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Combination 3D (Simulated) Chart (Single Y) Specification Sheet
 SWF: MSCombi3D.swf

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 3D Plot Cosmetics
 3D Canvas Walls Attributes
 Sample XML Data
 <categories> element
 <category> element
 <dataset> element
 <set> element
 Number Formatting
 Trend Lines
 Divisional Lines, Grids & Zero Plane
 Legend
 Font Properties
 Tool-tip
 Paddings and Margins

 3D (Single Y) Combination chart looks as under:
2D (Single Y) Combination  chart
 

 Sample XML / JSON for 3D (Single Y) Combination chart:
<chart caption='Business Results 2005 v 2006' xAxisName='Month' yAxisName='Revenue' showValues='0' numberPrefix='$'
 chartOrder='line,area,column' >
<categories> <category label='Jan' /> <category label='Feb' /> <category label='Mar' /> <category label='Apr' /> <category label='May' /> <category label='Jun' /> <category label='Jul' /> <category label='Aug' /> <category label='Sep' /> <category label='Oct' /> <category label='Nov' /> <category label='Dec' /> </categories>
<dataset seriesName='2006'> <set value='27400' /> <set value='29800'/> <set value='25800' /> <set value='26800' /> <set value='29600' /> <set value='32600' /> <set value='31800' /> <set value='36700' /> <set value='29700' /> <set value='31900' /> <set value='34800' /> <set value='24800' /> </dataset>
<dataset seriesName='2005' renderAs='Area'> <set value='10000'/> <set value='11500'/> <set value='12500'/> <set value='15000'/> <set value='11000' /> <set value='9800' /> <set value='11800' /> <set value='19700' /> <set value='21700' /> <set value='21900' /> <set value='22900' /> <set value='20800' /> </dataset>
<dataset seriesName='2004' renderAs='Line'> <set value='7000'/> <set value='10500'/> <set value='9500'/> <set value='10000'/> <set value='9000' /> <set value='8800' /> <set value='9800' /> <set value='15700' /> <set value='16700' /> <set value='14900' /> <set value='12900' /> <set value='8800' /> </dataset>
<trendlines> <line startValue='22000' color='91C728' displayValue='Target' valueOnRight='1'/> </trendlines> </chart>
{
  "chart": {
    "caption": "Business Results 2005 v 2006",
    "xaxisname": "Month",
    "yaxisname": "Revenue",
    "showvalues": "0",
    "numberprefix": "$",
    "chartorder": "line,area,column"
  },
  "categories": [
    {
      "category": [
        {
          "label": "Jan"
        },
        {
          "label": "Feb"
        },
        {
          "label": "Mar"
        },
        {
          "label": "Apr"
        },
        {
          "label": "May"
        },
        {
          "label": "Jun"
        },
        {
          "label": "Jul"
        },
        {
          "label": "Aug"
        },
        {
          "label": "Sep"
        },
        {
          "label": "Oct"
        },
        {
          "label": "Nov"
        },
        {
          "label": "Dec"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "dataset": [
    {
      "seriesname": "2006",
      "data": [
        {
          "value": "27400"
        },
        {
          "value": "29800"
        },
        {
          "value": "25800"
        },
        {
          "value": "26800"
        },
        {
          "value": "29600"
        },
        {
          "value": "32600"
        },
        {
          "value": "31800"
        },
        {
          "value": "36700"
        },
        {
          "value": "29700"
        },
        {
          "value": "31900"
        },
        {
          "value": "34800"
        },
        {
          "value": "24800"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "seriesname": "2005",
      "renderas": "Area",
      "data": [
        {
          "value": "10000"
        },
        {
          "value": "11500"
        },
        {
          "value": "12500"
        },
        {
          "value": "15000"
        },
        {
          "value": "11000"
        },
        {
          "value": "9800"
        },
        {
          "value": "11800"
        },
        {
          "value": "19700"
        },
        {
          "value": "21700"
        },
        {
          "value": "21900"
        },
        {
          "value": "22900"
        },
        {
          "value": "20800"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "seriesname": "2004",
      "renderas": "Line",
      "data": [
        {
          "value": "7000"
        },
        {
          "value": "10500"
        },
        {
          "value": "9500"
        },
        {
          "value": "10000"
        },
        {
          "value": "9000"
        },
        {
          "value": "8800"
        },
        {
          "value": "9800"
        },
        {
          "value": "15700"
        },
        {
          "value": "16700"
        },
        {
          "value": "14900"
        },
        {
          "value": "12900"
        },
        {
          "value": "8800"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "trendlines": [
    {
      "line": [
        {
          "startvalue": "22000",
          "color": "91C728",
          "displayvalue": "Target",
          "valueonright": "1"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
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Description:
The 3D Single Y Combination Chart is a simulated 3D chart. It allows you to plot 3D Columns, Lines & Area on the same chart against a single y-axis. You can choose to plot any dataset as column, line or area. The chart has a simulated 3D environment and the chart can be rotated and zoomed in-out using mouse.
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Chart Objects

