in forms of charts and graphs. Most of the options are common among graphical reports, therefore they will be described only once, at the end of this section. The few options which are specific to a given report will be described directly in that report's entry. See also substitution values.

The following graphical reports are available in Gramps:

Common options

Common options for text reports are the filename of the output, the format of the output, selected style, page size and orientation. For HTML reports, there is no page information. Instead, HTML options include the choice of the HTML template, either available in Gramps or a custom template defined by you. Optionally, the reports can be immediately opened with the default application.

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The options used in reports are persistent: eg: each report remembers the options previously used.


The options which are specific to a given report will be described directly in that report's entry and on Command line references.

For each report there is a screen with on the top part tabs (like Paper Options...) and on the bottom part the Document Options. The number of tabs varies with the report.

Paper Options

Fig. 11.4.2 Paper Options - tab for Graphical Reports

With the Paper Options tab you can change:

  • Paper format
    • Size Letter(default)
    • Width (8.50 in. default)
    • Height (11.00 in. default)
    • Orientation Portrait(default)
  • Margins
    • Left(1.00 in. default)
    • Right(1.00 in. default)
    • Top(1.00 in. default)
    • Bottom(1.00 in. default)
  • Metric : whether to use metric values or not (in. or cm.). (checkbox unchecked by default)


Document Options

Options below will change slightly depending on the output format selected.

Fig. 11.4.3 Document Options - SVG document - output selected - example
  • Output Format choose the output format:
    • SVG document : (Scalable Vector Graphics) for display with a web browser or editing with a suitable graphics editor.
    • PostScript
    • OpenDocument Text (if you want to edit the report with Libreoffice/Openoffice)
    • PDF document
    • Print...
  • Open with default viewer: you can indicate to open the made document your default viewer. will open the created report using whatever program is defined on your system for handling the format selected.(checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Filename: default value is /home/<username>/<Family Tree Name><Report Name>.<output format extension>. by default the filename is the same as the report type, and it will be placed in your home directory. (In Windows it defaults to one level up from "My documents".)
  • Style: (default is default). With the Style Editor... button you can add Document Styles.
  • SVG Background color: (transparent background default)


Select a person for the report selector

The Select a person for the report selector allows you to select an already existing person for the report and once selected they will be placed in Tree Options as the Centre Person.

Fig. 11.4.4 "Select a person for the report" - selector dialog - example

It defaults to the current active person.

You may check the

Show all box to show the entire list of persons in the tree (checkbox unchecked by default).


Scale and Resize options

The tree is first made on a canvas that can fit a tree of any size. From that canvas the following options can change how it is finally displayed on a page.

Scale tree to fit:

This option will scale up/down the size of the report on the canvas to fit the size of the page (set in Paper Options) that you wish to print on. Currently you can:

  • Do not scale tree (Default)
  • Scale tree to fit page width only
  • Scale tree to fit the size of the page (both width and height)
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For the last option, the report will scale to the lesser scale amount. If the report can be scaled up to fit the width, but needs to be scaled down further to fit the height, it will be scaled down leaving lots of room (empty white space) width-wise. Or if the report needs to be scaled down just a little for height and scaled down more for width, the report will be scaled down the most (width) leaving a gap (empty white space) at the bottom.

Without the Check box:Resize Page to Fit Tree size. option checked, the following occurs for the Scale tree to fit selections:

  • Do not scale the tree may give you a report that spans multiple pages horizontally and/or vertically
  • Scale tree to fit page width only may still give you a report that spans multiple pages vertically. No pages to the sides of others. Only one on top of another.
  • Scale tree to fit the size of the page will give you a one page only report. The report will print on a page the size set in Paper Options.
Resize Page to Fit Tree size

This option tells how big/small to resize the page we will print on. With this option unchecked, the page size that is set in Paper Option. With this option checked the following happens based upon the three choices in Scale tree to fit:.

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Overrides options in the 'Paper Option' tab

This option will create irregular page sizes.

