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Chart Advanced Features: Spline Area

The following sections provide a list of available advanced attributes available for controlling and customizing 2D Bar chart elements.

Note

This article contains documentation for advanced attributes which are third-party customizations that must be manually entered into the chart wizard. These articles were converted directly from the documentation provided by this third-party source. Not every attribute listed may be supported in Exago BI as some unexpected conflicts may occur in their integration within the application.

Functional Attributes

These attributes let you control a variety of functional elements on the chart. For example, you can opt to show or hide data labels, data values. You can also set chart limits and extended properties.

Attribute Type Value Description
animation True/False 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.
animationDuration Number In seconds This attribute sets the animation duration of the chart. `animationDuration` attribute is applicable only if animation of the chart is enabled.
Default value: 1 sec
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 Text 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 True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you control whether empty data sets in your data will be connected to each other OR do they appear as broken data sets.
showLabels True/False 0/1 It sets the configuration whether the x-axis labels will be displayed or not.
maxLabelHeight 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 Text ‘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 True/False 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 True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the data labels would show up as rotated labels on the chart.
slantLabels True/False 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 attributes 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 True/False 0/1 Sets the configuration whether data values would be displayed along with the data plot on chart.
valuePosition Text “ABOVE”, “BELOW”, “AUTO” If you’ve 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 True/False 0/1 If you have opted to show data values, you can rotate them using this attribute.
showLimits True/False 0/1 Whether to show chart limit values. If not specified `showYAxisValues` overrides this attribute.
showDivLineValues True/False 0/1 Whether to show div line values. If not specified `showYAxisValues` overrides this attribute.
adjustDiv True/False 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.
clickURL Text Any 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 Exago Link Format.
clickURLOverridesPlotLinks True/False 0/1 Sets whether the `clickURL` attribute (that sets a link to which the user is directed when the chart is clicked) overrides the `link` attribute (that sets a link to which the user is directed when a data plot is clicked).
Default value: 0 (`clickURL` does not override `link`)
showZeroPlaneValue True/False 0/1 Allows you to show or hide the value of the zero plane.
showPrintMenuItem True/False 0/1 When you right click on the chart it shows a context menu. This attribute allows you to show or hide the “Print” option in the context menu.
unescapeLinks True/False 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’`.
setAdaptiveYMin True/False 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.
hasRTLText Number Any This attribute, when set to `1`, indicates to the chart that the text (rendered on the chart) may contain RTL characters and the textual display has to be managed accordingly.
theme Text ‘fusion’, ‘gammel’, ‘candy’, ‘ocean’, ‘zune’, ‘carbon’, ‘umber’ This attribute changes the theme of the chart. There are 7 types of themes which have been made according to the different color combinations.
minimizeTendency True/False 0/1 This attribute, when set to `1`, draws splines with a low tendency factor. This is required when splines are used to connect multiple data points having the same value. While the traditional spline is perfect mathematically and by definition, the low tendency factor spline is not.

Chart Message-related Attributes

These attributes let you set and configure custom chart messages, using text as well as images.

Attribute Type Value Description
baseChartMessageFont Text Any This attribute allows to set a custom font for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set a custom font size for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set a custom font color for all chart messages.
baseChartMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right This attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: middle
baseChartMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom This attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: middle
baseChartMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute allows to set a transparency for all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: 100
baseChartMessageImageScale Number 0-300 This attribute allows to set a scale for magnifying all images displayed as chart messages.
Default value: 100
loadMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when a chart begins to load. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
loadMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when a chart begins to load.
loadMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
loadMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
loadMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
loadMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `loadMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
typeNotSupportedMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when the specified chart type is not supported. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
typeNotSupportedMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when the specified chart type is not supported.
typeNotSupportedMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
typeNotSupportedMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
typeNotSupportedMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
typeNotSupportedMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `typeNotSupportedMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
renderErrorMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
renderErrorMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if an error is encountered while rendering the chart.
renderErrorMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
renderErrorMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
renderErrorMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
renderErrorMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `renderErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadStartMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed when chart data begins loading. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataLoadStartMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageFontSize Text In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed when chart data begins loading.
dataLoadStartMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataLoadStartMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataLoadStartMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadStartMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadStartMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataEmptyMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataEmptyMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty
dataEmptyMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty.
dataEmptyMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if the data loaded for a chart is empty.
dataEmptyMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataEmptyMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataEmptyMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataEmptyMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataEmptyMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadErrorMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataLoadErrorMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set a font for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if an error is encountered while loading chart data.
dataLoadErrorMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataLoadErrorMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataLoadErrorMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataLoadErrorMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataLoadErrorMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100
dataInvalidMessage Text Any This attribute allows to set the message to be displayed if the data to be loaded for the chart is invalid. To display an image as the chart message, prefix `I-` to the image URL.
dataInvalidMessageFont Text Font Name This attribute allows to set the font for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageFontSize Number In pixels This attribute allows to set the font size for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute allows to set the font color for the message displayed if the specified chart data is invalid.
dataInvalidMessageImageHAlign Text left, middle, right If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom horizontal alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageHAlign` attribute
dataInvalidMessageImageVAlign Text top, middle, bottom If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set a custom vertical alignment for the image.
Default value: value assigned to the `baseChartMessageImageVAlign` attribute
dataInvalidMessageImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set the transparency of the image.
Default value: 100
dataInvalidMessageImageScale Number 0-300 If an image is displayed as the chart `dataInvalidMessage`, this attribute allows to set the scale for magnifying the image.
Default value: 100

Chart Titles and Axis Names

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 Type Value Description
caption Text Any Caption of the chart.
subCaption Text Any Sub-caption of the chart.
xAxisName Text Any X-axis title of the chart.
yAxisName Text Any Y-axis title of the chart.

Chart Caption Cosmetics

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

Attribute Type Value Description
captionAlignment Text “left”, “center”, “right” Sets horizontal alignment of caption
captionOnTop True/False 0/1 Whether caption should be on top of the data plot area
captionFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets the caption font size in pixels
subCaptionFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets the sub-caption font size (in pixels)
captionFont Text Font Name Sets the caption font family
subCaptionFont Text Font Name Sets the sub-caption font family
captionFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the caption font color
subCaptionFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the sub-caption font color
captionFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether the caption font should be displayed in bold
subCaptionFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether the sub caption font should be displayed in bold
alignCaptionWithCanvas True/False 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.

Chart Axis Configuration Attributes

Using these attributes, you can set and configure x-axis labels, y-axis values and set chart cosmetics for the axis like color, alpha, etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
showXAxisLine True/False 0/1 This attribute if set to _0_, hides the x-axis of the chart.

Default value: 1

xAxisPosition Text Top, Bottom This attribute sets the position of the x-axis in the chart.

Default value: Bottom

yAxisPosition Text Left, Right This attribute sets the position of the y-axis in the chart.

Default value: Left

xAxisLineColor Color Hex Color Code Sets color of the x-axis of the chart.
xaxislinethickness Number In Pixels Sets the thickness of the x-axis line of the chart.
showYAxisValues True/False 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.
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.
rotateYAxisName True/False 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.
yAxisMinValue Number Numeric Value This attribute helps you explicitly set the lower limit of the chart. If you don’t 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 don’t specify this value, it is automatically calculated by the chart based on the data provided by you.
forceYAxisValueDecimals True/False 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.

x-Axis Name Cosmetics

To configure the font cosmetics of x-axis name (title), you can use the following attributes.

Attribute Type Value Description
xAxisNameFont Text Font Name Sets the x-axis font family for the text
xAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the x-axis font color
xAxisNameFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the x-axis font size
xAxisNameFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be bold
xAxisNameFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether x-axis font should be italicized
xAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for x-axis text
xAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Color 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 True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the x-axis name should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

xAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the x-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.
xAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between consecutive dashes when the border around the x-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.

y-Axis Name Cosmetics

To configure the font cosmetics of y-axis name (title), you can use the following attributes.

Attribute Type Value Description
yAxisNameFont Text Font Name Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font family for the text
yAxisNameFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the y-axis (primary / secondary) font color
yAxisNameFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the y-axis (primary / secondary) font size
yAxisNameFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be bold
yAxisNameFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether y-axis (primary / secondary) font should be italicized
yAxisNameBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for y-axis (primary / secondary) text
yAxisNameBorderColor Color Hex Color 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 True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the y-axis name should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

yAxisNameBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the y-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.
yAxisNameBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the y-axis name is rendered using dashed lines.

Chart Cosmetics

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

Attribute Type Value Description
bgColor Color Hex Color 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 have opted for gradient background, you need to set a list of alpha(s) separated by comma.
bgRatio Number 0 – 100 If you have 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 Text Any To place any image (JPG/PNG/GIF) as background of the chart, enter the (path and) name of the background image as a URL without quotes around it. It should be in the same domain as the chart.
bgImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute specifies the opacity for the loaded background image.
bgImageDisplayMode Text 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 Text left, center, right Helps you to vertically align the background image.
bgImageHalign Text left, center, right Helps you to horizontally align the background image.
bgImageScale 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.
showcanvasborder True/False 0/1 This attribute if set to _1_, shows a border around the canvas of the chart.

Default value: 0

canvasBgColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute sets the background color for the chart canvas. You can set any hex color code as the value of this attribute. To specify a gradient as canvas background color, separate the hex color codes of each color in the gradient using comma. Example: #FF5904, #FFFFFF.
canvasBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute sets the background transparency for the chart canvas. For gradient, separate the alpha value using comma. Example: 15, 50.
canvasBgRatio Numbers separated by comma 0 – 100 When a gradient is used to set the color of the canvas background, this attribute sets the ratio of the colors. Example : If the value of the `canvasBgColor` attribute is set as `#FF5904, #FFFFFF`, `canvasBgRatio` can be used to specify their ratio in the background.
canvasBgAngle Number 0-360 Helps you specify canvas background angle in case of gradient.
canvasBorderColor Color Hex Color 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.
showBorder True/False 0/1 Whether to show a border around the chart or not.
borderColor Color Hex Color Code Border color of the chart.
borderThickness Number In Pixels Border thickness of the chart.
borderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Border alpha of the chart.
drawFullAreaBorder True/False 0/1 When set to `0`, instead of drawing a border for the entire chart canvas, this attribute will draw line on the canvas only to connect the data-points.
Default Value: `1`
showVLineLabelBorder True/False 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.
rotateVLineLabels True/False 0/1 This attribute lets you set whether the vline labels will show up as rotated labels on the chart.
Default value: 0
logoURL Text 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.
logoLeftMargin Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the amount of empty space that you want to put on the left side of your logo image. Nothing is rendered in this space.
logoTopMargin Number In Pixels This attribute helps you set the amount of empty space that you want to put on top of your logo image. Nothing is rendered in this space.
logoPosition Text 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 Text URL If you want to link the logo to an external URL, specify the link in this attribute. The link can be in Exago Link Format, allowing you to link to new windows, pop-ups, frames etc.

Data Plot Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure how your area plot 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 Type Value Description
showShadow True/False 0/1 Whether to apply the shadow effect for the data plot.
plotFillColor Color Hex Color Code Fill Color for the area (hex code)
showPlotBorder True/False 0/1 Whether the column, area, pie etc. border would show up.
plotBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Color for column, area, pie border
plotBorderThickness Number 0-5 Thickness for column, area, pie border
plotBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Alpha for column, area, pie border
plotFillAngle Number 0-360 If you have 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 have 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 have opted to fill the plot (column, area etc.) as gradient, this attribute lets you set the fill alpha for gradient.
plotGradientColor Color Hex Color Code 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 have 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.
usePlotGradientColor True/False 0/1 Whether to show gradient colors or not.
drawFullAreaBorder True/False 0/1 If the `showPlotBorder` atrribute is set to `1`, set this attribute to `0` to draw only the top border of the data plot.
inheritPlotBorderColor True/False 0/1 Set this attribute to `1` to inherit the data plot color of the area chart as the color of the data plot border.

Data Value Cosmetics

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

Attribute Type Value Description
valueFont Text Font Name Sets the font of the values in the chart
valueFontColor Color Hex Color Code Specifies the value font color
valueFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the value font size
valueFontBold True/False 0/1 Whether value font should be bold
valueFontItalic True/False 0/1 Whether value font should be italicized
valueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for value text
valueBorderColor Color Hex Color 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
valueBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the padding between the value and its surrounding border
valueBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the value border radius
valueBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the data values should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

valueBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the data values is rendered using dashed lines.
valueBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the data values is rendered using dashed lines.
textOutline True/False 0/1 Set this attribute to `1` to draw a border on the data value text.
Default value: 0

Y-Axis Value Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure font, background and border cosmetics, of the Y-axis value text.

Attribute Type Value Description
yAxisValueFont Text Font Name Set the font family for the Y-axis value texts.
Default value: verdana,sans
yAxisValueFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the font color for the Y-axis value texts.
Default value: #555555
yAxisValueFontSize Number 6 – 72 Sets the font size for the Y-axis value texts.
Default value: 10 px
yAxisValueFontBold True/False 0/1 Displays the Y-axis value texts in bold.
Default value: 0
yAxisValueFontItalic True/False 0/1 Displays the Y-axis value texts in italic.
Default value: 0
yAxisValueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for the Y-axis values.
yAxisValueBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color for the Y-axis values.
yAxisValueAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the Y-axis values between transparent (for `0`) and opaque (for `100`).
Default value: 100
yAxisValueBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the Y-axis value backgrounds between transparent (for `0`) and opaque (for `100`).
yAxisValueBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the Y-axis values between transparent (for `0`) and opaque (for `100`).
yAxisValueBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the border padding for the Y-axis values.
yAxisValueBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the border radius for the Y-axis values.
yAxisValueBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the border thickness for the Y-axis values.
yAxisValueBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Makes the Y-axis value borders dashed.
Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)
yAxisValueBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the lengths of the individual dashes when the Y-axis value borders are dashed.
yAxisValueBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gaps between individual dashes when the Y-axis value borders are dashed.
yAxisValueLink URL Any Sets a target link for all Y-axis values.

Anchors

On Spline Area charts, anchors (or marker points) are polygons which appear at the joint of two consecutive area 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 will not function. You can, however, hide them by setting alpha to 0 and still enable tool tips and links. You can customize all the facets of anchors using the properties below.

Attribute Type Value Description
drawAnchors True/False 0/1 Whether to draw anchors on the chart.
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.
anchorStartAngle Number 0 – 360 This attribute sets the starting angle of anchors.
Default value: 90
anchorRadius Number In pixels This attribute sets the radius (in pixels) of the anchor.
anchorBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Lets you set the border color of anchors.
anchorBorderThickness Number In Pixels Helps you set border thickness of anchors.
anchorBgColor Color Hex Color 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.
anchorImageUrl Exago link format URL If you want to use an external image (JPG/PNG) as an anchor, this attribute lets you specify the URL.

Note: Due to cross domain security restrictions it is advised to use an image from the same domain name as your charts.

anchorImageAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute allows to set a transparency for images displayed as anchors in charts.

Default value: 100

anchorImageScale Number 0 – 100 This attribute allows to set a scale for magnifying images displayed as anchors.

Default value: 100

anchorImagePadding Number In Pixels This attribute sets the padding between the anchor image and the border of the anchor. For the anchor image, instead of decreasing the size of the image this attribute crops the image.
Default value: 1

Divisional Lines & Grids

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 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 Type Value Description
numDivLines Number Numeric value > 0 Number of horizontal axis division lines that you want on the chart.
divLineColor Color Hex Color Code Color for divisional lines.
divLineThickness Number 1-5 Thickness of divisional lines.
divLineAlpha Number 0 – 100 Alpha of divisional lines.
divLineDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the divisional lines should be rendered as dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (divisional lines rendered using straight lines)

divLineDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when divisional lines are rendered as dashed lines.
divLineDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when divisional lines are rendered as dashed lines.
zeroPlaneColor Color Hex Color Code Color for the zero plane. Zero Plane is the line or 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 True/False 0/1 Whether to show alternate colored horizontal grid bands.
alternateHGridColor Color Hex Color Code Color of the alternate horizontal grid bands.
alternateHGridAlpha Number 0 – 100 Alpha (transparency) of the alternate horizontal grid bands.
numVDivLines Number Numeric value > 0 Number of vertical axis division lines.
vDivLineColor Color Hex Color 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 True/False 0/1 Whether the vertical divisional lines should be rendered as dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (vertical divisional lines using straight lines)

vDivLineDashLen Number In pixels Sets the width of each dash when vertical divisional lines are rendered as dashed lines.
vDivLineDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when vertical divisional lines are rendered as dashed lines.
showAlternateVGridColor True/False 0/1 Whether to show alternate vertical colored grid bands.
alternateVGridColor Color Hex Color Code Color of alternate vertical colored grid bands.
alternateVGridAlpha Number 0 – 100 Alpha of alternate vertical colored grid bands.

Number Formatting

PowerCharts 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 would round to Scaling of numbers based on a user defined scale Custom number input formats

Attribute Type Value Description
formatNumber True/False 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 True/False 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 Text Any The default unit of the numbers that you are providing to the chart.
numberScaleUnit Text Any Unit of each block of the scale.
numberScaleValue Text Any Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale.
forceNumberScale True/False 0/1 If a data value is less than the lowest given number is the number scale, this attribute forces the lower value of the `numberScaleUnit` to be applied to that data value. This attribute works only when `“formatNumberScale”: “1”` and the `defaultNumberScale` attribute is not defined.
For example, if `“numberScaleUnit”: “K, M”`, `“numberScaleValue”: “1000, 1000”`, and `“forceNumberScale”: “1”`, a data value of `400` will be rendered as `0.40K`.
scaleRecursively True/False 0/1 Whether recursive scaling should be applied.
maxScaleRecursion Number Any How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion.
scaleSeparator Text Any What character to use to separate the scales that are generated after recursion?
numberPrefix Text 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 Text Character Using this attribute, you could add 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 Text Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number.
thousandSeparator Text Character This attribute helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number.
thousandSeparatorPosition Number   This option helps you specify the position of the thousand separator.
inDecimalSeparator Text 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 Text 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 True/False 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, the number will be automatically converted to 23.40 (note the extra 0 at the end).

Font Properties

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 Exago. Using Styles, you can also specify advanced font properties like Bold, Italics, HTML Mode etc.

Attribute Type Value Description
baseFont Text 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 6 – 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 Color 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 Text 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 6 – 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 Color 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.

Data Label Cosmetics

These attributes let you configure the cosmetics of all data labels of the chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
labelFont Text Font Name Sets the x-axis label font family for the text.
labelFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the x-axis label font color.
labelFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the x-axis label font size.
labelFontBold True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be bold or not.
labelFontItalic True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be italicized or not.
labelBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for x-axis label text.
labelBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the color of the border around the x-axis label text.
labelAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label alpha for both font and background.
labelBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label background alpha.
labelBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label border alpha.
labelBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border padding.
labelBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border radius.
labelBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border thickness.
labelBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around x-axis labels should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

labelBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the x-axis labels are rendered using dashed lines.
labelBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around x-axis labels are rendered using dashed lines.
labelLink URL Any Sets a link for all x-axis labels.

Tooltip Attributes

These attributes let you control the tool tip. You can set the background color, border color, separator character and few other details.

Attribute Type Value Description
showToolTip True/False 0/1 Whether to show tool tip on chart.
toolTipBgColor Color Hex Color Code Background color for tool tip.
toolTipColor Color Hex Color Code Font color for the tool-tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Border color for tool tip.
tooltipBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the border transparency for tool tip.
toolTipSepChar Text Any The character specified as the value of this attribute separates the name and value displayed in tool tip.
showToolTipShadow True/False 0/1 Whether to show shadow for tool-tips on the chart.
plottooltext Text Any Specify custom text for the tooltip
You can either specify a constant string as the tooltip text or you can use variable values from the data level by prefixing a `$` to the attribute name, for example, `$name`, `$value`.

Toolbar Attributes

Using this set of attributes, you can customize the toolbar on the chart. The advantage of having a toolbar is that it manages all the UI action elements (context menus, checkboxes, buttons) centrally. This provides a clean, uniform look and a better, more meaningful and logical grouping.

Attribute Type Value Description
toolbarPosition Text TL, TR, BL, BR, CC Where to position the toolbar on the chart: TL – Top-left TR – Top-right BR – Bottom right BL – Bottom left CC – Center of screen
toolbarX Number Any Sets the toolbox position on the chart with respect to x-axis.
toolbarY Number Any Sets the toolbox position on the chart with respect to y-axis.
toolbarHAlign Text Left, Right Sets the horizontal alignment of the toolbar on the chart.
toolbarVAlign Text Top, Bottom Sets the vertical alignment of the toolbar on the chart
toolbarButtonColor Color Any (color code without the # prefix) Sets the color of the toolbar buttons.
showToolBarButtonTooltext True/False 0/1 Enables/disables display of tooltips for toolbar buttons.
toolbarButtonScale Number Any You can change the scale of the toolbar by specifying a value for this attribute.

Attributes for Exporting Charts

These attributes allow you to control the saving of chart as image, SVG or XLSX.

Attribute Type Value Description
exportEnabled True/False 0/1 Whether the chart will allow exporting to images, PDFs, SVG, XLSX or CSV format.

Default value: 0

exportAction Text ‘save’ or ‘download’ In case of server-side exporting, the action specifies whether the exported image will be sent back to client as download, or whether it’ll be saved on the server.

Default value: download

exportHandler Text Any In case of server side exporting, this refers to the path of the server-side export handler (the ready-to-use scripts that we provide).
exportFormats Text Any Lets you configure what output formats to allow for export of chart, in the export context menu, and also customize the label for each menu item. The attribute value should be a pipe (|) delimited separated key-value pair. Example: `exportFormats: ‘PNG=Export as High Quality Image|JPG|PDF=Export as PDF File’`
exportMode Text Any This attributes sets the modes of export. To enable client-side exporting, set this attribute to `client`.

Default value: auto.

Note: Starting v3.12.1, the `exportMode` attribute replaces the `exportAtClientSide` attribute. However, you don’t need to make any changes to the existing setup because, the Exago library comes with the proper mapping already provided.

exportShowMenuItem True/False 0/1 Whether the menu items related to export (e.g., Save as JPEG etc.) will appear in the context menu of chart.
exportTargetWindow Text ‘_self’ or ‘_blank’ In case of server-side exporting and when using download as action, this lefts you configure whether the return image, PDF, SVG or XLSX will open in same window (as an attachment for download), or whether it will open in a new window.

Default value: _self

exportFileName Text Any Using this attribute you can specify the name (excluding the extension) of the output (export) file.

Data Plot Hover Effects

If you wish to show an effect on the data plot (column, line anchor, pie etc.) when the user hovers his mouse over the data plot, these attributes let you configure the cosmetics of the hover for all data plots in the chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
showHoverEffect True/False 0/1 Whether to enable hover effect on charts for all elements
anchorHoverEffect True/False 0/1 Sets whether to enable the hover effect on charts for anchors.
anchorHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute specifies the transparency for the anchors when hovered.
anchorHoverSides Number In Pixels This attribute sets the number of sides of the anchor when hovered.
anchorHoverRadius Number In pixels This attribute sets the radius of the anchor when hovered.
anchorBgHoverColor Color Hex color code This attribute sets the background color of anchor when hovered.
anchorBgHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute sets the transparency of anchor’s background when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverColor Color Hex color code Sets the border color of anchors when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the border’s transparency of anchors when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverThickness Number In pixels This attribute sets the border thickness of the anchors when hovered.
anchorHoverStartAngle Number In pixels This attribute sets the starting angle of the anchors when hovered.
anchorHoverDip Number 0 – 1 This attribute adds a dip effect (different shapes) to the anchors on hover. When hovered a star shaped anchor is created. Using `anchorSides` attribute, you can specify the no. of sides for anchors. `Note : If the anchors are of circular shape, this attribute won’t be applied on it.`
anchorHoverAnimation True/False 0/1 Anchors get animated when the normal radius and the hover radius are different. To disable this effect you can set anchorHoverAnimation = `0`.
Default value: `1`

Chart Padding & Margins

The following attributes help you control chart margins and paddings. PowerCharts XT allows you 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, until the attribute itself suggests some other scale (like `plotSpacePercent`, which configures the spacing using percentage values). 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 would not plot anything in that space. It is not necessary for you to specify any padding or margin values. Exago automatically assumes the best values for the same, if you do not specify the same.

Attribute Type Value Description
canvasPadding Number In Pixels Lets you set the space between the canvas border and first & last data points
canvasLeftPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you set the space between the left of the canvas border and the canvas of the chart. This attribute is particularly useful when your data plot gets clipped by the left border of the canvas. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart left side and data plot which might get clipped.
canvasRightPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you set the space between the right of the canvas border and the canvas of the chart. This attribute is particularly useful when your data plot gets clipped by the right border of the canvas. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart right side and data plot which might get clipped.
canvasTopPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you set the space between the top of the canvas border and the canvas of the chart. This attribute is particularly useful when your data plot gets clipped by the top border of the canvas. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart’s top and data plot which might get clipped.
canvasBottomPadding Number In Pixels This attribute lets you set the space between the bottom of the canvas border and the canvas of the chart. This attribute is particularly useful when your data plot gets clipped by the bottom border of the canvas. Using this attribute, you can control the amount of empty space between the chart’s bottom and data plot which might get clipped.
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.
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, PowerCharts XT 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.

The data Object

In single-series charts, each instance of the `data` object represents a data value to be plotted on the chart. For a single-series chart, one instance of the `data` object looks as shown in the example below:


"data"[{
		"label": "Jan",
		"value": "10000"
	}]

Attributes of the `data` object are used to set and configure the data values for the chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
label Text Any This attribute determines the label for the data item. The label appears on the x-axis of chart.

Note: The `label` attribute replaces the `name` attribute. Previously, either one of the attributes could be used to set the label. Support for the `name` attribute has been discontinued since v3.10.0.

value Number Any Numerical value for the data item. This value would be plotted on the chart.
valuePosition Text “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.
displayValue Text   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 Text Any 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 Text Any By default, PowerCharts XT shows the data item 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.
showLabel True/False 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide labels of individual data items using this attribute.
showValue True/False 0/1 You can individually opt to show or hide values of individual data items using this attribute.
valueFontColor Color Hex Color Code Specifies the font color of a data value for an individual data plot.
valueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color of a value text for an individual data plot.
valueBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color around the value text for an individual data plot.
anchorSides Number 3 or more If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you define the number of sides for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorStartAngle Number 0 – 360 This attribute sets the starting angle for an anchor of a particular data.
Default value: 90
anchorRadius Number In Pixels If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you define the radius for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorBorderColor Color Hex Color Code If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you set the border color for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorBorderThickness Number In Pixels If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you set the border thickness for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorBgColor Color Hex Color Code If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you set the background color for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorAlpha Number 0 – 100 If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you set the alpha for the anchor of that particular data item.
anchorBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 If you want to configure data item specific anchor properties, this attribute lets you set the background alpha for the anchor of that particular data item.
labelFont Text Font Name Sets the x-axis label font family for the text.
labelFontColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the x-axis label font color.
labelFontSize Number 6 – 72 Specifies the x-axis label font size.
labelFontBold True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be bold or not.
labelFontItalic True/False 0/1 Flag indicating whether x-axis label font should be italicized or not.
labelBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for x-axis label text.
labelBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the color of the border around the x-axis label text.
labelAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label alpha for both font and background.
labelBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label background alpha.
labelBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the x-axis label border alpha.
labelBorderPadding Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border padding.
labelBorderRadius Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border radius.
labelBorderThickness Number In Pixels Sets the x-axis label border thickness.
labelBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around x-axis labels should be rendered using dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

labelBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the x-axis label is rendered using dashed lines.
labelBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around x-axis label is rendered using dashed lines.
labelLink URL Any Sets the link for each individual x-axis label.
anchorHoverColor Color Hex Color Code This attribute can set the hover color for a particular anchor.
anchorHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute sets the transparency for an anchor when hovered.
anchorHoverSides Number In Pixels This attribute sets the number of sides for a particular anchor when hovered.
anchorBgHoverColor Color Hex color code This attribute sets the background color of a particular anchor when hovered.
anchorBgHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 This attribute sets the transparency for a particular anchor’s background when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverColor Color Hex color code Sets the border color of an anchor when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the border’s transparency of an anchor when hovered.
anchorBorderHoverThickness Number In pixels This attribute sets the border thickness of an anchor when hovered.
anchorHoverStartAngle Number In pixels This attribute sets the starting angle of an anchor when hovered.
anchorHoverDip Number 0 – 1 This attribute adds a dip effect (different shapes) to a particular anchor on hover. When hovered a star shaped anchor is created. Using `anchorSides` attribute, you can specify the no. of sides for anchors. `Note : If the anchors are of circular shape, this attribute won’t be applied on it.`

Vertical Data Separator Lines

Vertical data separator lines help you separate data blocks. These lines run through the height of the chart, thereby segregating the data into two different blocks. Vertical lines are defined as shown in the example below:


"data": [{
			"label": "Grade 1",
		},
		{
			"vLine": "true",
			"label": "Appraisal"
		}]
	}]

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

Attribute Type Value Description
vLine Text Any Set this attribute to `true` to render a vertical data separator line.
color Color Hex Color 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 True/False 0/1 Whether the vertical separator line should be rendered as dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (vertical separator line rendered using straight lines)

dashLen Number In pixels Sets the width of each dash when vertical separator line is rendered as dashed lines.
dashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between consecutive dashes when vertical separator line is rendered as dashed lines.
label Text   Label for the vertical separator line, if to be shown.

Note: The `label` attribute replaces the `name` attribute. Previously, either one of the attributes could be used to set the label. Support for the `name` attribute has been discontinued since v3.10.0.

showLabelBorder True/False 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 Text left, center, right Horizontal anchor point for the alignment of vLine label.
labelVAlign Text top, middle, bottom Vertical anchor point for the alignment of vLine label.

Trend-lines

Trend-lines are horizontal lines that aid in interpretation of data with respect to some pre-determined value. For example, if you are plotting the sales data for the current year, you might want to show the previous year’s average monthly sales as a trend indicator for ease of comparison. The `lines` object, child of the `trendlines` object is used to add trend-lines to a chart. Although the `line` object has to be defined within the `trendlines` object, the latter cannot be used to collectively customize trend-lines, because it does not have any attributes of its own. The attributes of the `lines` object, child of the `trendlines` object, are used to create and customize trend-lines for charts.

Attribute Type Value 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 Text Any 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 Text Hex Color Code Color of the trend line and its associated text
isTrendZone True/False 0/1 Whether the trend will be displayed as a line or a zone (fill-colored rectangle).
showOnTop True/False 0/1 Whether the trend line or trend zone would be displayed over data plots or behind 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 True/False 0/1 Whether the trendline should be rendered as dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (trendline rendered using straight lines)

dashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when trendline is rendered as dashed lines.
dashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between consecutive dashes when trendline is rendered as dashed lines.
valueOnRight True/False 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 Text   Custom tool-text for this trend line or trend zone.

Trend-lines (Chart level attributes)

Trend-lines are horizontal lines that aid in interpretation of data with respect to some pre-determined value. For example, if you are plotting the sales data for the current year, you might want to show the previous year’s average monthly sales as a trend indicator for ease of comparison. Cosmetics for all the trend-lines rendered can be attained using this set of attributes. Although there are set of attributes of the `line object`, used to create and customize trend-lines, these set of attributes effect all the trend-lines rendered in your chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
trendlineColor Color Hex Color Code Sets color of all the trend lines and its associated text in the chart.
trendlineThickness Number In Pixels If you’ve opted to show the trend as a line, this attribute lets you define the thickness of all the trend lines in your chart.
trendlineAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets transparency for all the trend lines in your charts.
trendLineToolText Text Any Sets the tooltip text of the trend-line. It accepts macros, plain text, and HTML tags, as string.
showTrendlinesOnTop True/False 0/1 Whether all the trend line/zone will be displayed over data plots or under them.

Trend-lines Display Value Cosmetics

These attributes let you customize the text displayed with a trend-line.
Note: These attributes belong to the `chart` object and not to the `line` object (child of the `trendline` object). They are, therefore, applied to all trend-lines on your chart.

Attribute Type Value Description
trendValueFont Text Font Name Sets the font family for the trend-line display value.
trendValueFontSize Number   Sets the font size for the trend-line display value.
trendValueFontBold True/False 0/1 Sets whether the trend-line display value will be bold formatted.
Default value: 0 (not bold formatted)
trendValueFontItalic True/False 0/1 Sets whether the trend-line display value will be italicized.
Default value: 0 (not italicized)
trendValueBgColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the background color for the trend-line display value.
trendValueBorderColor Color Hex Color Code Sets the border color for the trend-line display value.
trendValueAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the trend-line display value.
Default value: 100
trendValueBgAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the background of the trend-line display value.
Default value: 100
trendValueBorderAlpha Number 0 – 100 Sets the transparency for the border around the trend-line display value.
Default value: 100
trendValueBorderPadding Number In pixels Sets padding for the border around the trend-line display value.
trendValueBorderRadius Number In pixels Sets the radius for the border around the trend-line display value.
trendValueBorderThickness Number In pixels Sets the thickness for the border around the trend-line display value.
trendValueBorderDashed True/False 0/1 Whether the border around the trend-line display value should be rendered as dashed lines.

Default value: 0 (border rendered using straight lines)

trendValueBorderDashLen Number In pixels Sets the length of each dash when the border around the trend-line display value is rendered as dashed lines.
trendValueBorderDashGap Number In pixels Sets the gap between two consecutive dashes when the border around the trend-line display value is rendered as dashed lines.
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