Error Line 2D Chart

ALIAS: errorline

Example of Error Line Chart:

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JavaScript embedding code:

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

Data for this chart:

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Chart Attributes

Functional Attributes

You can 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.

These attributes let you control the functional properties of an error line chart.

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.
palette Number 1-5 Each chart has 5 pre-defined color palettes which you can choose from. Each palette renders the chart in a different color theme.
paletteColors String List of hex color codes separated by comma While the `palette` attribute allows to select a palette theme that applies to chart background, canvas, font and tool-tips, it does not change the colors of data items (that is, column, line, pie etc.). Using `paletteColors` attribute, you can specify your custom list of hex colors for the data items. The list of colors have to be separated by comma. For example, `"paletteColors": "#FF0000, #0372AB, #FF5904..."`. The chart will cycle through the list of specified colors and then render the data plot accordingly. To use the same set of colors throughout all your charts in a web application, you can store the list of palette colors in your application globally and then provide the same in each chart JSON.
connectNullData Boolean 0/1 This attributes lets you control Whether empty data sets in your data will be connected to each other OR would they appear as broken data sets.
showLabels Boolean 0/1 It sets the configuration whether the x-axis labels will be displayed or not.
maxLabelHeight
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels This attribute can be used to set the maximum height for the x-axis labels (data labels) excluding the x-axis title. If any label goes beyond this height, the label will be truncated. In stagger mode, the number of stagger lines will be reduced if they exceed this value.
labelDisplay String 'AUTO', 'WRAP':, 'STAGGER', 'ROTATE', 'NONE' Using this attribute, you can customize the alignment of data labels (x-axis labels). There are 5 options: AUTO, WRAP, STAGGER, ROTATE or NONE. By default, this attribute is set to AUTO mode which means that the alignment of the data labels is determined automatically depending on the size of the chart. WRAP wraps the label text if it is too long to fit in one line. ROTATE rotates the labels vertically. STAGGER divides the labels into multiple lines.
useEllipsesWhenOverflow Boolean 0/1 When enabled in AUTO mode, long data labels are truncated by adding ellipses to prevent them from overflowing the chart background. The default value is 1.
rotateLabels Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the data labels would show up as rotated labels on the chart.
slantLabels Boolean 0/1 If you have opted to show rotated labels on chart, this attribute lets you set the configuration whether the labels would show as slanted labels or fully vertical ones.
labelStep Number 1 or above By default, all the labels are displayed on the chart. However, if you have a set of streaming data (like name of months or days of week), you can opt to show every n-th label for better clarity. This attribute just lets you do so. It allows to display every n(th) x-axis label.
staggerLines Number 2 or above If you have opted for STAGGER mode as labelDisplay, using this attribute you can control how many lines to stagger the label to. By default, all labels are displayed in a single line.
showValues Boolean 0/1 Sets the configuration whether data values would be displayed along with the data plot on chart.
valuePosition String "ABOVE", "BELOW", "AUTO" If you have opted to show data values on the chart, this attribute lets you adjust the vertical alignment of data values with respect to dataplots. By default, this attribute is set to AUTO mode in which the alignment of each data value is determined automatically based on the position of each plot point. In ABOVE mode, data values are displayed above the plot points unless a plot point is too close to the upper edge of the canvas while in BELOW mode, data values are displayed below the plot points unless a plot point is too close to the lower edge of the canvas.
rotateValues Boolean 0/1 If you've opted to show data values, you can rotate them using this attribute.
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.
showZeroPlaneValue Boolean 0/1 Allows you to show or hide the value 0f the zero plane.
showYAxisValues Boolean 0/1 The y-axis of the charts is divided into vertical sections using div (divisional) lines. Each div line assumes a value based on its position. Using this attribute you can set whether to show those div line (y-axis) values or not.The values of `showLimits` and `showDivLineValues`, if specified explicitly, overrides the value of this attribute.
showLimits Boolean 0/1 Whether to show chart limit values. If not specified `showYAxisValues `overrides this attribute.
showDivLineValues Boolean 0/1 Whether to show div line values. If not specified `showYAxisValues` overrides this attribute.
yAxisValuesStep Number 1 or above By default, all div lines show their values. However, you can opt to display every x(th) div line value using this attribute.
showShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to apply the shadow effects for data plot.
adjustDiv Boolean 0/1 The chart automatically tries to adjust divisional lines and limit values based on the data provided. However, if you want to set your explicit lower and upper limit values and number of divisional lines, first set this attribute to false. That would disable automatic adjustment of divisional lines.
rotateYAxisName Boolean 0/1 If you do not wish to rotate y-axis name, set this as 0. It specifically comes to use when you have special characters (UTF8) in your y-axis name that do not show up in rotated mode.
yAxisNameWidth Number In Pixels If you opt to not rotate y-axis name, you can choose a maximum width that will be applied to y-axis name.
halfErrorBar Boolean 0/1 PowerCharts XT supports two types of error bars - normal error bars (half) and high-low error bars (full). Using this attribute, you can set whether to show half error bars or full error bars.
errorBarWidth Number In Pixels This attribute lets you set the width for the horizontal and vertical error bars.
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.
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'`.
yAxisMinValue Number Numeric Value This attribute helps you explicitly set the lower limit of the chart. If you do not specify this value, it is automatically calculated by the chart based on the data provided by you.
yAxisMaxValue Number Numeric Value This attribute helps you explicitly set the upper limit of the chart. If you do not specify this value, it is automatically calculated by the chart based on the data provided by you.
setAdaptiveYMin Boolean 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the y-axis lower limit would be 0 (in case of all positive values on chart) or should the y-axis lower limit adapt itself to a different figure based on values provided to the chart.

Chart Titles and Axis Names

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

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.

Chart Caption Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure the cosmetics of chart caption and sub-caption.

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

X-axis Name Cosmetics

These attributes let you control the X-Axis name cosmetics.

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

Y-axis Name Cosmetics

These attributes let you control the Y-Axis name cosmetics.

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

Chart Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure chart cosmetics like background color, background alpha, canvas color & alpha etc.

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

Data Plot Cosmetics

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

These attributes let you configure how your plot (columns, lines, area, pie or any data that you're plotting) will appear on the chart.

Name Type Range Description
lineColor Color Hex Code Color using which the lines on the chart will be drawn.
lineThickness Number In Pixels Thickness of the lines on the chart.
lineAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha of the lines on the chart.
lineDashed Boolean 0/1 Configuration whether to show the lines as dashed lines.
lineDashLen Number In Pixels If the lines are to be shown as dashes, this attribute defines the length of dash.
lineDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.
errorBarColor Color Hex Code Color for all the error bars on the chart.
errorBarAlpha Number 0-100 Alpha for all the error bars on the chart.
errorBarThickness Number In Pixels Thickness for all the error bars on the chart. For Error Line charts, the value of this attribute cannot exceed the value of the `LineThickness` attribute.

Data Value Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure font, background and border cosmetics, of value text-field that appear for each data plot.

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

Anchors

If the price is plotted as line chart, anchors (or marker points) are polygons which appear at the joint of two consecutive line points. These are indicators to show the position of data points.

The anchors handle tool tips and links for the data points. So, if you opt to not render anchors on a chart, the tool tips and links won't function. You can, however, hide them by setting alpha to 0 and still enable tool tips and links.

These attributes let you represent data point in a line/spline/area chart.

Name Type Range Description
drawAnchors Boolean 0/1 Whether to draw anchors on the chart. If the anchors are not shown, then the tool tip and links will not work.
anchorSides Number 3-20 This attribute sets the number of sides the anchor will have. For example, an anchor with 3 sides would represent a triangle, with 4 it would be a square and so on.
anchorRadius Number In Pixels This attribute sets the radius (in pixels) of the anchor.
anchorBorderColor Color Hex Code Lets you set the border color of anchors.
anchorBorderThickness Number In Pixels Helps you set border thickness of anchors.
anchorBgColor Color Hex Code Helps you set the background color of anchors.
anchorAlpha Number 0-100 Helps you set the alpha of entire anchors. If you need to hide the anchors on chart but still enable tool tips, set this as 0.
anchorBgAlpha Number 0-100 Helps you set the alpha of anchor background.

