Types of Elements That Can Be Drawn

The GTL draw statements enable you to draw the following types of elements in a graph:
  • text
  • arrows and lines
  • geometric shapes like ovals, rectangles, polygons, and polylines (a set of connecting lines)
  • images
Using these elements individually and especially by combining them, you can describe the non-data aspects of your graph. For example, you can display a company logo in a specified location within the graph. Or you can create custom features that are difficult to create by other means—for example, you could draw a broken axis. Using the draw statements creatively, you can direct viewer attention to features of interest in the graph by drawing elements that highlight those features.