Waterfall / Cascade Chart

ALIAS: waterfall2d

Example of Waterfall Chart:

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JavaScript embedding code:

<script type="text/javascript">
FusionCharts.ready(function() {
    var myChart = new FusionCharts({
        "type": "waterfall2d",
        "dataFormat": "jsonurl",
        "dataSource": "chartdata.json"
    });
});
</script>

Data for this chart:

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Chart Attributes

Functional Attributes

These attributes let you control a variety of functional elements on the chart. For example, you can opt to show/hide data labels, data values, y-axis values. You can also set chart limits and extended properties.

Name Type Range Description
animation Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set the configuration whether the chart should appear in an animated fashion. If you do not want to animate any part of the chart, set this as 0.
palette Number 1-5 Each chart has 5 pre-defined color palettes which you can choose from. Each palette renders the chart in a different color theme.
paletteColors String List of hex color codes separated by comma While the `palette` attribute allows to select a palette theme that applies to chart background, canvas, font and tool-tips, it does not change the colors of data items (that is, column, line, pie etc.). Using `paletteColors` attribute, you can specify your custom list of hex colors for the data items. The list of colors have to be separated by comma. For example, `"paletteColors": "#FF0000, #0372AB, #FF5904..."`. The chart will cycle through the list of specified colors and then render the data plot accordingly. To use the same set of colors throughout all your charts in a web application, you can store the list of palette colors in your application globally and then provide the same in each chart data.
showLabels Boolean 0/1 It sets the configuration whether the x-axis labels will be displayed or not.
maxLabelHeight
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels This attribute can be used to set the maximum height for the x-axis labels (data labels) excluding the x-axis title. If any label goes beyond this height, the label will be truncated. In stagger mode, the number of stagger lines will be reduced if they exceed this value.
labelDisplay String 'AUTO', 'WRAP':, 'STAGGER', 'ROTATE', 'NONE' Using this attribute, you can customize the alignment of data labels (x-axis labels). There are 5 options: AUTO, WRAP, STAGGER, ROTATE or NONE. By default, this attribute is set to AUTO mode which means that the alignment of the data labels is determined automatically depending on the size of the chart. WRAP wraps the label text if it is too long to fit in one line. ROTATE rotates the labels vertically. STAGGER divides the labels into multiple lines.
useEllipsesWhenOverflow
Since 3.2
Boolean 0/1 When enabled in AUTO mode, long data labels are truncated by adding ellipses to prevent them from overflowing the chart background. The default value is 1.
rotateLabels Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the data labels would show up as rotated labels on the chart.
slantLabels Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show rotated labels on chart, this attribute lets you set the configuration whether the labels would show as slanted labels or fully vertical ones.
labelStep Number 1 or above By default, all the labels are displayed on the chart. However, if you have a set of streaming data (like name of months or days of week), you can opt to show every n-th label for better clarity. This attribute just lets you do so. It allows to display every n(th) x-axis label.
staggerLines Number 2 or above If you have opted for STAGGER mode as `labelDisplay`, using this attribute you can control how many lines to stagger the label to. By default, all labels are displayed in a single line.
showValues Boolean 0/1 Sets the configuration whether data values would be displayed along with the data plot on chart.
rotateValues Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show data values, you can rotate them using this attribute.
placeValuesInside Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show data values, you can show them inside the columns using this attribute. By default, the data values show outside the column.
showYAxisValues Boolean 0/1 The y-axis is divided into vertical sections using div (divisional) lines. Each div line assumes a value based on its position. Using this attribute you can set whether to show those div line (y-axis) values or not. The values of `showLimits` and `showDivLineValues`, if specified explicitly, overrides the value of this attribute.
showLimits Boolean 0/1 Whether to show chart limit values. If not specified `showYAxisValues` overrides this attribute.
showDivLineValues Boolean 0/1 Whether to show div line values. If not specified `showYAxisValues` overrides this attribute.
yAxisValuesStep Number 1 or above By default, all div lines show their values. However, you can opt to display every x(th) div line value using this attribute.
showShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to show column shadows.
adjustDiv Boolean 0/1 PowerCharts XT automatically tries to adjust divisional lines and limit values based on the data provided. However, if you want to set your explicit lower and upper limit values and number of divisional lines, first set this attribute to false. That would disable automatic adjustment of divisional lines.
clickURL String The entire chart can now act as a hotspot. Use this URL to define the hotspot link for the chart. The link can be specified in FusionCharts Link Format.
rotateYAxisName Boolean 0/1 If you do not wish to rotate y-axis name, set this as 0. It specifically comes to use when you have special characters (UTF8) in your y-axis name that do not show up in rotated mode.
yAxisNameWidth Number (In Pixels) If you opt to not rotate y-axis name, you can choose a maximum width that will be applied to y-axis name.
showZeroPlaneValue Boolean 0/1 Allows you to show or hide the value of the zero plane.
showPrintMenuItem Boolean 0/1 When you right click on the chart it shows a context menu. This attribute allows you to show or hide the "Print" option in the context menu.
unescapeLinks Boolean 0/1 Internally the chart decodes a Url that you set as link. Before invoking the link it again encodes the Url. If you are passing multilingual characters via a Url or do not want this decode-encode mechanism to be handled by chart you can set,`unescapeLinks='0'`.
yAxisMaxValue Number Numeric Value This attribute helps you explicitly set the upper limit of the chart. If you do not specify this value, it is automatically calculated by the chart based on the data provided by you.
yAxisMinValue Number Numeric Value This attribute helps you explicitly set the lower limit of the chart. If you do not specify this value, it is automatically calculated by the chart based on the data provided by you.
setAdaptiveYMin Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the y-axis lower limit would be 0 (in case of all positive values on chart) or should the y-axis lower limit adapt itself to a different figure based on values provided to the chart.
showSumAtEnd Boolean 0/1 Whether to add a summation column as the last column in chart.
sumLabel String   If you have opted to add a summation column as the last column of chart, this attribute lets you set the label for the same.
connectNullData Boolean 0/1 This attribute allows you to skip a null value and draw a line connecting the icons of multiple set of data. This is applicable for the mean icon and all the other deviation icons.