Divisional Lines & Grids

You can control various 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.

These attributes let you configure the divisional lines and grids in a chart.

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

Legend Properties

In error line chart, 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.

These attributes let you configure the functional and cosmetic properties for the legend.

Name Type Range Description
showLegend Boolean 0/1 Whether to show legend on the chart.
legendItemFontBold Boolean 0/1 Whether legend keys should be displayed in bold
legendItemFont String Font Name Sets legend item font
legendItemFontSize Number 0 - 72 Sets legend item font size
legendItemFontColor Color Hex Code Sets legend item font color
legendItemHoverFontColor Color Hex Code Sets legend item font color on hover
legendCaptionAlignment String "left", "center", "right" Sets the legend caption horizontal alignment .
legendCaptionBold Boolean 0/1 Whether legend caption should be displayed in bold
legendCaptionFont String Font Name Sets legend caption font
legendCaptionFontSize Number 0 - 72 Sets legend caption font size
legendIconScale Number 1-5 Scaling of legend icon is possible starting PowerCharts XT. This attribute lets you control the size of legend icon.
legendItemHiddenColor Color Hex Code Sets the color that applies on both text font and icon when they are in a disabled / hidden state
legendPosition String BOTTOM or RIGHT The legend can be plotted at two positions on the chart - below (BOTTOM) the chart and to the right (RIGHT) of the chart.
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 have 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.
reverseLegend Boolean 0/1 You can reverse the ordering of datasets in the legend by setting this attribute to 1.
interactiveLegend 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 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 Boolean 0/1 Whether to minimize legend item text wrapping.

Number Formatting Properties

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

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

Name Type Range Description
formatNumber Boolean 0/1 This configuration determines whether the numbers displayed on the chart will be formatted using commas, for example, 40,000 if `"formatNumber":"1"` and 40000 if `"formatNumber":"0"`.
formatNumberScale Boolean 0/1 Configuration whether to add K (thousands) and M (millions) to a number after truncating and rounding it - for example, if `formatNumberScale` is set to 1, 1043 would become 1.04K (with decimals set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions - an M will be added at the end.
defaultNumberScale String The default unit of the numbers that you're providing to the chart.
numberScaleUnit String Unit of each block of the scale.
numberScaleValue String Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale.
scaleRecursively
Since 3.2.1
Boolean 0/1 Whether recursive scaling should be applied.
maxScaleRecursion
Since 3.2.1
Number How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion.
scaleSeparator
Since 3.2.1
String What character to use to separate the scales that are generated after recursion?
numberPrefix String Character Using this attribute, you could add prefix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all dollars figure on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ' $' to show like $40000, $50000.
numberSuffix String Character Using this attribute, you could add a suffix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all figures quantified as per annum on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ' /a' to show like 40000/a, 50000/a.
decimalSeparator String Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number.
thousandSeparator String Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number.
thousandSeparatorPosition
Since 3.2.1
Number   This option helps you specify the position of the thousand separator.
inDecimalSeparator String Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, the chart accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can convert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the decimal separator.
inThousandSeparator String Character In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give an error while converting to number. So, the chart 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.
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 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.
forceYAxisValueDecimals 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.
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.

Font Properties

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

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

Tool-tip Properties

These attributes let you configure tool-tip properties.

Name Type Range Description
showToolTip Boolean 0/1 Whether to show tool tip on chart.
toolTipBgColor Color Hex Code Background color for tool tip.
toolTipColor Color Code Hex Code Font color for the tool-tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color Hex Code Border color for tool tip.
toolTipSepChar String The character specified as the value of this attribute separates the name and value displayed in tool tip.
seriesNameInToolTip Boolean 0/1 For Multi-series charts, PowerCharts 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 would show up in tool tip or not.
showToolTipShadow Boolean 0/1 Whether to show shadow for tool-tips on the chart.

Data Plot Hover Effects

You can show an effect on the data plot (column, line anchor, pie etc.) when the user hovers his mouse over the data plot using hover effects of data plots.

