show same charts in a 4x3 grid (example one for every month)

Hello,
 
I need to present the same chart (region for category and a count for the amount) for a certain group (example months in a year) in a 4x3 grid. 
 
I know I can add a table with a group on the month and put a chart in the group-footer with a filter on the month which equals the row._outer["month"]. But then I get one chart on every row and that is not what I need. Is it possible to have it in a 4x3 grid (or any other combi for that matter)?.
 
The month is not really the grouping I need but it makes it a little easier to explain. 
 
Thanks in advance ...
 
Groet,
Jeroen

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JFreeman

To make sure I am understand, you are looking for a way to dynamically add a chart into each cell in the grid that displays the same data set but with a filter to limit it to a portion of the data each chart shows?
 
And you are not wanting to manually add a chart to each cell, you want it to be done dynamically?
 
What version of BIRT are you using?

jar

Hello,
 
Thanks and yes that is exactly what I want it to do.
Present a graph with the same category / value for each group. And have that presented in a grid. 
 
I assume I can add the different charts in the 4x3 grid and have a filter on each chart for the month. 
If that is the only way to do it ...

JFreeman

I do not believe there is going to be an out of the box element in the pallet that will accomplish this in the grid layout you are wanting.
 
The way I can think of to do this in a grid layout the way you have described, is to create the first chart manually and then use scripting, somewhere like beforeFactory, to copy the chart into each grid cell. Then dynamically apply any filter changes that need to happen through the scrip as well.
 
Alternatively, there is a fully manual route of creating a chart in each grid cell.