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Creating chart objects and setting chart types and styles

To create a chart in accordance with the specified chart type and style, use the following code:

create(chartType, chartStyle, startCell, columnSize, rowSize)

Where the parameters are:

• chartType: case-sensitive type of the created chart with one of the following options:

• • "Line"
  • "Column"
  • "Pie"
  • "Bar"
  • "Area"
  • "Surface"
  • "Radar"

• chartStyle: case-sensitive style of the created chart with one of the following options:

• • Line
    • "Line" (the default style)
    • "Staked Line"
    • "100% Stacked Line"
    • "Line with Markers"
    • "Stacked Line with Markers"
    • "100% Stacked Line with Markers"
    • "3-D Line"
  • Column
    • "Clustered Column" (the default style)
    • "Stacked Column"
    • "100% Stacked Column"
    • "3-D Clustered Column"
    • "3-D Stacked Column"
    • "3-D 100% Stacked Column"
    • "3-D Column"
  • Pie
    • "Pie" (the default style)
    • "3-D Pie"
    • "Doughnut"

• • Bar

    • "Clustered Bar" (the default style)

    • "Stacked Bar"

    • "100% Stacked Bar"

    • "3-D Clustered Bar"

    • "3-D Stacked Bar"

    • "3-D 100% Stacked Bar"

  • Area

    • "Area" (the default style)

    • "Stacked Area"

    • "100% Stacked Area"

    • "3-D Area"

    • "3-D Stacked Area"

    • "3-D 100% Stacked Area"

  • Surface

    • "3-D Surface" (the default style)

    • "Wireframe 3-D Surface"

    • "Contour"

    • "Wireframe Contour"

  • Radar

    • "Radar" (the default style)

    • "Radar with Markers"

    • "Filled Radar"

• startCell: the first cell of the data table used for the chart.
• columnSize and rowSize: numeric values that determine the size of the data table.
  
  

An example of the code for a 3x5 size data table starting at cell A4:

#set($linechart = $chart.create("Column", "3-D Column", "A4", 3, 5))

Setting chart titles

To set a chart title, use the following code:

setTitle(title String)

For example:

$linechart.setTitle("Line Chart")

Printing a chart to a report

To print a chart to a report, use the following code:

buildChart()

For example:

$linechart.buildChart()

A full sample of the Chart tool code is shown below:

#import('chart', 'com.nomagic.reportwizard.tools.ChartTool')
#set($linechart = $chart.create("Column", "3-D Column", "A4", 3, 5))
$linechart.setTitle("Sample")
$linechart.buildChart()

A chart printed to a report after applying the full sample code using the Chart tool.