This overrides/ignores what is set on Paper Options and print on a page the same dimensions that the tree uses on the canvas. So taking the three options above, in scale tree to fit, this is what will happen if you select the 'Resize Page to Fit Tree size' option:

  • With Do not scale the tree, this option will completely ignore what is set in Paper Options and print on a page that is large enough to display the entire tree
  • With Scale tree to fit page width only, this option will ignore Paper Height that is set in Paper Options only. The tree has already been scaled up/down to fit the page width, so it is set. Only the page Height is set upon the height of the tree we are printing.
  • With Scale tree to fit the size of the page, the tree has already been scaled to the size of the page. But as noted above, either the width or height will (more than likely) have a gap (empty white space) in it. The Resize Page to Fit Tree size will narrow down this gap on the page to remove that gap.
inter-box Y scale factor
Make the inter-box Y bigger or smaller
box shadow scale factor
Make the box shadow bigger or smaller
Know what you want to print on

Scaling a tree is an advanced function. The Document OptionsStyle sets the size of text that you can print. Scaling down is not very desirable as the text becomes more difficult to read. Scaling up is better but may have the some issues. So here are some pointers to make nice printed documents.

First thing first. What paper sizes can you print on? Ask around and see what page sizes you can print on easily. Just knowing what paper sizes you can print on helps a lot. At Kinkos (in the U.S.A) there is a 3 foot wide printer with paper that is on a roll (any length). So we could use 'Scale report to fit page width only' and 'One page report' for this.

It is also noteworthy to first make your report using Scale tree to fits Do not scale the report option and Resize Page to Fit Tree size to know what the reports full dimensions (width and height) are. This will help you know how to better put this report on the pages you can print on. Here are some other quick things to take into account.

  • A report that is very high and not too wide may print better with only the Scale report to fit page width only option.
  • With the reports normal width, which will print better? Landscape or Portrait?
  • Since every boxes width is set by the widest box, can you use the Descendant reports → Replace option to abbreviate or remove very long parts that are not needed?
  • The size of the title. If there is room, you may want to make the title larger. And if it is too large, it will set the width of the report.


Ancestor Tree

Fig. 11.4.5 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - example output overview

This report generates the chart of people who are ancestors of the Active Person.

You can choose the Ancestor Tree report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Ancestor Tree...
See also common options

Tree Options

Fig. 11.4.6 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - Tree Options - tab default options

The Center Person is chosen here. The Active person will be the default.

With the input field Generations you can change the number of generations considered.

Display unknown generations will allow you to select how many generations of empty boxes to display when the tree is not completely full.

Here is also the check box Compress tree.

Center person uses which format: allows you to specify if the center person uses the father display format or the mother display format found on the Display tab.

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.7 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options (Gramps 5.0.0; Microsoft Windows 10)

This tab gives you the option to include other items on the report.

Report title allows you to choose a title for the report.

  • Do not print a title
  • Include Report Title

And this tab also includes check boxes for Include a border, Include page numbers, and Include blank pages.

This tab also allows you to Include a note to one of the corners of the report.

“$T” within the note will display the day that the report was made. Regular date formatting (see Substitution Values) applies.

Currently a note will be attached to a corner. If a person box writes over it, the note box will not move. Select another corner to see the note tab if this happens.


Scale tree to fit will make the tree larger or smaller to fit the page as desired. The options are:

  • Do not Scale the tree
  • Scale tree to fit page width only
  • Scale tree to fit the size of the page

where Resize page to fit tree will make the page larger or smaller to fit the tree

If both are selected, the options happen in that order; scale the tree first, then the page.

These two options are better described in Scale and Resize common options with tips for making nicer reports.

Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.8 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Name Format: Select the format to display names. Choose from Surname, Given Suffix (default) / Given Surname Suffix/ Given/ Main Surnames, Given Patronymic Suffix Prefix
  • Living people: Select to include or not living persons in the report. Choose from Include, and all data (default) / Full names, but data removed / Given names replaced, and data removed / Complete names replaced, and data removed/ Not included
  • Years from death to consider living: Select the number of years since death to consider persons for the report. Allows for the inclusion or exclusion of recently-dead persons in the report. Default value is 0 years.
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector
  • Date Format: Select the format to display dates. Choose from YYYY-MM-DD (ISO)(2018-04-08)(default) / Numerical (8/4/2018) / Month Day, Year (April 8, 2018) / Mon Day, Year (Apr 8, 2018)/ Day Month Year (8 April 2018)/ Day Mon Year (8 Apr 2018)


Display

Fig. 11.4.9 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - Display - tab default options

This tab allows you to determine the Father Display Format to be used for the report. All fathers, grandfathers, etc. will use this format.

The Mother Display Format to be used for all mothers, grandmothers, etc. will use this format.

The {} around the death information line states that the text 'd. ' will display ONLY when there is death information. See Substitution Values for more information, including how to include places and attributes, and format names and dates and places.

Include Marriage box specifies to display an extra box between a father and mother that contains marriage information. The Marriage Display Format (see Substitution Values) specifies what will print in this box.


Advanced

Fig. 11.4.10 Ancestor Tree - Graphical Reports - Advanced - tab default options
  • Replace Display Format: 'Replace this'/'With this': This allows you to put in pairs of strings separated by '/' that specify text you want to replace with other text. For example,
    United States of America/USA
    replaces the United States of America with USA.
    • Include a note You may check the Include a note box to add a note (checkbox unchecked by default). The Note specifies text the note will contain.
  • Note location: Specify where on the page to place the note (default is bottom left).
  • inter-box scale factor: Make the inter-box bigger or smaller (default is 1.00 in.).
  • box shadow scale factor: Make the box shadow bigger or smaller (default is 1.00 in.).

These two options are better described in Size options with tips for making nicer reports.


Calendar

Fig. 11.4.11 Calendar - Graphical Reports - example output overview

This report produces a calendar with birthdays and anniversaries on a page by month.

You can choose the Calendar report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Calendar...

You can print the same information but in text format by using the Birthday and Anniversary Report.

Calendar tools holidays explains how to add or change the holidays appearing on the output of this calendar.
See also common options

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.12 Calendar - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options
  • Filter: choose between
    • Entire Database (Default)
    • Descendants of active person
    • Descendant families of active person
    • Ancestors of active person
    • People with common ancestor with active person
  • Center Person: The center person for the report usually the active person unless you use the :
  • Text Area 1: (My Calendar default) First line of text at bottom of calendar.
  • Text Area 2: (Produced by Gramps default) Second line of text at bottom of calendar.
  • Text Area 3: (http://gramps-project.org/ default) Third line of text at bottom of calendar.


Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.13 Calendar - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Name Format: Select the format to display the names. Choose from Surname, Given Suffix(default) / Given Surname Suffix / Given / Main Surnames, Given Patronymic Suffix / SURNAME, Given (Common)
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
    • Include only living people (checkbox checked by default)
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector


Content

Fig. 11.4.14 Calendar - Graphical Reports - Content - tab default options
  • Year of report: fill in the year. Defaults to current Year.
  • Country for holidays: Select the country to see associated holidays.
  • First day of week: (Default: Monday) Select the first day of the week for the report.
  • Birthday surname: Select married women's displayed surname.
    • Wives use their own surname (Default)
    • Wives use husband's surname (from first family listed)
    • Wives use husband's surname (from last family listed)
  • Include birthdays : include or not birthdays in the calendar (checkbox checked by default)
  • Include anniversaries : include or not anniversaries in the calendar (checkbox checked by default)


Descendant Tree

Fig. 11.4.15 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - example output overview

This report generates a chart of people who are descendants of the starting person. Alternatively it may generate a chart of descendants of the parents of the starting person.

You can choose the Descendant Tree report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Descendant Tree...
See also common options

Tree Options

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Fig. 11.4.16 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Tree Options - tab default options

Report for: selects the starting person for the report. It defaults to the current active person.

Start with the parent(s) of the selected first will draw a descendancy chart from the parents of the starting person, if they are in the database. The example below is based on the same family as the first example and shows the result of starting with "Child 2 Davies" and ticking this box.


Example 1 was obtained by selecting Allan Davies as the starting person and then running the report without this box ticked, with all other options the same except Generations. The differences between the two examples are:

  • The format of the first generation is changed. Because the parents of the starting person must be adjacent, spouses in the first generation may be shown out of order.
  • For the purpose of the Level of spouses setting, both parents are considered direct descendants, rather than spouses. (Although the mother uses the Spousal display format on the Display tab.)

This means that other spouses (if any) of both of them will be shown to the number of levels specified by Level of spouses. In example 2, Mike Morris is shown even though Level of spouses is set to 1.

  • The title of the report (if selected on the Include tab) is changed to include both parents of the starting person. Only two people are shown in the title. In example 2, Mike Morris is not listed in the title even though his descendants are shown.

Generations The number of generations to show on the report (including the starting person). If Start with the parent(s) of the selected first is selected, the chart will include one more generation. (Example 1 was run with Generations=3, Example 2 with Generations=2.)

Level of spouses specifies how deep to display spouses.

For the example:

  • Abe is a direct descendant
    • Abe has/had married Barbra and had two children
    • Abe also married Bridget and had one child
      • Bridget has/had married Carl.
        • Carl and Denise had a child.

Given the above example, this is what will be displayed for the first three Level of spouses options.

  • 0 means that only direct descendants will be shown. Nothing on the Secondary tab will be shown (Spousal information or Marriage information). For the example above, only Abe will be shown with three children directly under him
  • 1 means that only spouses of the direct descendants will be shown. For the example above, Abe will be shown with two pieces of marriage information. Under the first will be two children and one child under the second.
  • 2 means that spouses of spouses are shown. Same as 1 but Bridget will also show her other marriage. If they had any children, they would be shown too.
  • 3 means that everyone in the example above will be displayed.

Any option above 1 is very hard to read on the report without the Indent Spouses option on the Display tab.

And last but not least is the Compress Tree option which tries to move everyone up as far as they can go (compress) and still have a readable report. If Start with the parent(s) of the selected first is ticked, Compress Tree does not have any affect on the first generation.

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.17 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options

Report title allows you to choose a title for the report. Options are:

  • Do not include a title
  • Descendant Chart for [selected person(s)]

If "Start with Parents of Selected" is ticked on the "Tree Options" tab, both parents of the selected person are shown. Only two people will be listed in the title. If "level of spouses" is two or more, descendants of "spouses of spouses" are included on the chart, but are not listed in the title.

Scale tree to fit Scale tree to fit will make the tree larger or smaller to fit the page as desired. The options are:

  • Do not scale the tree (Default)
  • Scale tree to fit page width only
  • Scale tree to fit the size of the page
  • Resize page to fit tree: Resize page to fit tree (unchecked by default) will make the page larger or smaller to fit the tree. If selected with the "Scale tree to fit", the options happen in that order; scale the tree first, then the page. There is a combined effect with each option:
    • With "Do not scale the tree", both the page width and height is resized to fit the tree.
    • With "Scale tree to fit page width only", the page height is resized to fit the tree height.
    • With "Scale tree to fit the size of the page", the page is resized to remove any gap in both height and width.
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Overrides options in the Paper Option tab.

Resize page to fit tree overrides options in the Paper Option. 

These two options are better described in Scale and Resize common options with tips for making nicer reports. This tab also includes check boxes to Include a border, Include page numbers, and Include blank pages.


Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.18 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Name Format: Select the format to display names. Choose from Surname, Given Suffix (default) / Given Surname Suffix/ Given/ Main Surnames, Given Patronymic Suffix Prefix
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
  • Living people: Select to include or not living persons in the report. Choose from Include, and all data (default) / Full names, but data removed / Given names replaced, and data removed / Complete names replaced, and data removed/ Not included
  • Years from death to consider living: Select the number of years since death to consider persons for the report. Allows for the inclusion or exclusion of recently-dead persons in the report. Default value is 0 years.
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector
  • Date Format: Select the format to display dates. Choose from YYYY-MM-DD (ISO)(2018-04-08)(default) / Numerical (8/4/2018) / Month Day, Year (April 8, 2018) / Mon Day, Year (Apr 8, 2018)/ Day Month Year (8 April 2018)/ Day Mon Year (8 Apr 2018)


Display

Fig. 11.4.19 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Display - tab default options

Descendant Display Format sets the display for all descendants in the tree. The default is:

$n
b. $b
{d. $d}

which displays the name, birth date and death date on consecutive lines in the formats set on the Display tab in Gramps preferences. The {} on the third line states that the text 'd. ' will display ONLY when $d has a value, i.e. there is something in the death date field of the database for this person. See Substitution Values for more information, including how to include places and attributes, and select different formats for names and dates and places.

The check box Bold direct descendants causes the names and other information about direct descendants to be in the bold font selected in the style editor.

Spousal Display format specifies what is displayed for each spouse. The default is the same as for descendants. If you do not wish to have a separate box for marriage information, it can be displayed in the spouse box, for example by adding a line with

m. $m 

Which displays the date of the marriage.

Indent spouses will indent the spouse and marriage boxes from the descendant boxes. In the Family Descendant Chart, it does not affect the starting family or the parents of the starting family, but it does affect any other spouses of those three couples.

Include marriage box will display a separate box on the tree for each marriage. The display format is set in Marriage Display format. The default is

m. $m

which displays the date of the marriage. If this box is not ticked, marriage information will not be displayed unless you specify it in the spousal display format as described above.


Advanced

Fig. 11.4.20 Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Advanced - tab default options

This allows you to put in pairs of strings separated by '/' that state what you want to replace and what you want to replace it with.


Example:

The United States of America/USA
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland/UK
Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gerychwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogogoch/Llanfairpwll

Every column width is defined by the widest box in the report. So if one box happens to be a lot wider than all of the others, a lot of space will be wasted. This option allows you to remove or abbreviate parts of the string that is not needed or can be cut down so the amount of space wasted is minimal.

This tab also allows you to Include a note to one of the corners of the report.

“$T” within the report will display the day that the report was made. Regular date formatting (see Substitution Values) applies.

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Currently a note will be attached to a corner.

If a person box writes over it, the note box will not move. Select another corner to see the note tab if this happens.


Examples

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Fig. 11.4.21 Descendant Tree Report, Example 1. Allan Davies had three spouses.
Fig. 11.4.22 Descendant Tree Report, Example 2.


Report for: selects the starting person for the report. It defaults to the current active person.

Start with the parent(s) of the selected first will draw a descendancy chart from the parents of the starting person, if they are in the database. The example below is based on the same family as the first example and shows the result of starting with "Child 2 Davies" and ticking this box.


Example 1 was obtained by selecting Allan Davies as the starting person and then running the report without this box ticked, with all other options the same except Generations. The differences between the two examples are:

  • The format of the first generation is changed. Because the parents of the starting person must be adjacent, spouses in the first generation may be shown out of order.
  • For the purpose of the Level of spouses setting, both parents are considered direct descendants, rather than spouses. (Although the mother uses the Spousal display format on the Display tab.)

This means that other spouses (if any) of both of them will be shown to the number of levels specified by Level of spouses. In example 2, Mike Morris is shown even though Level of spouses is set to 1.

  • The title of the report (if selected on the Include tab) is changed to include both parents of the starting person. Only two people are shown in the title. In example 2, Mike Morris is not listed in the title even though his descendants are shown.

