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Logarithmic Column 2D Chart Specification Sheet

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Chart Image Chart Objects Functional Attributes Titles and Axis Names Chart Cosmetics Divisional Lines/Grids Legend Tool-tip Paddings and Margins	Sample XML Data <categories> element <category> element <dataset> element <set> element Plot Cosmetics	Number Formatting Font Properties Vertical Lines Trend Lines

Logarithmic Column 2D chart

Sample XML for Logarithmic Column 2D chart:

			<chart caption='Business Results 2005 v 2006' xAxisName='Month' yAxisName='Revenue' showValues='0' numberPrefix='$'>

   <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'>

      <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>

   <trendlines>

      <line startValue='26000' color='91C728' displayValue='Target' showOnTop='1'/>

   </trendlines>

   <styles>

      <definition>

         <style name='CanvasAnim' type='animation' param='_xScale' start='0' duration='1' />

      </definition>

      <application>

         <apply toObject='Canvas' styles='CanvasAnim' />

      </application>   

   </styles>

</chart>

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
CANVAS	In 2D Charts, CANVAS refers to the area in which the actual chart is plotted. It is represented by a bounded rectangle. In 3D charts, it refers to the 3D base on which the columns are built.	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.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
DATAPLOT	DATAPLOT refers to the actual plot of the chart. For example, in Column 2D chart, columns are referred to as DATAPLOT. In Pie chart, it's the pies. In Bubble chart, it's the bubbles and so on.	Animation Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y _xScale _yScale
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.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
DIVLINES	DIVLINES are horizontal or vertical lines running through the canvas. Each divisional line signifes a smaller unit of the entire axis thus aiding the users in interpreting the chart.	Animation Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _y _xScale
LEGEND	LEGEND is the object in which the series names of all data-sets 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 mouse is hovered over the data plots.	Font
TRENDLINES	TRENDLINES refer to horizontal/vertical lines spanning the chart canvas which aid in interpretation of data with respect to some pre-determined value.	Animation Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _y _xScale _yScale
TRENDVALUES	TRENDVALUES refer to the display values of trend-lines (if any).	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
VLINES	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. In case of bar charts, they are horizontal and run through the width of chart.	Animation Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y _yScale
VLINELABELS	VLINELABELS refers to any labels that have been created for vertical separator lines.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha
XAXISNAME	XAXISNAME refers to the x-axis title of the chart.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
YAXISNAME	YAXISNAME refers to the y-axis title of the chart.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
YAXISVALUES	YAXISVALUES refers to the limit values or divisional line values, which are displayed along the y-axis of the chart.	Animation Font Shadow Glow Bevel Blur	_alpha _x _y
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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
base	Number	Positive Numeric Value apart from 1	Using this attribute, you can set the base of the logarithmic chart. The value has to be a positive numeric value apart from 1.
invertYAxis	Boolean	0/1	Whether to use inverted y-axis so that y-axis upper limit appears at canvas bottom instead of top.
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	FusionCharts introduces 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.
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.
showLabels	Boolean	0/1	It sets the configuration whether the x-axis labels will be displayed or not.
labelDisplay	String	AUTO Since v1.3 WRAP STAGGER ROTATE or NONE	Using this attribute, you can control how your data labels (x-axis labels) would appear on the chart. There are 4 options: WRAP, STAGGER, ROTATE, or NONE. WRAP wraps the label text if it's longer than the allotted area. ROTATE rotates the label in vertical or slanted position. STAGGER divides the labels into multiple lines.
useEllipsesWhenOverflow Since v1.3	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've 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've a set of streaming data (like name of months or days of week), you can opt to hide every n-th label for better clarity. This attributes just lets you do so. It allows to skip every n(th) X-axis label.
staggerLines	Number	2 or above	If you've 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've opted to show data values, you can rotate them using this attribute.
placeValuesInside	Boolean	0/1	If you've 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	FusionCharts 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.
showShadow	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show shadows for data plot?
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've 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.
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.
defaultAnimation	Boolean	0/1	By default, each chart animates some of its elements. If you wish to switch off the default animation patterns, you can set this attribute to 0. It can be particularly useful when you want to define your own animation patterns using Styles feature.
showZeroPlaneValue	Boolean	0/1	Allows you to show or hide the value of the zero plane.
showPrintMenuItem	Boolean	0/1	When you write click on the chart it shows a context menu. This attribute allows you to show or hide the "Print" option in the context menu.
showTooltipforWrappedLabels	Boolean	0/1	When the labels of the chart are too lengthy, the chart truncates them and displays a part of the label. In this situation, this attribute shows a tooltip displaying the complete label when the mouse is hovered on the shortened labels.
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'.
showLimits	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show chart limit values. showYAxisValues is the single new attribute in which over-rides this value.
showDivLineValues	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show div line values. showYAxisValues is the single new attribute in which over-rides this value.
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 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 based on the data provided by you.
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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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The following attributes let you configure chart cosmetics like background color, background alpha, canvas color & alpha, 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.
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.
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 the gradient specification 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 the gradient specification 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 the gradient specification page for more details.
bgAngle	Number	0-360	Angle of the background color, in case of a gradient. See the gradient specification 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.
bgImageAlpha or bgSWFAlpha - deprecated	Number	0-100	Helps you specify the opacity for the loaded background image or Flash movie.
bgSWFDisplayMode Since v1.3	String	stretch, tile, fit, fill, center, none	Helps you specify the mode in which the background image is to be displayed. Stretch - disproportionately sets the full image on the chart area 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 For more details click here.
bgSWFVAlign Since v1.3	String	left, center, right	Helps you to vertically align the background image.
bgSWFHAlign Since v1.3	String	left, center, right	Helps you to horizontally align the background image.
bgSWFScale Since v1.3	Number	0-300	Helps you magnify the background image.This attribute will only work when the attribute bgSWFDisplayMode is set to none, center or tile.
canvasBgColor	Color		Sets Canvas background color. For Gradient effect, enter colors separated by comma.
canvasBgAlpha	Number		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		Helps you specify canvas background angle in case of gradient.
canvasBorderColor	Color		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.
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 sub-domain as 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 atribute.
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.
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These attributes let you configure how your plot (colums, lines, area, pie, or any data that you're plotting) would appear on 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.