Object Name Description Features Supported Animation Parameters Supported
BACKGROUND BACKGROUND refers to the entire background of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
  • _xScale
  • _yScale
CAPTION CAPTION refers to the heading of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
DATALABELS DATALABELS refer to the x-axis labels of the data.
  • Font

 
DATAVALUES DATAVALUES refer to the plot values i.e., value of each data (line, column, bar, pie etc.), which is displayed beside the data plot.
  • Font
 
LEGEND LEGEND is the object in which the series names of all datasets show up.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
SUBCAPTION SUBCAPTION refers to the sub-heading of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
TOOLTIP TOOLTIP refers to the tool tip shown when the mouse is hovered over the data plots.
  • Font
TRENDVALUES TRENDVALUES refer to the display values of trend-lines (if any).
  • Font
XAXISNAME XAXISNAME refers to the x-axis title of the chart.
  • Font
 
YAXISNAME YAXISNAME refers to the y-axis title of the chart.
  • Font

 
YAXISVALUES YAXISVALUES refer to the limit values or divisional line values, which are displayed along the y-axis of the chart.
  • Font

 
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 <chart> element 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.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
animation Boolean 0/1 This attribute gives you the option to control animation in your charts. If you do not want to animate any part of the chart, set this as 0. This will also disable all animations applied using <styles>. animate3D can override this value. By default, animation is set to 1.
animate3D Boolean 0/1 This attribute enables you to set whether the initial animation of the 3D elements in chart canvas will occur or not. If set to 0, it will also set off chart canvas' rotation while using JavaScript API functions like view2D(), resetView(), rotateView(). The view will be updated instantly without any rotation or animation.
exeTime Number 0.00 - 10.00 It sets the time in seconds (can accept decimals) that the 3D elements of the chart take to animate when the chart is rendered initially. This attribute also sets the time that the chart canvas will take to animate when the chart is transformed to any view (View3D, View 2D, Reset View) using context menu (right click menu). This is also applicable while using JavaScript API functions - view2D(), view3D, resetView() or rotateView(). Default value is 0.5.
palette Number 1-5 FusionCharts XT uses the concept of Color Palettes. Each chart has 5 pre-defined color palettes which you can choose from. Each palette renders the chart in a different color theme. Valid values are 1-5. Default value is 1.
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 (i.e., 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 e.g., <chart 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 XML.