Generations The number of generations to show on the report (including the starting person). If Start with the parent(s) of the selected first is selected, the chart will include one more generation. (Example 1 was run with Generations=3, Example 2 with Generations=2.)

Level of spouses specifies how deep to display spouses.

For the example:

  • Abe is a direct descendant
    • Abe has/had married Barbra and had two children
    • Abe also married Bridget and had one child
      • Bridget has/had married Carl.
        • Carl and Denise had a child.

Given the above example, this is what will be displayed for the first three Level of spouses options.

  • 0 means that only direct descendants will be shown. Nothing on the Secondary tab will be shown (Spousal information or Marriage information). For the example above, only Abe will be shown with three children directly under him
  • 1 means that only spouses of the direct descendants will be shown. For the example above, Abe will be shown with two pieces of marriage information. Under the first will be two children and one child under the second.
  • 2 means that spouses of spouses are shown. Same as 1 but Bridget will also show her other marriage. If they had any children, they would be shown too.
  • 3 means that everyone in the example above will be displayed.

Any option above 1 is very hard to read on the report without the Indent Spouses option on the Display tab.

And last but not least is the Compress Tree option which tries to move everyone up as far as they can go (compress) and still have a readable report. If Start with the parent(s) of the selected first is ticked, Compress Tree does not have any affect on the first generation.

Family Descendant Tree

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Shared options with the Descendant Tree report

This report has the same options as the 'Descendant Tree' report, except that there are more options for the report title on the Include tab. Also, some of the options have a different effect.
Options are only described here if they differ between the two reports.

Fig. 11.4.23 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - example output overview

You can choose the Family Descendant Tree report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Family Descendant Tree...
See also common options

Tree Options

Fig. 11.4.24 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Tree Options - tab default options

Report for: will select the starting family (Father and Mother) for this report. It defaults to the currently active family.

Start with the parent(s) of the selected first If this box is ticked, the report shows both parents of the starting father and mother (if they are in the database), and all descendants of both sets of parents for the selected number of generations. The total number of generations in the chart is therefore 1 more than the number selected in the generations box. (The example chart above was made with generations=2.)

The starting father and mother have to be in the center of the chart. They will therefore not be shown in birth order with their siblings - instead they will be shown as the last and first child of their parents respectively. This is shown in the example chart above, where the children in both families have been named Child 1,2,3 in their birth order. Furthermore, if the starting father or mother have other spouses they will be shown twice. This also applies to the parents of the starting father or mother.

If this box is not ticked, the report is the same as the descendant tree report, except that the number of generations is increased by one, the format of the first generation is different, and you get extra options for the chart title.

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Report Options

Fig. 11.4.25 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options
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Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.26 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
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Display

Fig. 11.4.27 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Display - tab default options
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Advanced

Fig. 11.4.28 Family Descendant Tree - Graphical Reports - Advanced - tab default options

The Report Title: has these additional options:

  1. Do not print a title
  2. Descendant Chart for [selected person(s)]
  3. Family Chart for [names of chosen family]
  4. Cousin Chart for [names of children] (Only available if Start with the parent(s) of the selected first is chosen)
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Fan Chart

Fig. 11.4.29 Fan Chart - Graphical Reports - example output overview

This report produces a chart resembling a fan, with Active person in the center, parents the semicircle next to it, grandparents in the next semicircle, and so on, for a total of five generations.

You can choose the Fan Chart report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Fan Chart...
See also common options

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.30 Fan Chart - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options
  • Center Person: The center person for the report.
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
  • Generations: (5 default ) The number of generations to include in the report.
  • Type of graph: The form of the graph.
    • full circle
    • half circle(Default)
    • quarter circle
  • Background color: Background color is either white or generation dependent(Default).
  • Orientation of radial texts: Print radial text upright(Default) or roundabout.
  • Draw empty boxes: Draw the background although there is no information (checkbox checked by default)
  • Use one font style for all generations : You can customize font and color for each generation in the style editor (checkbox checked by default)


Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.31 Fan Chart - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector
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Statistics Charts

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This report displays statistical data about your Family Tree.