Chart Titles and Axis Names

These attributes let you customize the various headings and titles for a chart, like the caption, sub-caption, x-axis and y-axis names etc.

Name Type Description
yAxisName String Y-axis title of the chart.
subCaption String Sub-caption of the chart.
xAxisName String X-axis title of the chart.
caption String Caption of the chart.

Chart Caption Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize the cosmetic properties for the chart caption and sub-caption.

Name Type Range Description
captionAlignment String "left", "center", "right" Sets horizontal alignment of caption
captionOnTop Boolean 0/1 Whether caption should be on top of the data plot area
captionFontSize Number 0 - 72 Sets the caption font size in pixels
subCaptionFontSize Number 0 - 72 Sets the sub-caption font size (in pixels)
captionFont String Font Name Sets the caption font family
subCaptionFont String Font Name Sets the sub-caption font family
captionFontColor Color Hex Code Sets the caption font color
subCaptionFontColor Color Hex Code Sets the sub-caption font color
captionFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether the caption font should be displayed in bold
subCaptionFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether the sub caption font should be displayed in bold
alignCaptionWithCanvas Boolean 0/1 Whether the caption is aligned with the canvas. Else, it will be aligned with the entire chart area
captionHorizontalPadding Number In Pixels If caption is not centre aligned, lets you configure the padding (in pixels) from either edge. Will be ignored if caption is centre aligned.

X-axis Name Cosmetics

These attributes let you control the cosmetic properties for the x-axis label.

Name Type Range Description
xAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Code Sets the x-axis font color
xAxisNameFontSize Number 0 - 72 Specifies the x-axis font size
xAxisNameFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be bold
xAxisNameFontItalic Boolean 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be italicized
xAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Code Sets the background color for x-axis text
xAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Code Sets the border around the x-axis text
xAxisNameAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the x-axis alpha including font and background
xAxisNameFontAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the x-axis font alpha
xAxisNameBgAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the x-axis background alpha
xAxisNameBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the x-axis border alpha
xAxisNameBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border padding
xAxisNameBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border radius
xAxisNameBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis border thickness
xAxisNameBorderDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the x-axis border should be rendered using dashed lines
xAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash
xAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.