showAboutMenuItem Boolean 0/1 Setting this to 1 shows up a custom context menu in the chart, which can be customized to show your text and can be linked to your Url. For e.g., you can set the context menu of the chart to include "About your company name" and then link to your company home page. By default, the chart shows "About FusionCharts" when right clicked.
aboutMenuItemLabel String   The menu item label for the custom context menu item.
aboutMenuItemLink String URL Link for the custom context menu item. You can specify the link in FusionCharts Link format to be able to open the same in new window, pop-ups, frames or as JavaScript links.
connectNullData Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you control whether empty data sets in your data will be connected to each other OR do they appear as broken data sets. Please see Advanced charting > Plotting Discontinuous data section for more details on this.
showLabels Boolean 0/1 It sets the configuration whether the x-axis labels will be displayed or not.
showValues Boolean 0/1 Sets the configuration whether data values will be displayed along with the data plot on chart.
labelStep Number 1 or above By default, all the labels are displayed on the chart. However, if you've 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. When a value greater than 1 (n) is set to this attribute, the first label from left and every label at the n-th position from left will be displayed. e.g., a chart showing data for 12 months and set with labelStep='3' will show labels for January, April, July and October. The rest of the labels will be skipped.
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.
showYAxisValues Boolean 0/1 FusionCharts XT 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. This attribute shows or hides the y-axis divisional lines and limits. 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 attribute overrides this value.
showDivLineValues Boolean 0/1 Whether to show div line values. If not specified showYAxisValues attribute overrides this value.
adjustDiv Boolean 0/1 FusionCharts 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 will 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.
yAxisMinValue Number This attribute helps you explicitly set the lower limit of the chart. If you don't specify this value, it is automatically calculated by FusionCharts XT based on the data provided by you.
yAxisMaxValue Number This attribute helps you explicitly set the upper limit of the chart. If you don't specify this value, it is automatically calculated by FusionCharts XT based on the data provided by you.
setAdaptiveYMin Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the y-axis lower limit will 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.
centerYaxisName
Since v 3.2.2
Boolean 0/1 This attribute when set to '1', allows you to align the y-axis name with respect to the height of the chart. When set to '0', the y-axis name is aligned with respect to the height of the canvas.
xAxisTickColor
Since v 3.2.2
Color   In multi-series combination chart the x-axis contains tiny tick lines. This attribute allows you to set the color of the tick lines on the x-axis.
xAxisTickAlpha
Since v 3.2.2
Number 0-100 This attribute allows you to set the transparency of the x-axis tick lines.
xAxisTickThickness
Since v 3.2.2
Number   This attribute allows you to set the thickness of the tick lines.
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Chart Titles and Axis Names

Using these attributes, you can set the various headings and titles of chart like caption, sub-caption, x-axis and y-axis names etc.

Attribute Name Type Description
caption String Caption of the chart.
subCaption String Sub-caption of the chart.
xAxisName String X-Axis Title of the Chart.
yAxisName String Y-Axis Title of the chart.
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Chart Cosmetics

The following attributes let you configure chart cosmetics like background color, background alpha, canvas color etc.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
showBorder Boolean 0/1 Whether to show a border around the chart or not.
borderColor Color Border color of the chart.
borderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness of the chart.
borderAlpha Number 0-100 Border alpha of the chart.
bgColor Color 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. Remember to remove # and any spaces in between. See Advanced charting > Using Gradients page for more details.
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. See Advanced charting > Using Gradients page for more details.
bgRatio Number 0-100 If you've opted for a gradient background, this attribute lets you set the ratio of each color constituent. See Advanced charting > Using Gradients page for more details.
bgAngle Number 0-360 Sets the angle of the background color, in case of a gradient. See Advanced charting > Using Gradients page for more details.
bgImage

or

bgSWF - deprecated
String To place any image (JPG/PNG/GIF) or Flash movie (SWF) as background of the chart, enter the (path and) name of the background image or SWF file. It should be in the same domain as the chart.

Loading of Flash movie is deprecated and is not supported by JavaScript charts.

bgImageAlpha

or

bgSWFAlpha - deprecated
Number 0-100 Helps you specify alpha for the loaded background image or Flash movie.

