Chart Setup

Chart Setup

PHP Report Maker supports simple charting. Note that current version only supports one series of data in each chart and that negative values cannot be plotted. However, it is possible to create more than one charts for each report.

Note: The chart is a SWF file, Flash Player 8 or later is required on the client side to view the chart.

After loading the database, the database objects (tables, views, custom views and reports) will be shown in the left pane (the database pane). Click on any database object to go to the Chart Setup Page for that object at any time. The Chart Setup Page is next to the Field Setup page, if the active page is Field Setup Page, click the [Chart] tab to switch to the Chart Setup Page.

The Chart Setup pages consists of two section. The left section is a list showing all charts for the report. The right section is a panel showing various properties of the selected chart.

In the left section, the toolbar has the following buttons:

	Add a new chart
	Remove selected chart
	Move the selected chart up. The sequence determines the displaying order of the charts in the generated script and in the menu.
	Move the selected chart down. The sequence determines the displaying order of the charts in the generated script and in the menu.
	Duplicate the selected chart as a new chart and copy the chart properties. Since each chart has many properties, this feature enables you to create a new chart faster.

To setup chart properties, select a chart in the left section first, then you can modify its properties in the right panel.

You should become familiar with the charting terminology so that you'll know what to look for when you want to edit a chart. Read Chart XML Reference first if necessary.

Available properties are:

Name	The name of the chart. This is an internal name of the chart for referencing the chart, make sure the chart names for each report are unique. This is analogous to field name of a field in a database table.
Caption	The caption of the chart. This is the actual caption to be displayed on the chart and is analogous to field caption of a field in a database table.
Show	Show or hide the chart in the report page.
Position	The position of the chart in the report. Possible values are: Top Bottom Left Right Default is Bottom. Note that by default the dimension of each chart is 550px(W) x 450px(H), if you put the chart on left or right of the report, the user may to need to scroll horizontally to view the chart.
Type	The type of the chart. Possible values are: Column 2D Chart Column 3D Chart Pie 3D Chart Pie 2D Chart Line 2D Chart Bar 2D Chart Area 2D Chart Doughnut 2D Chart Registered version supports the following chart types also: Multi-series Column 2D Chart Multi-series Column 3D Chart Multi-series Line 2D Chart Multi-series Area 2D Chart Multi-series Bar 2D Chart Stacked Column 2D Chart Stacked Column 3D Chart Stacked Area 2D Chart Stacked Bar 2D Chart
Sort Type	Specifies how to sort the data for charting. Possible values are: NO SORT - default, data sorted as in report X ASC - sort by category labels in ascending order X DESC - sort by category labels in descending order Y ASC - sort by values in ascending order Y DESC - sort by values in descending order
Category (X) Axis
Field Name	The field that contains the categories of the chart
Title	X-axis (category) title. Displays the category of the plotted data.
Value (Y) Axis
Field Name	The field that contains the values of the chart
Title	Y-axis (value) title. Displays a description for the scale of values against which the data is plotted.
Series
Field Name	The field that contains the series.
Width	Width of the total area of the chart (Width of the Flash object). Default is 550 (pixels).
Height	Height of the total area of the chart (Height of the Flash object). Default is 450 (pixels).
Background color	The background color of total area of the chart
Show labels	Show labels on the (usually horizontal) axis that displays the category labels for all the data series.
Show values	Show values as data labels at data points to indicate the specific value or category.
Show hover	Show hovering box when the user moves the mouse cursor over the data point. The hovering box shows the label and value of the data point.
Transparency (%)	Transparency of the data point. 0% is transparent, 100% is opaque.
Color palette	Colors of the data points. You can choose your own color palette by clicking [...] button and change the colors.
Trendline (Registered version only)
Show	Show the trend line
Start value	The starting y-axis value for the trendline. Say, if you want to plot a slanted trendline from value 102 to 109, the startValue would 102.
End value	The ending y-axis value for the trendline. Say, if you want to plot a slanted trendline from value 102 to 109, the endValue would 109. If you do not specify a value for endValue, it would automatically assume the same value as startValue.
Color	Color of the trend line and its associated text.
Display value	If you want to display a string caption for the trend line by its side, you can use this attribute. Example: displayValue='Last Month High'. When you don't supply this attribute, it automatically takes the value of startValue.
Thickness	Thickness of the trend line
Is trend zone	Whether the trend would display a line, or a zone (filled colored rectangle).
Show on top	Whether the trend line/zone would be displayed over other elements of the chart.
Alpha	Alpha (transparency) of the trend line (%)