Dynamically add Chart

MarkW

Using the BIRT Report Designer, I would like to know information on how to dynamically create and add charts.

For a the following query, there may be any number of meas returned depending on the element used. So it is not known ahead of time.

Select meas,date,value from DB where element = 'ABC' and date between X and Z group by meas;

I have one chart designed that represents all the values for 1 meas for given dates. How do I dynamically
create charts for ALL meas where there is one chart per meas using the designed chart? Is there a way?

Or, can anyone help me with the scripting to just simply build a chart or point me to documentation on it.
I could not find much information on this sort of level of scripting anywhere.

johnw

Couple of links to get you started:

http://digiassn.blogspot.com/2008/03/birt-building-chart-with-chart-engine.html
http://digiassn.blogspot.com/2010/01/birt-get-access-to-chart-element-and.html
http://digiassn.blogspot.com/2008/07/birt-reading-chart-from-library-and.html

This just touches the surface. Chart scripting is a tough topic, especially embedding them into reports.

Another good place to look is in the BIRT source examples project, there is a whole section with how to create the different chart types.