Loading of Flash movie is deprecated and is not supported by JavaScript charts.

bgImageDisplayMode
Since v3.2.2
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. None of the above modes are applied
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bgImageVAlign
Since v3.2.2
String top, middle, bottom Helps you to vertically align the background image.
bgImageHAlign
Since v3.2.2
String left, middle, right Helps you to horizontally align the background image.
bgImageScale
Since v3.2.2
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 Sets background color of the canvas or 3D walls of the chart.
showVLineLabelBorder Boolean 0/1 If you've 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/SWF) on the chart once it has rendered. This attribute lets you specify the URL of the same. Owing to Flash Player security settings, you can only specify logo that are on the same sub-domain as that of the SWF file of the chart.
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 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.
xAxisTickColor
Since v3.2.2
Color Hex Code Allows you to change the color of the tick marks present on the x-axis.
xAxisTickAlpha
Since v3.2.2
Number 0-100 Allows you to control the transparency of the tick marks present on the x-axis.
xAxisTickThickness
Since v3.2.2
Number Allows you to change the thickness of the tick marks present on the x-axis.
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3D Functional Attributes

The following attributes let you specify various functional attributes of 3D chart.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
is2D Boolean 0/1 Using this you can decide whether initially to draw a 2D view of the chart or not.
clustered Boolean 0/1 It lets you to set if multi column datasets will be rendered in a clustered format or manhattan format. By default, this is set to 0 i.e., manhattan format. For more details on Clustered and Manhattan arrangement of columns, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
chartOrder String   It sets the order by which different types of charts will appear. The value can be any combination of 'column', 'line' or 'area', each separated by a comma. By default, the order is: line, column, area. You can change to any order you like. E.g. 'column, area, line' or 'line, area'.
chartOnTop Boolean 0/1 It allows the user to decide whether or not the chart canvas will be placed over the extra chart elements (caption, subcaption, legend). This feature is visible when the chart canvas is zoomed/scaled. The default value is 1.
autoScaling Boolean 0/1 It lets you decide whether or not the chart will be allowed to best fit automatically after a user interaction, for example, rotation.
allowScaling Boolean 0/1 It enables you to set whether to allow zoom-in/zoom-out using the mouse scroller. Note that scaling or use of mouse scroller is compatible only with Windows Operating System.
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3D Camera, Light & Rotation Attributes