Y-axis Name Cosmetics

These attributes let you control the cosmetic properties for the y-axis label.

Name Type Range Description
yAxisNameFont String Font Name Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font family for the text
yAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Code Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font color
yAxisNameFontSize Number 0 - 72 Specifies the y-axis (primary / secondary) font size
yAxisNameFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be bold
yAxisNameFontItalic Boolean 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be italicized
yAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Code Sets the background color for y-axis (primary / secondary) text
yAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Code Sets the border around the y-axis (primary / secondary) text
yAxisNameAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) alpha including font and background
yAxisNameFontAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font alpha
yAxisNameBgAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) background alpha
yAxisNameBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border alpha
yAxisNameBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border padding
yAxisNameBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border radius
yAxisNameBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) border thickness
yAxisNameBorderDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) border should be rendered using dashed lines
yAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash
yAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.

Chart Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize chart cosmetics like the background color, background alpha, canvas color, canvas alpha etc.

Name Type Range Description
bgColor Color Hex Code This attribute sets the background color for the chart. You can set any hex color code as the value of this attribute. To specify a gradient as background color, separate the hex color codes of each color in the gradient using comma. Example: `#FF5904, #FFFFFF`.
bgAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the alpha (transparency) for the background. If you've opted for gradient background, you need to set a list of alpha(s) separated by comma.
bgRatio Number 0-100 If you have opted for a gradient background, this attribute lets you set the ratio of each color constituent.
bgAngle Number 0-360 Angle of the background color, in case of a gradient.
bgImage
Since 3.2.
String To place any image (JPG/PNG/GIF) as background of the chart, enter the (path and) name of the background image. It should be in the same domain as the chart.
bgImageAlpha
Since 3.2.
Number 0-100 This attribute specifies the opacity for the loaded background image.
bgImageDisplayMode
Since 3.2.1
String stretch, tile, fit, fill, center, none Helps you specify the mode in which the background image is to be displayed. Stretch - expands the image to fit the entire chart area, without maintaining original image constraints. Tile - the image is repeated as a pattern on the entire chart area. Fit - fits the image proportionately on the chart area. Fill -proportionately fills the entire chart area with the image. Center - the image is positioned at the center of the chart area. None - Default mode.
bgImageValign
Since 3.2.1
String left, center, right Helps you to vertically align the background image.
bgImageHalign
Since 3.2.1
String left, center, right Helps you to horizontally align the background image.
bgImageScale
Since 3.2.1
Number 0-300 Helps you magnify the background image.This attribute will only work when the attribute `bgImageDisplayMode` is set to none, center, or tile.
canvasBgColor Color Hex Code Sets canvas background color. For Gradient effect, enter colors separated by comma.
canvasBgAlpha Number 0-100 Sets alpha for canvas background. For gradient, enter alpha list separated by commas.
canvasBgRatio Number 0-100 Helps you specify canvas background ratio for gradients.
canvasBgAngle Number 0-360 Helps you specify canvas background angle in case of gradient.
xAxisLineColor Color Code Hex Code Sets color of the x-axis of the chart.
canvasBorderColor Color Hex Code Lets you specify canvas border color.
canvasBorderThickness Number 0-5 Lets you specify canvas border thickness.
canvasBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Lets you control transparency of canvas border.
showBorder Boolean 0/1 Whether to show a border around the chart or not.
borderColor Color Hex Code Border color of the chart.
borderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness of the chart.
borderAlpha Number 0-100 Border alpha of the chart.
showVLineLabelBorder Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show a label for any of your vLines in the chart, you can collectively configure whether to show border for all such labels using this attribute. If you want to show label border for just a particular vLine, you can over-ride this value by specifying border configuration for that specific vLine.
logoURL String URL You can load an external logo (JPEG/PNG) to your chart, this attribute lets you specify the URL. Due to cross domain security restrictions it is advised to use a logo from the same domain name as your charts.
logoPosition String TL, TR, BL, BR, CC Where to position the logo on the chart: TL - Top-left TR - Top-right BR - Bottom right BL - Bottom left CC - Center of screen
logoAlpha Number 0-100 Once the logo has loaded on the chart, you can configure its opacity using this attribute.
logoScale Number 0-300 You can also change the scale of an externally loaded logo at run-time by specifying a value for this parameter.
logoLink String URL If you want to link the logo to an external URL, specify the link in this attribute. The link can be in FusionCharts Link Format, allowing you to link to new windows, pop-ups, frames etc.

