Show the y-axis labels with $prefix.

Hi:

I hope this is the right forum. I am new to birt api and it is being used on our product. I am trying to fix an issue wherein the y axis which shows currency values does not show $ with the amounts. I do not see any currency format that I can associate with the y series in the API. Can somebody guide me as to how to solve this issue?

BTW, I am using BIRT 2.0.1

Thank you,

Srinivas

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mwilliams

Hi Srinivas,

Do you actually use the BIRT designer to create your chart for your application? Or do you just have the BIRT engine embedded in your application?

kotamreddy

Hi Michael,

I just have the BIRT engine embedded in the application.

- Srinivas

mwilliams

Srinivas,

I'm working with BIRT 2.3. I used this script in the chart to put the '$' before the values on the y-axis. Not sure of what changes have been made between 2.0.1 and 2.3, but maybe it'll help you out.

function beforeDrawAxisLabel( axis, label, icsc )
{
importPackage(Packages.org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.attribute);
if (axis.getOrientation() == Orientation.VERTICAL_LITERAL)
{
temp = label.getCaption().getValue();
label.getCaption().setValue("$" + temp);
axis.setLabel(label);
}
}

kotamreddy

Hi Michael:

Thank you for the prompt response and script. Unfortunately, we are doing all the chart manipulation in the java code and cannot do any scripts. We are not only displaying the chart online but also saving it as an image to be sent to different file formats.

Thanks again.

- Srinivas

mwilliams

Srinivas,

Regardless of output format, you should still be able to embed the java script in your java code to do the formatting.

However, I did find an example of it done in java. Attached is a .java file with code showing how to format a chart's axis labels. Hopefully this'll help you get what you're looking for.

kotamreddy

Thank you, Michael. That worked like a charm. Now I am getting to know more about the framework.

Thanks again.

- Srinivas