These attributes let you set up various aspects of 3D chart's camera/view settings, lighting features and rotation characteristics.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
startAngX Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 This attribute lets you specify the view angle (for view around the chart vertically) from which the rotation starts (when the chart is initialized). The rotation stops at endAngX. If not specified, the default values for both the attributes are 30. It works only if animat3D is 1. For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
startAngY Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 This attribute lets you specify the view angle (for view around the chart horizontally) from which the rotation starts (when the chart is initialized). The rotation stops at endAngY. If not specified, the default values for both the attributes are -45. It works only if animat3D is 1.For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
endAngX Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 This attribute lets you specify the view angle (for view around the chart vertically) at which the rotation ends (when the chart is initialized). The rotation starts at startAngX. If not specified, the default values for both the attributes are 30. It works only if animat3D is 1.For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
endAngY Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 This attribute lets you specify the view angle (for view around the chart horizontally) at which the rotation ends (when the chart is initialized). The rotation starts at startAngY. If not specified, the default values for both the attributes are -45. It works only if animat3D is 1. For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
cameraAngX Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 When animat3D is 0, this attribute lets you specify the camera angle (for view around the chart vertically) from which the chart is viewed initially. For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
cameraAngY Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 When animat3D is 0, this attribute lets you specify the camera angle (for view around the chart horizontally) from which the chart is viewed initially. For more details on view angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
lightAngX Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 Using this you can specify light x source's x angle. For more details on light angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
lightAngY Number 0 to 360 / 0 to -360 Using this you can specify light x source's y angle. For more details on light angles, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
intensity Number 0-10 It lets you to control the intensity of light that falls on the 3D chart canvas. 0 denotes minimum light while 10 is the maximum. Default value is 2.5.
dynamicShading Boolean 0/1 Whether to provide a light source, which is fixed outside the chart world, to create dynamic shades on the chart's face at the time of rotation. If dynamicShading is set to 0, a static light will be fixed with the chart world. For more details on this and lighting systems, please refer to 3D Chart Attributes page in Quick Chart Configuration section.
bright2D Boolean 0/1 If you've set dynamicShading to 1, this attribute lets you decide whether a brighter view of the chart is rendered in 2D mode. This if set to 1, lightAngX and lightAngY (if defined) are not used by the chart. Rather, these light source angles are fixed at 0 position.
allowRotation Boolean 0/1 This attribute allows you decide whether to stop any user interactive rotation of the chart or not. If it is set to 0, the interactive rotation will be barred. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
constrainVerticalRotation Boolean 0/1 This attribute, if set to 1 will constrain the user from using full 360 degrees vertical rotation of 3D chart canvas. If this is set to 1, the user can rotate up to 90 degrees(top or bottom) from 0 degree position. User can also specify these limits using minVerticalRotAngle and minVerticalRotAngle attributes. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
minVerticalRotAngle Number 0-360 If you've set constraintVerticalRotation to 1, using this attribute you can set the minimum allowed angle up to which a user can rotate the chart vertically. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
maxVerticalRotAngle Number 0-360 If you've set constraintVerticalRotation to 1, using this attribute you can set the maximum allowed angle up to which a user can rotate the chart vertically. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
constrainHorizontalRotation Boolean 0/1 This attribute, if set to 1 will constrain the user from using full 360 degrees vertical rotation of 3D chart canvas. If this is set to 1, the user can rotate up to 90 degrees(top or bottom) from 0 degree position. User can also specify these limits using minHorizontalRotAngle and minHorizontalRotAngle attributes. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
minHorizontalRotAngle Number 0-360 If you've set constraintHorizontalRotation to 1, using this attribute you can set the minimum allowed angle up to which a user can rotate the chart horizontally. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
maxHorizontalRotAngle Number 0-360 If you've set constraintHorizontalRotation to 1, using this attribute you can set the maximum allowed angle up to which a user can rotate the chart horizontally. This is only applicable to user's mouse interactivity with the chart. JavaScript API rotateView() is not influenced by this.
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3D Plot Attributes

These attributes let you configure how your plot (columns, lines, area that you're plotting) will appear on the chart. You can opt to show or hide plot borders, adjust space between two datasets or define thickness of dataplots.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
showPlotBorder Boolean 0/1 Whether the column, area border will show up.
zDepth Number It sets the thickness depth of each dataset.
zGapPlot Number   This attribute sets the gap between two plotted datasets.
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3D Wall Attributes

A 3D chart canvas consists of 3 walls which we have named as XYWall, YZWall, ZXWall. You can set the depth of each wall.

Attribute Name Type Description
yzWallDepth Number It determines the depth of the Y-Z wall of the 3D chart.
zxWallDepth Number It determines the depth of the Z-X wall of the 3D chart.
xyWallDepth Number It determines the depth of the X-Y wall of the 3D chart.
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Divisional Lines, Grids & Zero Plane

Using this set of attributes, you can control the properties of divisional lines, zero plane and alternate color bands.

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 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.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
numDivLines Number Numeric value > 0 Number of horizontal axis division lines that you want on the chart.
divLineEffect String EMBOSS or BEVEL or NONE This attribute enables you to apply an effect, for example, EMBOSS, or BEVEL to the divisional lines as well as to the trendlines.
divLineColor Color Color for divisional lines.
divLineThickness Number 1-5 Thickness of divisional lines.
divLineAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of divisional lines.
zeroPlaneMesh Boolean 0/1 Whether to draw the zero plane as a wireframe mesh or as a filled plane. If set to 1, a mesh on the zero plane of the chart will be drawn.
zeroPlaneColor Color Color of the Zero Plane.
zeroPlaneAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of zero plane.
showZeroPlaneValue
Since v 3.2.2 - SR3
Boolean 0/1 Allows you to show or hide the value on which the zero plane exists on the y-axis. By default, the value is displayed. This attribute is not supported in JavaScript charts.
showAlternateHGridColor Boolean 0/1 Whether to show alternate colored horizontal grid bands.
alternateHGridColor Color Color of the alternate horizontal grid bands.
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Legend Properties