Data Plot Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize the cosmetics (columns, lines, area, pie or any data that you're plotting) of the data plots in the chart.

If the plots can show borders, you can control the border properties using the attributes listed below. Or, if they support gradient fills, you can again configure various properties of the gradient using these attributes.

Various other controls over plot cosmetics can be attained using this set of attributes.

Name Type Range Description
positiveColor Color Hex Code If you want all the positive columns (including in-data sum columns) on the chart to show in a single color, specify the same here.
negativeColor Color Hex Code If you want all the negative columns (including in-data sum columns) on the chart to show in a single color, specify the same here.
showPlotBorder Boolean 0/1 Whether the column, area, pie etc. border would show up.
plotBorderColor Color Hex Code Color for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderThickness Number 0-5 (Pixels) Thickness for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha for column, area, pie border.
plotBorderDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the plot border should appear as dashed.
plotBorderDashLen Number In Pixels If plot border is to appear as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash.
plotBorderDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.
plotFillAngle Number 0-360 If you have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the fill angle for gradient.
plotFillRatio Number 0-100 If you have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the ratio for gradient.
plotFillAlpha Number 0-100 If you have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the fill alpha for gradient.
plotGradientColor Color Hex Code You can globally add a gradient color to the entire plot of chart by specifying the second color as this attribute. For example, if you have specified individual colors for your columns and now you want a gradient that ends in white. So, specify FFFFFF (white) as this color and the chart will now draw plots as gradient.
showConnectors Boolean 0/1 Whether to show the connector lines which connect two subsequent columns.
connectorColor Color Hex Code Color of the connector line.
connectorAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of the connector line.
connectorThickness Number Pixels Thickness of the connector line.
connectorDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the connector line should appear as dashed.
connectorDashLen Number Pixels If the connector line is to appear as dashed, this attribute lets you define the length of each dash.
connectorDashGap Number Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.

Data Value Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize the font, background, and border cosmetics of the data values on the chart.

Name Type Range Description
valueFont String Font Name Sets the font of the values in the chart
valueFontColor Color Hex Code Specifies the value font color
valueFontSize Number 0 - 72 Specifies the value font size
valueFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether value font should be bold
valueFontItalic Boolean 0/1 Whether value font should be italicized
valueBgColor Color Hex Code Sets the background color for value text
valueBorderColor Color Hex Code Sets the border color around the value text
valueAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value alpha including font and background
valueFontAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value font alpha
valueBgAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value background alpha
valueBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value border alpha
valueBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the value border thickness
valueBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the value border radius
valueBorderDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the border around the value should be rendered as a dashed border
valueBorderDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.
valueBorderDashLen Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash
valueHoverAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value alpha on hover
valueFontHoverAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value font alpha on hover
valueBgHoverAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value background alpha on hover
valueBorderHoverAlpha Number 0-100 Sets the value border alpha on hover
showValuesOnHover Boolean 0/1 Displays the value while dataplot on hover

Data Label Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize the font, background, and border cosmetics of the data labels on the chart.

Name Type Range Description
labelFont
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the x-axis label font family for the text.
labelFontColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the x-axis label font color.
labelFontSize
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 72 Specifies the x-axis label font size.
labelFontBold
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be bold or not.
labelFontItalic
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be italicized or not.
labelBgColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the background color for x-axis label text.
labelBorderColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the color of the border around the x-axis label text.
labelAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label alpha for both font and background.
labelBgAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label background alpha.
labelBorderAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label border alpha.
labelBorderPadding
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border padding.
labelBorderRadius
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border radius.
labelBorderThickness
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border thickness.
labelBorderDashed
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Whether the x-axis label border should be rendered using dashed lines?
labelBorderDashLen
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash line.
labelBorderDashGap
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashed lines.
labelLink
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the link for each individual x-axis label.

