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The resource reference name in the chart component must be chart-attributes. The XML in the file is the chart-attribute XML you would find as an input or as a part of the component definition, starting with a root node of <chart-attributes>. PentahoDoc:Click here for an example of a file containing valid chart-attribute XML.
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- CHART_OUTPUT (<chart-output type="content"/>)
- Stores the chart in the content repository for use in a subsequent action or process, or displays if the output destination is response and the name is content.
- CHART_FILE_NAME_OUTPUT (<chart-filename type="string"/>)
- Returns the name of the chart file, including the file extension (with no path information) as a String.
- HTML_MAPPING_OUTPUT (<chart-mapping type="string"/>)
- Returns the name of the file that the map has been saved to, including the file extension (with no path information) as a String.
- HTML_MAPPING_HTML (<chart-map-html type="string"/>)
- Returns the chart image map HTML as a String.
- BASE_URL_OUTPUT (<base-url type="string"/>)
- Returns the web app's base URL (ie., http://localhost:8080/pentaho) as a String.
- HTML_IMG_TAG (<image-tag type="string"/>)
- Returns an HTML snippet including the image map, image (<IMG />) tag for the chart image with src, width, height and usemap attributes defined.
- If "image-tag=" appears in the the chart output, include "wrapper=false" in the URL to remove it.
Example Action Sequence
The following action sequence uses the output from a SQL lookup rule ( a Relational data source) as the input for a ChartComponent. See the Chart Properties Reference for an explanation of the chart properties.
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<action-sequence>
<name>Chart.xaction</name>
<title>Default Title</title>
<version>1</version>
<logging-level>DEBUG</logging-level>
<documentation>
<author>William E. Seyler</author>
<description>Default Description</description>
<icon>JFree-quadrant-budget-hsql.png</icon>
<help>Help</help>
<result-type>rule</result-type>
</documentation>
<inputs>
<chart-type type="string">
<default-value>.png</default-value>
<sources>
<request>type</request>
</sources>
</chart-type>
</inputs>
<actions>
<action-definition>
<action-outputs>
<result-set type="list" />
</action-outputs>
<component-name>SQLLookupRule</component-name>
<action-type>rule</action-type>
<component-definition>
<source>sql</source>
<live>true</live>
<jndi>SampleData</jndi>
<query>
<![CDATA[select QUADRANT_ACTUALS.REGION, QUADRANT_ACTUALS.DEPARTMENT,
QUADRANT_ACTUALS.POSITIONTITLE, QUADRANT_ACTUALS.ACTUAL, QUADRANT_ACTUALS.BUDGET
from QUADRANT_ACTUALS order by QUADRANT_ACTUALS.REGION,QUADRANT_ACTUALS.DEPARTMENT]]>
</query>
</component-definition>
</action-definition>
<action-definition>
<action-inputs>
<output-type type="string" mapping="chart-type" />
<result-output type="file" />
<chart-data type="list" mapping="result-set" />
</action-inputs>
<action-outputs>
<chart-output type="string" />
<base-url type="string" />
</action-outputs>
<component-name>ChartComponent</component-name>
<action-type>report</action-type>
<component-definition>
<by-row>false</by-row>
<chart-attributes>
<chart-type>PieChart</chart-type>
<title>Actual vs Budget by Region</title>
<title-position>TOP</title-position>
<title-font>
<font-family>Serif</font-family>
<size>36</size>
<is-bold>false</is-bold>
<is-italic>false</is-italic>
</title-font>
<range-title>US Dollars</range-title>
<chart-background type="color">#FFFFFF</chart-background>
<plot-background type="color">#FF0000</plot-background>
<orientation>Horizontal</orientation>
<height>400</height>
<width>800</width>
<is-3D>true</is-3D>
<is-stacked>false</is-stacked>
<category-label-rotation>90</category-label-rotation>
<border-visible>false</border-visible>
<border-paint>#3399FF</border-paint>
<include-legend>true</include-legend>
</chart-attributes>
</component-definition>
</action-definition>
</actions>
</action-sequence>
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