In combination charts, the series name of each dataset shows up in the legend of the chart. If you do not need the legend, you can opt to hide the same.

Also, the legend can be placed at the bottom of the chart or to the right of the chart.

Using the attributes below, you can configure the functional and cosmetic properties of the legend.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
showLegend Boolean 0/1 Whether to show legend for the chart.
interactiveLegend Boolean 0/1 Whether
legendPosition String BOTTOM or
RIGHT
The legend can be plotted at two positions on the chart - below the chart (BOTTOM) and on the RIGHT side of the chart.
legendCaption String   You can add a caption for the entire legend by setting the same here.
legendIconScale
Since v 3.2
Number 0-5 Scaling of legend icon is possible in FusionCharts XT. This attribute lets you control the size of legend icon.
legendBgColor Color Hex Code Background color for the legend.
legendBgAlpha Number 0-100 Background alpha for the legend.
legendBorderColor Color Hex Code Border Color for the legend.
legendBorderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness for the legend.
legendBorderAlpha Number 0-100 Border alpha for the legend.
legendShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to show a shadow for legend.
legendAllowDrag Boolean 0/1 The legend can be made drag-able by setting this attribute to 1. End viewers of the chart can drag the legend around on the chart.
legendScrollBgColor Color Hex Code If you've too many items on the legend, a scroll bar shows up on the same. This attribute lets you configure the background color of the scroll bar.
legendScrollBarColor Color Hex Code If you've too many items on the legend, a scroll bar shows up on the same. This attribute lets you configure the bar color of the scroll bar.
legendScrollBtnColor Color Hex Code If you've too many items on the legend, a scroll bar shows up on the same. This attribute lets you configure the color of buttons of the scroll bar.
legendNumColumns
Since v 3.2
Number Positive Integer If your chart contains multiple series, the legend is displayed as a grid comprising of multiple legend keys. With the help of this attribute you can specify the number of columns that are to be displayed in the legend.
minimiseWrappingInLegend
Since v 3.2
Boolean 0/1 Whether to minimize legend item text wrapping.
legendMarkerCircle
deprecated. Not applicable.
Boolean 0/1 Whether to use square legend keys or circular ones.
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Number Formatting

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

Using the attributes below, you can 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

Attribute Name Type Range Description
formatNumber Boolean 0/1 This configuration determines whether the numbers displayed on the chart will be formatted using commas, e.g., 40,000 if formatNumber='1' and 40000 if formatNumber= '0'. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
formatNumberScale Boolean 0/1 Configuration whether to add K (thousands) and M (millions) to a number after truncating and rounding it - e.g., if formatNumberScale is set to 1, 1043 will become 1.04K (with decimals set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions - an M will be added at the end. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Number Scaling page.
defaultNumberScale String The default unit of the numbers that you're providing to the chart. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Number Scaling page.
numberScaleUnit String Unit of each block of the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Number Scaling page.
numberScaleValue String Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Number Scaling page.
scaleRecursively
Since v 3.2.2 - SR3
Boolean 0/1 Whether to scale the number recursively? For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Recursive Number Scaling page.
maxScaleRecursion
Since v 3.2.2 - SR3
Number How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion. For more details see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Recursive Number Scaling page.
scaleSeparator
Since v 3.2.2 - SR3
String What character to use to separate the scales that generated after recursion? For more details see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Recursive Number Scaling page.
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. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
numberSuffix String Character Using this attribute, you could add a suffix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all figure quantified as per annum on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ' /a' to show like 40000/a, 50000/a. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
decimalSeparator String Character This option helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
thousandSeparator String Character This option helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
thousandSeparatorPosition
Since v 3.2.2 - SR3
Number   This option helps you specify the position of the thousand separator. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
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 XT 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. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Input Number Formatting page.
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 XT 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. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Input Number Formatting page.
decimals Number 0-10 Number of decimal places to which all numbers on the chart will be rounded to. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
forceDecimals Boolean 0/1 Whether to add 0 padding at the end of decimal numbers. 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 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 the numbers, set this attribute to 1. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
forceYAxisValueDecimals
Since v 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. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
yAxisValueDecimals Number 0-10 If you've opted to not adjust div lines, you can specify the div line values decimal precision using this attribute. For more details, please see Advanced Charting > Number Formatting > Basics page.
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Font Properties

