Click on any node or box and the details of that node will be displayed in a simple dialog, which also shows details of any calculated values.

Click again on either Records or Links to get details of the underlying structure of the data at that node. These are displayed as a simple Daisy Grid.

Investigation of nodes can also be controlled from the Draw menu or by the keystroke, Ctrl-I.

When records or links are displayed in Daisy, they are always shown in a simple grid. These are a very important and powerful part of the program.

Try investigating all of the winners, ridden by the Jockey, Pat Eddery. Click on his node at the top and then select Records from the investigation dialog box. This will show all of the records involving Pat Eddery.

Learn how to navigate these grids, using the cursor keys or the mouse. You can also click on the bars at the right and the bottom, to scroll the grid.

Note too, how the buttons at the bottom, can be used to print and sort the data shown in the grid. (Note the buttons vary in different versions of Daisy.)

You can zoom in on parts of the Daisy Chart, by just moving the mouse to the top left of the area, you wish to investigate. Then hold the left button down and move the mouse, until the rectangle contains the area, you wish to enlarge.

Releasing the button, will cause the Daisy Chart to be redrawn.

Note how the text in the nodes also increases in size, when the Daisy Chart is zoomed.

Zooming of the Daisy Chart can also be controlled from the Draw menu or by the keystroke, Ctrl-Z.

Use the Redraw Full Size command in the Draw menu to redraw the Daisy Chart, so that all of the chart is shown. Ctrl-F can also be used.

Use the various commands in the View menu to view various selections of records and the created nodes.

All of the view commands create Daisy Grids.

There are two Point and Click selections in the View menu. One selects records and the other selects nodes, before displaying them in a Daisy Grid. They can also be called by Ctrl-R and Ctrl-N, respectively.

Just click on the nodes for which you wish to select data and then click anywhere else on the screen to actually perform the selection. More details are given in small help window, shown when these commands are used.

Try selecting the records involving, Pat Eddery, H. R. A. Cecil and K. Abdulla, by using the Point and Click sub-command of Selected Records.

You should select 7 records. Check that the fields, Jockey, Trainer and Owner are all the same.

To print the Daisy Chart, use the Print Current Chart command in the Draw menu or the keystroke, Ctrl-P. You can change the printer, using Print Setup in the File menu.

Note that when the Daisy Chart is zoomed, it is printed as shown on the screen.

Tip - Always check that you have the correct printer setup on a computer with more than one!

Features of the Daisy Chart are changed using the Draw Chart dialog box in the Draw menu. This can also be invoked using Ctrl-D.

Note the ? command buttons, which give extra help.

Turn Histograms on and off in the Node Style frame in the Draw Chart dialog box.

When you turn them on again, you will have to reset the Format in Histogram in the Format frame. (All scales used were Zero to Max.) Note how this command is enabled and disabled.

Ex. 10 - Changing the Histograms

All of the histograms are controlled using the Histogram Format command button in the Draw Chart dialog box.

Note how in this Daisy Chart all of the histograms are scaled between zero and their maximum value. Experiment with different scales, such as using the same Fixed scaling for Total Won and Average Won. (Try using limits of 0 to 444,000. This is the maximum value of Total Won.)

The format of the nodes is changed using the Node button in the Format frame in the Draw Chart dialog box.

Experiment with different sizes of text in the boxes and how the names are displayed.

Depending on your screen, you will find that certain fonts are better. For instance, with VGA, you should use a six point font, whereas with higher-resolution screens, you can use something smaller.

The print fonts should also be varied according to your printer.

The weighting is set using the Weighting command in the Draw Chart dialog box.

Five types of weighting are possible; Average, Largest, Median, Smallest and Total.

Try the effects of the different weightings.

These are changed using the Node Limits command button in the Draw Chart dialog box.

The limits for this Daisy Chart is set using the Show First command in the Node Limit dialog. Try the effect of different values.

These are changed using the Histogram Format command button in the Draw Chart dialog box.

Change the two ratios at the top of the dialog box.

This is changed using the Selection command button in the Draw Chart dialog box.

Note how this selection is constructed, by clicking the various options and selecting the field and type of selection.

Note that when selecting values greater than or equal to another, the Numeric Range selection is used. This allows an upper and a lower limit to be specified as required.