You can choose the Statistics Charts report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Statistics Charts...

Specific options include filter, sorting methods, and additional birth- and gender-based limit for inclusion into statistics. You can also set the minimum number of items to qualify for the bar chart, so that the charts with fewer items will generate a pie chart instead. The Charts 1, Charts 2 and Charts 3tabs allows you to select which individual charts you want to include in your report.

Fig. 11.4.32 Chart 1(Birth Month) - Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - example output overview
Fig. 11.4.33 Chart 3(Gender) - Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - example output overview
Fig. 11.4.34 Chart 3(Number of children) - Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - example output overview (Gramps 5.0.0; Microsoft Windows 10; data from example.gramps)


See also common options

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.35 Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options
  • Filter: choose between
    • Entire Database (Default)
    • Descendants of active person
    • Descendant families of active person
    • Ancestors of active person
    • People with common ancestor with active person
  • Filter Person: The center person for the report.
  • Sort chart items by: Select how the statistical data is sorted:
    • Item count (default)
    • Item name
  • Sort in reverse order (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • People born after: (1700 default) Birth year from which to include people: fill in a year to start from
  • People born before: (Current year default) Birth year until which to include people: fill in a year
  • Include people without known birth years (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Genders included: Select which genders are included into statistics.
    • Both(Default)
    • Men
    • Women
  • Max. items for a pie: (8 default) With fewer items pie chart and legend will be used instead of a bar chart.


Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.36 Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Name Format: Select the format to display the names. Choose from Surname, Given Suffix(default) / Given Surname Suffix / Given / Main Surnames, Given Patronymic Suffix / SURNAME, Given (Common)
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector
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Charts 1

Fig. 11.4.37 Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - Charts 1 - tab default options

Displays Birth Month statistics by default and you can include any of the following the indicated data on a chart:

  • Age (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Age at death (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Age at marriage (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Age when first child born (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Age when last child born (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Birth month (checkbox checked by default)


Charts 2

Fig. 11.4.38 Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - Charts 2 - tab default options

Displays Number of children statistics by default and you can include any of the following the indicated data on a chart:

  • Birth place (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Birth year (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Death month (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Death place (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Death year (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Event type (checkbox unchecked by default)


Charts 3

Fig. 11.4.39 Statistics Charts - Graphical Reports - Charts 3 - tab default options

Displays Gender statistics by default and you can include any of the following the indicated data on a chart:

  • Forename (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Gender (checkbox checked by default)
  • Marriage place (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Number of children (checkbox checked by default)
  • Number of relationships (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Surname (checkbox unchecked by default)
  • Title (checkbox unchecked by default)


Timeline Chart

Fig. 11.4.40 Timeline Chart - Graphical Reports - example output overview

This report outputs the list of people with their lifetimes represented by intervals on a common chronological scale.

You can choose the Timeline Chart report with Reports ->Graphical Reports -> Timeline Chart...
See also common options

Report Options

Fig. 11.4.41 Timeline Chart - Graphical Reports - Report Options - tab default options
  • Filter: choose between
    • Entire Database (Default)
    • Descendants of active person
    • Descendant families of active person
    • Ancestors of active person
    • People with common ancestor with active person
  • Filter Person: The center person for the report.
  • Sort by: Sorting method to use.
    • Birth Date (Default)
    • Name


Report Options (2)

Fig. 11.4.42 Timeline Chart - Graphical Reports - Report Options (2) - tab default options
  • Name Format: Select the format to display the names. Choose from Surname, Given Suffix(default) / Given Surname Suffix / Given / Main Surnames, Given Patronymic Suffix / SURNAME, Given (Common)
    • Include data marked private (checkbox checked by default)
  • Translation: The translation to be used for the report. Language selector
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