Divisional Lines and Grids

Divisional lines are horizontal or vertical lines running through the canvas. Each divisional line signifies a smaller unit of the entire axis, thus aiding the users in interpreting the chart.

The zero plane is a 2D/3D plane that signifies the 0 position on the chart. If there are no negative numbers on the chart, you won't see a visible zero plane.

Alternate color bands are colored blocks between two successive divisional lines.

These attributes let you configure the cosmetics for the divisional lines and grids.

Name Type Range Description
numDivLines Number Numeric value > 0 Number of horizontal axis division lines that you want on the chart.
divLineColor Color Hex Code Color for divisional lines.
divLineThickness Number 1-5 Thickness of divisional lines.
divLineAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of divisional lines.
divLineDashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the divisional lines should be displayed as dashed lines instead of whole lines.
divLineDashLen Number In Pixels If the divisional lines are to be displayed as dashed lines, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash.
divLineDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.
zeroPlaneColor Color Hex Code Color for the zero plane. Zero Plane is the line or plane that appears at position 0 on the y-axis, when negative data is being shown on the chart.
zeroPlaneThickness Number In Pixels Thickness of zero plane.
zeroPlaneAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of zero plane.
showAlternateHGridColor Boolean 0/1 Whether to show alternate colored horizontal grid bands.
alternateHGridColor Color Hex Code Color of the alternate horizontal grid bands.
alternateHGridAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha (transparency) of the alternate horizontal grid bands.

Number Formatting Properties

FusionCharts XT offers you a lot of options to format your numbers on the chart.

These attributes let you control a myriad of options like:

  • Formatting of commas and decimals
  • Number prefixes and suffixes
  • Decimal places to which the numbers will round to
  • Scaling of numbers based on a user defined scale
  • Custom number input formats

These attributes let you appropriately format the numbers displayed on the chart.

Name Type Range Description
formatNumber Boolean 0/1 This configuration determines whether the numbers displayed on the chart will be formatted using commas, for example, 40,000 if `"formatNumber":"1"` and 40000 if `"formatNumber":"0"`.
formatNumberScale Boolean 0/1 Configuration whether to add K (thousands) and M (millions) to a number after truncating and rounding it - for example, if `formatNumberScale` is set to 1, 10434 would become 1.04K (with `decimalPrecision` set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions - an M will be added at the end.
defaultNumberScale String The default unit of the numbers that you are providing to the chart.
numberScaleUnit String Unit of each block of the scale.
numberScaleValue String Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale.
scaleRecursively
Since 3.2.1
Boolean 0/1 Whether recursive scaling should be applied.
maxScaleRecursion
Since 3.2.1
Number How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion.
scaleSeparator
Since 3.2.1
String What character to use to separate the scales that are generated after recursion?
numberPrefix String Character Using this attribute, you could add prefix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all dollars figure on the chart, you could specify this attribute to '$' to show like $40000, $50000.
numberSuffix String Character Using this attribute, you could add prefix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all figures quantified as per annum on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ' /a' to show like 40000/a, 50000/a.
decimalSeparator String Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number.
thousandSeparator String Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number.
thousandSeparatorPosition
Since 3.2.1
Number   This option helps you specify the position of the thousand separator.
inDecimalSeparator String Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can convert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the decimal separator.
inThousandSeparator String Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can convert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the thousand separator.
yAxisValueDecimals Number 0-10 If you have opted to not adjust div lines, you can specify the div line values decimal precision using this attribute.
decimals Number 0-10 Number of decimal places to which all numbers on the chart would be rounded to.
forceDecimals Boolean 0/1 Whether to add 0 padding at the end of decimal numbers. For example, if you set decimals as 2 and a number is 23.4. If `forceDecimals` is set to 1, the number will automatically be converted to 23.40 (note the extra 0 at the end).
forceYAxisValueDecimals
Since 3.2
Boolean 0/1 Whether to forcefully attach decimal places to all y-axis values. For example, If you limit the maximum number of decimal digits to 2, a number like 55.345 will be rounded to 55.34. This does not mean that all y-axis numbers will be displayed with a fixed number of decimal places. For instance 55 will not be displayed as 55.00 and 55.1 will not become 55.10. In order to have fixed number of decimal places attached to all y-axis numbers, set this attribute to 1.

