Flash Chart Types

Hi,

I am experimenting with flash charts. I have a bar chart (series 1) and also want to include a line chart for series 2. I cannot see the option to change the series type anywhere like you can do so in a normal chart. Is it possible to do this?

Regards

Sonny

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mwilliams

Sonny,

I'll have to look more closely at this, but I don't think that the standard flash charts in BIRT have the ability to have a bar and a line, but I could be wrong. You'll probably have to find a flash object external to BIRT to do this. I'll let you know if I find out differently.

sbrar

Great, thanks Michael. I was of the opinion that it may be possible as the out of the box 'Measure Trend' flash chart we use has a bar and two lines. We call it within the hyperlinks as:

"javascript:parent.MashboardCallbacks.fireEvent('MeasureTrend','url','http://xxxxxxxxx.com/Scorecard/Dialogs/preview_chart.aspx?rootID=xxxxxxxxxx&measureID=" + row["MeasureID"] + "&locationID=" + row["LocationID"] + "&periodID=" + params["pPeriodID"].value + "&periodRangeIndex=0&periodOnly=true&dataType=1&hierarchy=0&popup=1');"

Regards

Sonny

pricher

Sonny,

Michael was right: the wizard-based column Flash chart included in BIRT does not let you select a line for other series. However, you don't have to look outside of BIRT if you want to create such a chart since Actuate BIRT comes bundled with many more Fusion Charts. The good news is that their Combination chart can do what you need (and as you guessed it, this is the type of chart used in Scorecard); the not so good news is that you will have to write your own XML in the BIRT report to create the chart.

To find out more about Flash Charts included in Actuate BIRT, look under eclipse\plugins\com.actuate.birt.doc_2.3.2.v20100416\docs\Flash Object Library\Flash Charts in your BRDPro installation.

Hope this helps,

P.