Using the attributes below, you can define the generic font properties for all the text on the chart. These attributes allow you a high level control over font properties.

If you intend to specify font properties for individual chart elements (like Caption, sub-caption etc.), you'll need to use the Styles feature of FusionCharts XT. Using Styles, you can also specify advanced font properties like Bold, Italics, HTML Mode etc.

Attribute 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 outCnvBaseFont attribute also, then this attribute controls only the font face of text within the chart canvas bounds.
baseFontSize Number 0-72 This attribute sets the base font size of the chart i.e., 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 This attribute sets the base font color of the chart i.e., 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 font which lies outside the canvas i.e., 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 i.e., all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font size provided here.
outCnvBaseFontColor Color This attribute sets the base font color of the chart i.e., all the values and the names in the chart which lie outside the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.
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Tool-tip

These attributes let you control the tool tip. You can set the background color, border color, separator character and few other details.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
showToolTip Boolean 0/1 Whether to show tool tip on chart.
toolTipBgColor Color Background Color for tool tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color 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.
seriesNameInToolTip Boolean 0/1 For combination charts, FusionCharts XT shows the following information in tool tip (unless tool text is explicitly defined): "Series Name, Category Name, Data Value". This attribute lets you control whether series name will show up in tool tip or not.
showToolTipShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to show shadow for tool-tips on the chart.
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Chart Padding & Margins

The following attributes help you control chart margins and paddings.

FusionCharts XT allows you manually customize the padding of various elements on the chart to allow advanced manipulation and control over chart visualization. Padding in FusionCharts 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, FusionCharts XT will not plot anything in that space.

It's not necessary for you to specify any padding/margin values. FusionCharts XT automatically assumes the best values for the same, if you do not specify the same.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
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.
yLabelGap Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the horizontal space between the canvas wall edge and the y-axis values or trend line values (on left/right side). This is particularly useful, when you want more space between your canvas and y-axis values.
xLabelGap Number In Pixels This attribute sets the vertical space between the labels and canvas wall 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/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.
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.
chartBottomMargin Number In Pixels Amount of empty space that you want to put on the bottom of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
legendPadding Number In Pixels Padding of legend from right/bottom side of canvas
canvasPadding Number In Pixels Allows you to set empty space on the left and right side of Line dataset or Area dataset on the chart canvas. This setting won't work if one or more Column datasets are present.
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<categories> element

The <categories> element lets you bunch together x-axis labels of the chart. For a combination chart, it's necessary to provide data labels using <category> elements under <categories> element.

The following properties of <categories> element help you control the font properties of data labels.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
font String Valid font face Lets you specify font face for the x-axis data labels.
fontSize Number Lets you specify font size for the x-axis data labels.
fontColor Color Hex Code Lets you specify font color for the x-axis data labels.
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<category> element

Each <category> element represents an x-axis data label.

In combination charts, it's necessary to provide an equal number of <category> elements and data items (<set> elements within each <dataset>). FusionCharts XT plots only those data items for which it could find a respective <category> element.