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

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

Chart Padding & Margins

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

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

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

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

Name Type Range Description
captionPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space (in pixels) between the sub-caption and top of the chart canvas. If the sub-caption is not defined, it controls the space between caption and top of chart canvas. If neither caption, nor sub-caption is defined, this padding does not come into play.
xAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the top end of x-axis title and the bottom end of data labels (or canvas, if data labels are not to be shown).
yAxisNamePadding Number In Pixels Using this, you can set the distance between the right end of y-axis title and the start of y-axis values (or canvas, if the y-axis values are not to be shown).
yAxisValuesPadding Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the horizontal space between the canvas left edge and the y-axis values or trend line values (on left or right side). This is particularly useful, when you want more space between your canvas and y-axis values.
labelPadding Number In Pixels This attribute sets the vertical space between the labels and canvas bottom edge. If you want more space between the canvas and the x-axis labels, you can use this attribute to control it.
valuePadding Number In Pixels It sets the vertical space between the end of columns and start of value textboxes. This basically helps you control the space you want between your columns or anchors and the value textboxes.
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 at the bottom of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
canvasPadding Number In Pixels Lets you set the space between the canvas border and first & last data points
legendPadding Number In Pixels Padding of legend from right/bottom side of canvas
canvasLeftMargin Number In Pixels This attribute lets you control the space between the start of chart canvas and the start (x) of chart. In case of 2D charts, the canvas is the visible rectangular box. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart left side and canvas left side. By default, the chart automatically calculates this space depending on the elements to be placed on the chart. However, if you want to over-ride this value with a higher value, you can use this attribute to specify the same. Please note that you cannot specify a margin lower than what has been calculated by the chart. This attribute is particularly useful, when you have multiple charts placed in a page and want all their canvas start position to align with each other - so in such a case, you can set same margin value (a value large enough that it does not get rejected by chart owing to it being lower than the calculated value) for all such charts in the page.
canvasRightMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between end of canvas and end of chart.
canvasTopMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between top of canvas and top of chart.
canvasBottomMargin Number In Pixels Like `canvasLeftMargin`, this attribute lets you set the space between bottom of canvas and bottom of chart.

<categories> element

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

These attributes of the <categories> element let you control the font properties of data labels.

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.

<category> element

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

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

These attributes let you configure the <category> element.

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 anchors. 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 particular anchor.
font
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the x-axis label font family for the text.
fontColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the x-axis label font color.
fontSize
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 72 Specifies the x-axis label font size.
fontBold
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be bold or not.
fontItalic
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be italicized or not.
bgColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the background color for x-axis label text.
borderColor
Since 3.5.0
Color Hex Code Sets the color of the border around the x-axis label text.
alpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label alpha for both font and background.
bgAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label background alpha.
borderAlpha
Since 3.5.0
Number 0 - 100 Sets the x-axis label border alpha.
borderPadding
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border padding.
borderRadius
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border radius.
borderThickness
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border thickness.
borderDashed
Since 3.5.0
Boolean 0/1 Whether the x-axis label border should be rendered using dashed lines?
borderDashLen
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the length of each dash line.
borderDashGap
Since 3.5.0
Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashed lines.
link
Since 3.5.0
String Sets the link for each individual x-axis label.

Vertical Data Separator Lines

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

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

Use the code snippet shown below to render a vertical data separator line on the chart:

    "data": [{
                "label": "Fri",
                "value": "5529"
            },
            {
                 "vline": "true",
                 "linePosition": "0.8",
                 "color": "#333333",
                 "thickness": "1"
            },
            {
                "label": "Sat",
                "value": "5803"
            }];

These attributes let you configure the vertical data separator lines cosmetics for the chart.

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

<dataset> element

Each <dataset> element contains a series of data.You can provide data-set level cosmetics so that all data within that data-set will be plotted in the same color/alpha/etc.

These properties let you configure a <dataset> element.

