Charting

If you have installed and configured your extension as described, your extension will be available for use in the WebFOCUS tools as a chart type in the Other format category under HTML5 Extension, as shown in the following image.

When creating a chart using WebFOCUS Designer, chart extensions are available in the Custom category when you expand the chart picker, as shown in the following image.

You can use the font formatter in WebFOCUS Designer to control how fonts are displayed in your chart. This is a quick way to apply styling, colors, or a specific font type for any text within your chart. The font formatter displays in different areas of the Style tab (for example, Legend, Axis, Series, and Matrix options). Depending on the chart type and what you want to format, you can use these options to enhance the fonts in your charts. The font formatter is shown in the following image.

Depending on the chart type (for example, bar chart), you can format the axes to customize the display of the information. This includes items such as labels, titles, and font formatting. For example, you can choose to hide the labels in your chart or format the font to add clarity to your chart. You can easily customize the X and Y axis with options that suit your needs.

A theme is used to determine the coloring and hues that display in the charts you configure using WebFOCUS Designer. For example, the default border color and chart colors are determined by the theme.

The default theme is called Warm, but you can select a different theme as required. For example, you may want to apply a corporate standard theme to your chart. You can add and change themes to suit your requirements (for example, branding).

Available themes that are called by WebFOCUS Designer are located in the Global Resources domain, as shown in the following image.

Use absolute line charts when you want to show trend data over time. For example, monthly changes in employment figures, or yearly sales of an item in your inventory.

Note: Absolute line charts require at least one measure and one dimension. Adding multiple measures or adding fields to the Color bucket will create additional lines on the chart.

The following display options are available for a line chart:

Use vertical stacked area charts when you want to distinguish your data more dramatically by highlighting volume with color. In a vertical stacked area chart, each area is stacked on top of the sections below it.

Note: Vertical stacked area charts require at least one measure and one dimension. Adding multiple measures will create additional shaded areas on the chart.

The following display options are available for an area chart:

Use circle plot charts to display differing values in rows, enabling you to draw inferences as to how the values overlap.

Note: Circle plot charts require at least one measure and one dimension, as well as one for the Detail and Color buckets. Optionally, add a dimension to the Size bucket to view the concentration of data.

The following display options are available for a circle plot chart:

Scatter charts are used to show relationships between X and Y values. They compare two sets of numbers at once, which is useful for discovering patterns and trends.