You can specify the following attributes for <category> element:

Attribute Name Type Range Description
label String This attribute determines the label for the data item. The label appears on the x-axis of chart.
showLabel Boolean 0/1 You can individually opt to show/hide labels of individual data items using this attribute.
toolText String The tooltip defined in the <category> element appears only when the mouse cursor is hovered over the data plots. However, this will not appear when the cursor is moved over the data labels (except for a situation when long labels are automatically truncated with ellipses. In this situation, if the mouse cursor is hovered over a truncated label, the tooltip will appear with the full label).

In case you want to set a short label and show the full label in tooltip, define the full label using this attribute within the <category> element. The tooltip with the full label will appear only when the mouse is hovered on the dataplot.
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<dataset> element

Each <dataset> element contains a series of data.

For example, if we're plotting a monthly sales comparison chart for 2 successive years, the first dataset will contain the data for first year and the next one for the second year.

You can provide dataset level cosmetics so that all data within that dataset will be plotted in the same color/alpha/etc.

Also, each dataset can be named using the seriesName attribute of <dataset> element. The series name appears in the legend of the chart. In our previous example, the series name could have well been 2005 and 2006 for first and second dataset respectively.

Depending on the chart type, there are a number of properties which you can define for each <dataset> element.

Attribute Name Type Range Description
renderAs String COLUMN, AREA or LINE This attribute defines what the particular dataset will be plotted as. Valid values are COLUMN, AREA or LINE.
seriesName String Lets you specify the series name for a particular dataset. For example, if you're plotting a chart to indicate monthly sales analysis for 2005 and 2006, the seriesName for the first dataset will be 2005 and that of the second will be 2006. The seriesName of a dataset is shown in legend.
color Color Hex Code This attribute sets the color using which columns, lines, area of that dataset will be drawn.
showValues Boolean 0/1 Whether to show the values for this dataset.
includeInLegend Boolean 0/1 Whether to include the seriesName of this dataset in legend. In combination charts, this can be particularly useful when you've used the area/line chart to plot a trend but do not want the seriesName of that trend to appear in legend.
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<set> element

Each <set> element (child of <chart> or <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 combination chart, it could look like:

<dataset seriesName='2006'>
	<set value='35445' />
	<set value='35675' />
	.... and so on ....
</dataset>

In combination charts, you should again note that the number of <category> elements should be equal to the number of data points in each data sets, i.e., if you mention twelve categories (twelve months), the data for both years (2005 & 2006) should also contain twelve <set> elements (twelve rows of data).

Attribute Name Type Range Description
value Number Numerical value for the data item. This value will 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.
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, FusionCharts XT shows the series Name, Category 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.
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Trend-lines

Using the <trendLines> element (and 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.

For each trend line on the chart, you need to define a <line> element under <trendLines> element as under:

<trendLines>
  <line startValue='895' color='FF0000' displayValue='Average' />
</trendLines>

You can control the cosmetic and functional properties of trend-lines using the following attributes:

Attribute Name Type Range Description
startValue Number Numeric Value The starting value for the trendline. Say, if you want to plot a slanted trendline from value 102 to 109, the startValue will be 102.
endValue Number Numeric 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 will be 109. If you do not specify a value for endValue, it will 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 don't supply this attribute, it automatically takes the value of startValue.
color String Hex Code Color of the trend line and its associated text.
thickness Number In Pixels If you've 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.
valueOnRight Boolean 0/1 Whether to show the trendline 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.
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The chart also accepts the following features, which have not been discussed here:

  • Exporting Chart: All the attributes pertinent to exporting of charts as images or pdfs are discussed in the Exporting as Image/PDF section.
  • Exporting Chart Data: All the attributes pertinent to exporting of chart data are discussed in the Exporting Chart Data section.
  • Styles: All the attributes pertinent to Styles are discussed in the FusionCharts XT Styles section.