Attribute Name	Type	Range	Description
useRoundEdges	Boolean	0/1	If you wish to plot columns with round edges and fill them with a glass effect gradient, set this attribute to 1. The following functionalities wouldn't work when this attribute is set to 1: showShadow attribute doesn't work any more. If you want to remove shadow from columns, you'll have to over-ride the shadow with a new shadow style (applied to DATAPLOT) with alpha as 0. Plot fill properties like gradient color, angle etc. wouldn't work any more, as the colors for gradient are now calculated by the chart itself. Plot border properties also do not work in this mode. Also, you cannot render the border as dash in this mode.
showPlotBorder	Boolean	0/1	Whether the column, area, pie, etc. border would show up.
plotBorderColor	Color		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	If plot border is to appear as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each gap between two dash.
plotFillAngle	Number	0-360	If you've 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've 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've opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the fill alpha for gradient.
plotGradientColor	Color	Hex Color	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've 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.
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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 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.

Attribute Name	Type	Range	Description
divLineColor	Color		Color for divisional lines
divLineThickness	Number	1-5	Thickness of divisional lines
divLineAlpha	Number	0-100	Alpha of divisional lines.
divLineIsDashed	Boolean	0/1	Whether the divisional lines should display as dash?
divLineDashLen	Number	In Pixels	If the divisional lines are to be displayed as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash.
divLineDashGap	Number	In Pixels	If the divisional lines are to be displayed as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each gap between dash.
showMinorDivLineValues	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show minor divisional lines? Minor divisional lines are incremental scale lines between any two major division line.
numMinorDivLines	Number	Value greater than 0.	Number of minor division lines to be plotted between any two major divisional lines.
minorDivLineColor	Color	Hex Code	Color of minor divisional lines.
minorDivLineThickness	Number	In Pixels	Thickness of minor divisional lines.
minorDivLineAlpha	Number	0-100	Alpha of minor divisional lines.
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In multi-series / combination charts, the series name of each data-set 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 (only multi-series and combination charts)?
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 v1.3	Number	0-5	Scaling of legend icon is possible starting FusionCharts for Flex v1.3. 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.
reverseLegend	Boolean	0/1	You can reverse the ordering of datasets in the legend by setting this attribute to 1.
interactiveLegend Since v1.3	Boolean	0/1	This attribute lets you interact with the legend in your chart. When you click a legend key, the dataplots associated with that series are eliminated from the chart. Re-clicking the key causes the dataplots to reappear.
legendNumColumns Since v1.3	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 v1.3	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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FusionCharts 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 would 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'
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 would become 1.04K (with decimals set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions - an M will added at the end. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
defaultNumberScale	String		The default unit of the numbers that you're providing to the chart. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
numberScaleUnit	String		Unit of each block of the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
numberScaleValue	String		Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
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 Number Formatting section.
numberSuffix	String	Character	Using this attribute, you could add 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 Number Formatting section.
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 Number Formatting section.
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 Number Formatting section.
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 a error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can covert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the decimal separator. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
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 a error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can covert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the thousand separator. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
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, FusionCharts will convert the number to 23.40 (note the extra 0 at the end)
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.
forceYAxisValueDecimals Since v1.3	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.
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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 need to use the STYLES feature of FusionCharts. 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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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.
showToolTipShadow	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show shadow for tool-tips on the chart.
seriesNameInToolTip	Boolean	0/1	For multi-series and combination charts, FusionCharts 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 would show up in tool tip or not?
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The following attributes help you control chart margins and paddings.