Font Properties

These attributes let you define the generic font properties for all the text on the chart, allowing you a high level control over font properties.

Name Type Range Description
baseFont String Font Name This attribute lets you set the font face (family) of all the text (data labels, values etc.) on chart. If you specify the `outCnvBaseFont` attribute also, then this attribute controls only the font face of text within the chart canvas bounds.
outCnvBaseFontColor Color Hex Code This attribute sets the base font color of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.
baseFontSize Number 0-72 This attribute sets the base font size of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie on the canvas will be displayed using the font size provided here.
baseFontColor Color Hex Code This attribute sets the base font color of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie on the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.
outCnvBaseFont String Font Name This attribute sets the base font family of the chart text which lies outside the canvas, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font name provided here.
outCnvBaseFontSize Number 0-72 This attribute sets the base font size of the chart, that is, all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font size provided here.

Tool-tip Properties

These attributes let you configure the functional and cosmetic properties of tool-tips.

Name Type Range Description
showToolTip Boolean 0/1 Whether to show tool tip on chart.
toolTipBgColor Color Hex Code Background color for tool tip.
toolTipColor Color Code Hex Code Font color for the tool-tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color Hex Code Border color for tool tip.
toolTipSepChar String The character specified as the value of this attribute separates the name and value displayed in tool tip.
showToolTipShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to show shadow for tool tips on the chart.

Data Plot Hover Effects

If you wish to show an effect on the data plot (column, line anchor, pie etc.) when the user hovers his mouse over it, you can apply the hover effects to a data plot.

These attributes let you configure the hover effect for all data plots in the chart.

Name Type Range Description
showHoverEffect Boolean 0/1 Whether to enable hover effect on charts for all elements
plotHoverEffect Boolean 0/1 Whether to enable hover effect on charts for data plots (e.g., column, pie) only
plotFillHoverColor Color Hex Code Specifies the hover color for the data plots
plotFillHoverAlpha Number 1 - 100 Specifies the hover alpha for data plots

Chart Paddings and Margins

PowerCharts XT allows you to manually customize the padding of various elements on the chart to allow advanced manipulation and control over chart visualization. Padding in PowerCharts XT is always defined in pixels, unless the attribute itself suggests some other scale (like plotSpacePercent).

You can also define the chart margins. Chart margins refer to the empty space left on the top, bottom, left, and right of the chart. That means, PowerCharts XT will not plot anything in that space.

It is not necessary for you to specify any padding/margin values. PowerCharts XT automatically assumes the best values for the same.

These attributes let you configure the functional and cosmetic properties of chart paddings and margins.