Name Type Range Description
includeInLegend Boolean 0/1 Whether to include the `seriesName` of this data-set in legend.
seriesName String Lets you specify the series name for a particular data-set. For example, if you are 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 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 Number 0-100 This attribute sets the alpha (transparency) of the entire data-set.
showValues Boolean 0/1 Whether to show the values for this data-set.
valuePosition String "ABOVE", "BELOW", "AUTO" This attribute lets you adjust the vertical alignment of data values for all dataplots in the dataset. The alignment is set with respect to the position of the dataplots on the chart. By default, the attribute is set to AUTO mode in which the alignment of each data value is determined automatically based on the position of each plot point. In ABOVE mode, data values are displayed above the plot points unless a plot point is too close to the upper edge of the canvas. While in BELOW mode, data values are displayed below the plot points unless a plot point is too close to the lower edge of the canvas. The attribute will function only if showValue attribute is set to 1 in this particular data-set.
dashed Boolean 0/1 Whether this data-set would appear as dashed.
drawAnchors Boolean 0/1 Whether to draw anchors for the particular data-set. If the anchors are not shown, then the tool tip and links won't work for the data-set.
anchorSides Number 3-20 Sets the number of sides that the anchors of the particular data-set will have. For example, an anchor with 3 sides would represent a triangle, with 4 it would be a square and so on.
anchorRadius Number In Pixels This attribute sets the radius (in pixels) of the anchors of the particular data-set.
anchorBorderColor Color Hex Code Lets you set the border color of anchors of the particular data-set.
anchorBorderThickness Number In Pixels Helps you set border thickness of anchors of the particular data-set.
anchorBgColor Color Hex Code Helps you set the background color of anchors of the particular data-set.
anchorAlpha Number 0-100 Helps you set the alpha of entire anchors of the particular data-set. If you need to hide the anchors for the data-set but still enable tool tips, set this as 0.
anchorBgAlpha Number 0-100 Helps you set the alpha of anchor background of the particular data-set.
lineThickness Number In Pixels Thickness of the lines for the particular data-set.
lineDashLen Number In Pixels If the lines are to be shown as dash for the particular data-set, this attribute defines the length of dash.
lineDashGap Number In Pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes.

<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 would appear on the chart.

In error charts, along with the chart data, we also plot the range of possible error as the value of errorValue attribute in the respective <set> elements.

For an error line chart, it could look like:

<dataset seriesName='Series 1'>
    <set value='35445' errorValue='4356' />
    <set value='35675' errorValue='2355' />
    .... and so on ....
</dataset>

These attributes let you configure the <set> element.

Name Type Range Description
value Number Numerical value for the data item. This value would be plotted on the chart.
errorValue Number Error value to be plotted as error bar on the chart.
displayValue String   If instead of the numerical value of this data, you wish to display a custom string value, you can specify the same here. Examples are annotation for a data item etc.
color Color Hex Code For Multi-series 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 its color at "set" level using this attribute.
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 will need to Url Encode all the special characters (like ? and &) present in the link.
toolText String By default, PowerCharts 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.
showValue Boolean 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide values of individual data items using this attribute. This value over-rides the data-set level value.
valuePosition String "ABOVE", "BELOW", "AUTO" If you've opted to show a particular data value on the chart, this attribute lets you adjust the vertical alignment of individual data values with respect to dataplots. By default, this attribute is set to AUTO mode in which the alignment of a data value is determined automatically based on the position of its plot point. In ABOVE mode, a data value is displayed above the plot point unless a plot point is too close to the upper edge of the canvas while in BELOW mode, a data value is displayed below the plot point unless a plot point is too close to the lower edge of the canvas.
alpha Number 0-100 For Multi-series 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.
anchorSides Number 3-20 Lets you specify "set" specific sides of the anchor.
anchorRadius Number In Pixels Lets you specify "set" specific radius (in pixels) of the anchor.
anchorBorderColor Color Hex Code Lets you specify "set" specific border color of the anchor.
anchorBorderThickness Number In Pixels Lets you specify "set" specific border thickness of the anchor.
anchorBgColor Color Hex Code Lets you specify "set" specific background color of the anchor.
anchorAlpha Number 0-100 Lets you specify "set" specific alpha of the anchor.
anchorBgAlpha Number 0-100 Lets you specify "set" specific alpha of the anchor background.
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.

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.

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

    "trendlines": [{
     "line": [{
                "startvalue": "177500",
                 "color": "#9b59b6",
                 "displayvalue": "Target"
             }]
                    }]

These attributes let you configure the trend-line cosmetic and functional properties.

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