ReportLab’s Diagra product lets you create data-aware charts and drawings. It can be used in many industries and many ways. The most comprehensive documentation is in the main manual, ‘diagradoc.pdf’. This is a supplementary tutorial intending to provide step-by-step instructions for a first-time user.

Many users are working in the fund management industry producing highly similar charts. This extra manual provides step-by-step tutorial to create several data-aware fund related charts. It is intended to be used with a sample database, delivered in a file ‘diagracharts.zip, which includes both data and runnable chart modules similar to the ones described herein. This manual is still being expanded, but should be sufficient to let a first-time user create a working data aware chart and carry out basic procedures. In the meantime feedback on what to add to this tutorial would be most welcome.

Download pdf Diagra 2.0 Fund Charts – step-by-step tutorial