Name Type Range Description
chartBottomMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put at the bottom of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartRightMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the right side of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartTopMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the top of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
captionPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space (in pixels) between the sub-caption and top of the chart canvas. If the sub-caption is not defined, it controls the space between caption and top of chart canvas. If neither caption, nor sub-caption is defined, this padding does not come into play.
xAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the top end of x-axis title and the bottom end of data labels (or canvas, if data labels are not to be shown).
yAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the right end of y-axis title and the start of y-axis values (or canvas, if the y-axis values are not to be shown).
yAxisValuesPadding Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the horizontal space between the canvas left edge and the y-axis values or trend line values (on left or right side). This is particularly useful, when you want more space between your canvas and y-axis values.
labelPadding Number In Pixels This attribute sets the vertical space between the labels and canvas bottom edge. If you want more space between the canvas and the x-axis labels, you can use this attribute to control it.
valuePadding Number In Pixels It sets the vertical space between the end of columns and start of value textboxes. This basically helps you control the space you want between your columns or anchors and the value textboxes.
plotSpacePercent Number 0-80 (In Percent) On a column chart, there is spacing defined between two columns. By default, the spacing is set to 20% of canvas width. If you intend to increase or decrease the spacing between columns, you can do so using this attribute. For example, if you wanted all columns to stick to each other without any space in between, you can set `plotSpacePercent` to 0. Similarly, if you want very thin columns, you can set `plotSpacePercent` to its max value of 80.
chartLeftMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the left side of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
canvasLeftMargin Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space between the start of chart canvas and the start (x) of chart. In case of 2D charts, the canvas is the visible rectangular box. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart left side and canvas left side. By default, PowerCharts XT automatically calculates this space depending on the elements to be placed on the chart. However, if you want to over-ride this value with a higher value, you can use this attribute to specify the same. Please note that you cannot specify a margin lower than what has been calculated by the chart. This attribute is particularly useful, when you have multiple charts placed in a page and want all their canvas start position to align with each other - so in such a case, you can set same margin value (a value large enough that it does not get rejected by chart owing to it being lower than the calculated value) for all such charts in the page.
canvasRightMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between end of canvas and end of chart.
canvasTopMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between top of canvas and top of chart.
canvasBottomMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between bottom of canvas and bottom of chart.

The <set> Element

Each <set> element (child of <dataset> element) represents a set of data which is to be plotted on the graph and determines a set of data which will appear on the chart.

For a waterfall chart, a typical <set> element will look like:

<set label='January' value='17400' />

These attributes let you configure individual data values in a data-set.

Name Type Range Description
isSum Boolean 0/1 Whether the set value should represent the sum of previous set values in the water fall chart. You can put a sum column at any position in the chart (barring the first position, as you need at least one data point to calculate sum).
cumulative Boolean 0/1 Whether the sum represents the cumulative sum (of all the columns to the left of this sum column) or non-cumulative sum (of all the columns to the left of this column, but after the last sum column).
label String This attribute determines the label for the data item. The label appears on the x-axis of chart.
value Number Numerical value for the data item. This value would be plotted on the chart.
displayValue String   If instead of the numerical value of this data, you wish to display a custom string value, you can specify the same here. Examples are annotation for a data item etc.
color Color Hex Code If you want to define your own colors for the data items on chart, use this attribute to specify color for the data item.
ratio String Comma separated list of ratios If you have opted to show individual columns as gradients, this attribute lets you control the ratio of each color. Please see Advanced Charting > Using Gradients to get more information.
link String You can define links for individual data items. That enables the end user to click on data items (columns, lines, bars etc.) and drill down to other pages. To define the link for data items, use the link attribute. You can define links that open in same window, new window, pop-up window or frames. Please see "Drill Down Charts > FusionCharts Link format" for more information. Also, you'll need to URL Encode all the special characters (like ? and &) present in the link.
toolText String By default, PowerCharts XT shows the data item name and value as tool tip text for that data item. But, if you want to display more information for the data item as tool tip, you can use this attribute to specify the same.
showLabel Boolean 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide labels of individual data items using this attribute.
showValue Boolean 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide values of individual data items using this attribute.
dashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the border of this data item should appear as dashed. This is particularly useful when you want to highlight a data (such as forecast or trend etc.).
alpha Number 0-100 This attribute determines the transparency of a data item. The range for this attribute is 0 to 100. 0 means complete transparency (the data item will not be shown on the graph) and 100 means opaque.
labelFont
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the x-axis label font family for the text.
labelFontColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the x-axis label font color.
labelFontSize
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 72 Specifies the x-axis label font size.
labelFontBold
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be bold or not.
labelFontItalic
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be italicized or not.
labelBgColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the background color for x-axis label text.
labelBorderColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the color of the border around the x-axis label text.
labelAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label alpha for both font and background.
labelBgAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label background alpha.
labelBorderAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label border alpha.
labelBorderPadding
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border padding.
labelBorderRadius
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border radius.
labelBorderThickness
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border thickness.
labelBorderDashed
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Whether the x-axis label border should be rendered using dashed lines?
labelBorderDashLen
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash line.
labelBorderDashGap
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashed lines.
labelLink
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the link for each individual x-axis label.

Vertical Data Separator Lines

vLines are vertical separator lines that help you separate blocks of data. These lines run through the height of the chart, thereby segregating data into different blocks.

Use the code snippet shown below to render a vertical trend-line on the chart:

    "data": [{
        ...
    },
    {
        "linePosition": "0.8",
        "vLine": "true"
    },
    ...

These attributes let you configure the functional and cosmetic properties for vertical trend-lines and trend-zones.

Name Type Range Description
color Color Hex Code This attribute defines the color of vertical separator line
thickness Number In Pixels Thickness in pixels of the vertical separator line.
alpha Number 0-100 Alpha of the vertical separator line.
dashed Boolean 0/1 Whether the vertical separator line should appear as dashed.
dashLen Number In Pixels If the vertical separator line is to appear as dashed, this attribute defines the length of dash.
dashGap Number In Pixels If the vertical separator line is to appear as dashed, this attribute defines the length of dash gap.
label String   Label for the vertical separator line, if to be shown.
showLabelBorder Boolean 0/1 Whether to show a border around the vLine label.
linePosition Number 0-1 Helps configure the position of vertical line, that is, if a vLine is to be plotted between 2 points Jan and Feb, user can set any position between 0 and 1 to indicate the relative position of vLine between these two points (0 means Jan and 1 means Feb). By default, it is 0.5 to show in between the points.
labelPosition Number 0-1 Helps configure the position of the vLine label by setting a relative position between 0 and 1. In vertical charts, 0 means top of canvas and 1 means bottom. In horizontal charts, 0 means left of canvas and 1 means right.
labelHAlign String left, center, right Horizontal anchor point for the alignment of vLine label.
labelVAlign String top, middle, bottom Vertical anchor point for the alignment of vLine label.

Trend-lines

Using the <trendlines> element (and the children <line> elements), you can define trend-lines on the chart.

Trend-lines are horizontal lines spanning the chart canvas which aid in interpretation of data with respect to some pre-determined value. For example, if you are plotting sales data of current year, you might want to add previous year's average monthly sales as trend indicator for ease of comparison.

Use the code snippet shown below to render a horizontal trend-line on the chart:

    ...
    "chart": {
                ...
        };

    "trendlines": [{
          "line": [{
              "startvalue": "177500",
              "color": "#00cc00",
              "displayvalue": "Target"
         }]
    }]

    ...

These attributes let you customize the functional and cosmetic properties for trend-lines.

Name Type Range Description
startValue Number Numeric Value The starting value for the trendline. Say, if you want to plot a slanted trend line from value 102 to 109, the `startValue` would be 102.
endValue Number Numeric Value The ending y-axis value for the trend line. Say, if you want to plot a slanted trendline from value 102 to 109, the `endValue` would be 109. If you do not specify a value for `endValue`, it would automatically assume the same value as `startValue`.
displayValue String 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 do not supply this attribute, it automatically takes the value of `startValue`.
color String Hex Code Color of the trend line and its associated text
isTrendZone Boolean 0/1 Whether the trend will be displayed as a line or a zone (fill-colored rectangle).
showOnTop Boolean 0/1 Whether the trend line or zone would be displayed over data plots or behind them.
thickness Number In Pixels If you have opted to show the trend as a line, this attribute lets you define the thickness of trend line.
alpha Number 0-100 Alpha of the trend line.
dashed Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show the trend as a line, this attribute lets you define whether the trend line would appear as dashed.
dashLen Number In Pixels If you have opted to show trend line as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash.
dashGap Number In Pixels If you have opted to show trend line as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash gap.
valueOnRight Boolean 0/1 Whether to show the trend line value on left side or right side of chart. This is particularly useful when the trend line display values on the chart are colliding with divisional lines values on the chart.
toolText String   Custom tool-text for this trend line or zone.