2D Multi Series Compound Bar Chart
Sample XML for 2D Stacked Bars Chart (Multi-series):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<graph>
<general_settings bg_color="CCCCCC" type_graph="v" />
<header text="Test header" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="18" />
<subheader text="Test Subheader" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="15" />
<legend font="Verdana" color="000000" font_size="11" />
<legend_popup font="Verdana" bgcolor="FFFFE3" font_size="10" />
<Xheaders rotate="90" color="000000" size="10" title="Test Xheaders" title_color="000000" />
<Yheaders color="000000" size="10" title="Test Yheaders" title_rotate="90" title_color="000000" />
<grid grid_width="550" grid_height="250" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" bg_color="ffffff" bg_alpha="100" alternate_bg_color="00FFFF" border_color="000000" border_thickness="2" />
<bars view_value="1" width="55" alpha="70" view_double_bar="1" color_double_bar="b7b7b7" pieces_grow_bar="40" />
<data>
<categorie name="N. America">
<series>
<subcategorie name="Rice" value="30" color="FDC12E" />
<subcategorie name="Wheat" value="67.23" color="56B9F9" />
</series>
<series>
<subcategorie name="Grain" value="20" color="C9198D" />
</series>
</categorie>
<categorie name="Europe">
<series>
<subcategorie name="Rice" value="37.9" color="FDC12E" />
<subcategorie name="Wheat" value="10" color="56B9F9" />
</series>
<series>
<subcategorie name="Grain" value="23" color="C9198D" />
<subcategorie name="Black" value="30" color="000000" />
</series>
</categorie>
<categorie name="Grain">
<series>
<subcategorie name="Rice" value="8.8" color="FDC12E" />
</series>
<series>
<subcategorie name="Wheat" value="50" color="56B9F9" />
<subcategorie name="Grain" value="51" color="C9198D" />
</series>
</categorie>
</data>
</graph>
Description:
Header tag of the XML file:
You should place a valid XML header at the beginning of every XML file. If you use symbols different from Latin-1 encoding, please set the right encoding for you. In order to get more universality you can use Unicode:
Setting up the appearance of the Bar Chart:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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bg_color
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'CCCCCC' - Bar Chart background general color
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type_graph
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"v" - Chart bars type of arrangement:
"v" - vertical
"h" - horizontal
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Setting up the top row of the Bar Chart header (the uppermost text):
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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text
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'Test header' - Header content
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font
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'Verdana' - Header font
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color
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'000000' - Header color
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size
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'18' - Header font size
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Setting up the bottom row of the Bar Chart header (the text second from above):
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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text
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'Test subheader' - Header content
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font
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'Verdana' - Header font
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color
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'000000' - Header color
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size
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'15' - Header font size
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Setting up the legend (Conformity of bar color and bar name):
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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font
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'Verdana' - caption font
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color
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'000000' - caption color
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font_size
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'11' - caption font size
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Setting up the view of the popup hint on mouse on the sectors of Bar Chart:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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font
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'Verdana' - caption font
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bgcolor
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'FFFFE3' - popup background color
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font_size
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'10' - caption font size
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Setting up the view of calibration text on axis X of the graph:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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rotate
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'90' - Text rotation angle (there are two values possible, 0 and 90)
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color
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'000000'- text color
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size
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'10'- font size
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title
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'Test Xheaders' - caption content for X axis
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title_color
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'000000' - caption text color
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Setting up the view of graduation text on axis Y of the graph:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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color
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'000000'- text color
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size
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'10'- font size
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title
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'Test Yheaders' - caption content for Y axis
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title_rotate
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'90' - Caption rotation angle (there are two values possible, 0 and 90)
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title_color
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'000000' - caption text color
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Setting up the view of the Bar Chart grid:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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grid_width, grid_height
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grid_width='550' grid_height='250' - grid height and width(in pixels)
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grid_color
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'000000' - grid lines color
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grid_alpha
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'40' - grid lines alpha-transparency (from 0 to100 )
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grid_thickness
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'1' - grid lines thickness
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bg_color
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'ffffff' - grid field background color
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bg_alpha
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'100' - grid field background alpha-transparency
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alternate_bg_color
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'00FFFF' - grid vertical rectangular alternate fields color
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border_color
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'000000' - grid border color
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border_thickness
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'2' - grid border thickness
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Setting up the view of the bars:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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view_value
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'1' Showing the value near the left side of the bar:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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alpha
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'70' - bar transparency
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view_double_bar
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"1"- Showing the double bars:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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color_double_bar
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"b7b7b7" - Bar copy color
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pieces_grow_bar
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'40' - Number of shares (pieces) into which maximum bar length will be divided when calculating the step. One share is equal to an incremental step when drawing bars. A bigger value of pieces_grow_bar means a smaller speed of bars. If pieces_grow_bar=1, bars will reach their real length instantly.
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Setting up the data:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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<series>
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Group of items
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<categorie> name
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"N. America" - data on Y axis
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<subcategorie> name
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"Rice" - data series name that is displayed at the legend and at the popup hint
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value
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"30" - data on Y axis
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color
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"FDC12E" - chart bar color
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