Flash Bar-line Combination Chart

Bar\Line Combination Chart

The bar\line combination chart plots a set of values as bars for each specified series in the given dataset. This chart will also plot specified series as lines, using the right axis as a range axis for the line series, and the left axis as the range axis for the bars.

Dataset Guidelines

This chart expects its data as a categorical dataset.

Required Properties

The following properties are required:

chart-type

<chart-type>BarLineChart</chart-type>

bar-series

Add one series element per series that should be plotted as bars.

<bar-series>
  <series>actual</series>
  <series>budget</series>
</bar-series>

line-series

Add one series element per series that should be plotted as lines.

<line-series>
  <series>variance</series>
</line-series>

The example below contains the full set of additional supported properties with comments on its purpose and valid values. It is recommended that new users start with this example as a starting place for building your first flash chart.

Example

The following chart definition will produce the chart in the example below.

<chart>

  <!-- Define the chart type -->
  <chart-type>BarLineChart</chart-type>

  <!-- Specify the title of the chart -->
  <title>Chart Title</title>
    <title-font>
      <font-family>Arial</font-family>
      <size>18</size>
      <is-bold>true</is-bold>
    </title-font>

  <!-- Map Series to Chart Type -->
  <bar-series>
    <series>TOTAL</series>
    <series>COST</series>
  </bar-series>
  <line-series>
    <series>MARGIN</series>
  </line-series>

  <!-- General Chart Attributes -->
  <orientation>vertical</orientation>
  <is-stacked>false</is-stacked>
  <is-3D>false</is-3D>
  <height-3d>1</height-3d>
  <is-glass>true</is-glass>
  <is-sketch>false</is-sketch>
    <!-- additional properties specific to sketch charts -->
    <fun-factor>10</fun-factor>
    <outline-color-palette>
      <color>#FF0000</color>
      <color>#00ff00</color>
    </outline-color-palette>

  <!-- General Chart Formatting Propeties -->
  <chart-background type="color">#FFffff</chart-background>
  <plot-background type="color">#ffffff</plot-background>
  <alpha>.70</alpha>

  <!-- Define what to display in hover tips -->
  <!-- <tooltip> -->
    <!-- #top# -->
    <!-- #bottom# -->
    <!-- #val# -->
    <!-- #x_label# -->
    <!-- #key# -->
  <!-- </tooltip> -->

  <!--  X-Axis properties (domain)-->
  <domain-title>Domain Title</domain-title>
  <domain-title-font>
    <font-family>Arial</font-family>
    <size>14</size>
    <is-bold>false</is-bold>
  </domain-title-font>
  <domain-color>#000000</domain-color>
  <domain-grid-color>#ffffff</domain-grid-color>
  <domain-stroke>1</domain-stroke>

  <!--  Y-Axis properties (range) -->
  <range-title>Range Title</range-title>
  <range-title-font>
    <font-family>Arial</font-family>
    <size>14</size>
    <is-bold>false</is-bold>
  </range-title-font>
  <range-minimum></range-minimum>
  <range-maximum></range-maximum>
  <range-color>#000000</range-color>
  <range-grid-color>#eaeaea</range-grid-color>
  <range-stroke>1</range-stroke>
  <range-steps>6</range-steps>

  <!-- Secondary Y-Axis properties (line-range) -->
  <lines-range-minimum>40</lines-range-minimum>
  <lines-range-maximum>60</lines-range-maximum>
  <lines-range-color>#000000</lines-range-color>
  <lines-range-stroke>1</lines-range-stroke>
  <line-range-steps>6</line-range-steps>

  <!-- Specify the color palette for the chart -->
  <color-palette>
    <color>#0f3765</color>
    <color>#880a0f</color>
    <color>#B09A6B</color>
    <color>#772200</color>
    <color>#C52F0D</color>
    <color>#123D82</color>
    <color>#4A0866</color>
    <color>#445500</color>
    <color>#FFAA00</color>
    <color>#1E8AD3</color>
    <color>#AA6611</color>
    <color>#772200</color>
    <color>#8b2834</color>
  </color-palette>

</chart>

Flash Bar-line Combination Chart

Bar\Line Combination Chart

Dataset Guidelines

Required Properties

Example

Comments (1)

Jake Cornelius says: