Displaying Values in CFChart Graph

[hanzelmans]

We are generating a graph with CFChart in a bar format. Is it possible to
display the numeric value from the ValueColumn attribute on the actual bar
itself? One of the end-users would like that in addition to the values being
displayed on the X gridline. I haven't been able to dig anything up on this,
so I'd appreciate any input. Thanks, Steve Hanzelman Milton Hershey School

[prayank]

Have you been able to get answer to your query ?
Prayank

[hanzelmans]

No responses yet.

Have you ever tried for the same results?

Thanks,

[soonersak]

Webchart3D that comes withCF7 allows you to display values on the bars.

[mynewnameforthisforum]

soonersak, I really like WebCharts as I can get the chart I need, where I
canNOT get the chart using CFChart. But, I don't exactly know how to get the
WebCharts to populate the data by using CFQuery to populate the chart. Also,
I need to print the numeric value on the actual column like hanzelmans
described. Do you have an example of how to do this or can you direct me to a
really, really good example of how to do this? Thanks Carol

[nbhealthpro]

This is not as difficult as it sounds. Create a chart using CFChart like you
normally would - forget how it looks for a second. Just create the general
chart - bar chart, using these query variables, etc. THEN, open the webcharts,
and create a chart that you WANT - data labels, different colored bars, etc etc
etc. THEN, click on the XML tab on the bottom. Copy that XML, and paste it
into a file - call it mychartxml.xml - or whatever. Now, in your CFChart code,
enter a new parameter: style = "path_to_xml/xml_filename.xml".

It takes some playing around in webcharts to get the results you want, but I
promise, it'll work - mine do. The only problem I have come across is if you
have a chart with two data series - in my case, a bar chart with a line chart -
and you have data labels, you have the labels on BOTH of the crat series, which
can get very confusing. I have a post to these forums looking for either a
fix, or a workaround.

Hope this helps, drop me a line if you need some more assistance.

Neil Bailey