FusionCharts lets you customize the padding of various elements on the chart manually that allows advanced manipulation and control over chart visualization. Padding in FusionCharts 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 wouldn't plot anything in that space.

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

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.
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/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/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.
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. In case of 3D charts, the canvas box is the imaginary box around the 3D canvas. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart left side and canvas left side. By default, FusionCharts 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've 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 doesn't 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.
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The <categories> element lets you bunch together x-axis labels of the chart. For a multi-series/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.

Additionally, in case of scatter (XY Plot)/Bubble chart, the attributes of <categories> element can be used to define the cosmetics of vertical chart lines.

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

In multi-series/combination charts, it's necessary to provide an equal number of <category> elements and data items (<set> elements within each <dataset>). FusionCharts 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 label of each category shows up on the x-axis. However, there might be cases where you want to display short label (or abbreviated label) on the axis and show the full label as tool tip. This attribute lets you specify the tool tip text for the label.
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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. In case of bar charts, they are horizontal and run through the width of chart.

For example, suppose you're plotting a chart showing monthly sales from October 2005-Mar 2006. You might also want to plot a vertical separator line between Dec 2005 and January 2006 to indicate end of year.

In single series charts, the vertical lines are used as under:

<set label='Oct 2005' value='35456' />
<set label='Nov 2005' value='28556' />
<set label='Dec 2005' value='36556' />
<vLine color='FF5904' thickness='2' />
<set label='Jan 2006' value='45456' />
<set label='Feb 2006' value='35456' />

In multi-series charts, it is used between <category> elements as under:

<categories>
<category label='Oct 2005' />
<category label='Nov 2005' />
<category label='Dec 2005' />
<vLine color='FF5904' thickness='2' />
<category label='Jan 2006' />
<category label='Feb 2006' />
</categories>

You can configure the cosmetics of vertical separator lines using the following attributes:

Attribute Name	Type	Range	Description
color	Color	Hex Color	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 i.e., 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’s 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.
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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 data-set would contain the data for first year and the next one for the second year.

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

Also, each data-set 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 data-set 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
seriesName	String		Lets you specify the series name for a particular data-set. For example, if you're plotting a chart to indicate monthly sales analysis for 2005 and 2006, the seriesName for the first dataset would be 2005 and that of the second would be 2006. The seriesName of a data-set is shown in legend.
color	Color	Hex Code (Or Comma separated list)	This attribute sets the color using which columns, lines, area of that data-set would be drawn. For column chart, you can specify a list of comma separated hex codes to get a gradient plot.
alpha	String	0-100 or Comma Separated List	This attribute sets the alpha (transparency) of the entire data-set.
ratio	String	Comma separated list of ratios	If you've opted to show columns as gradients, this attribute lets you control the ratio of each color. Please see Gradients under Advanced Charting Section to get more information.
showValues	Boolean	0/1	Whether to show the values for this data-set?
dashed	Boolean	0/1	Whether this data-set would appear as dashed?
includeInLegend	Boolean	0/1	Whether to include the seriesName of this data-set in legend? This can be particularly useful when you're using combination charts and you've used the area/line chart to plot a trend, and you do not want the seriesName of that trend to appear in legend.
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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 would appear on the chart.

For a single series chart, a typical <set> element would look like:
<set label='January' value='17400' />

For a multi-series chart, it would look like:
<dataset seriesName='2006'>
<set value='35445' />
<set value='35675' />
.... and so on ....
</dataset>

In multi-series/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 would be plotted on the chart.
color	Color	Hex Code	For multi-series and combination charts, you can define the color of data-sets at dataset level. However, if you wish to highlight a particular data element, you can specify it's color at "set" level using this attribute. This attribute accepts hex color codes without #.
ratio	String	Comma separated list of ratios	If you've opted to show individual columns as gradients, this attribute lets you control the ratio of each color.
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 "Advanced Charting > Drill Down Charts" 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 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.
showValue	Boolean	0/1	You can individually opt to show/hide values of individual data items using this attribute. This value over-rides the data-set level value.
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.). This value over-rides the data-set level value.
alpha	Number	0-100	For multi-series and combination charts, you can define the alpha of data-sets at dataset level. However, if you wish to highlight a particular data element, you can specify it's alpha at "set" level using this attribute.
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Using the <trendLines> element (and children <line> elements), you can define trendlines on the chart.

Trend lines are horizontal/vertical 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 would 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 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 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.
isTrendZone	Boolean	0/1	Whether the trend would display a line, or a zone (filled colored rectangle).
showOnTop	Boolean	0/1	Whether the trend line/zone would be displayed over data plots or under them?
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.
dashed	Boolean	0/1	If you've 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've opted to show trend line as dash, this attribute lets you control the length of each dash.
dashGap	Number	In Pixels	If you've 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 trendline/zone.
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