Pyramid Chart > XML Sheet

List of Chart Objects

Object Name Description STYLES supported Animation Parameters
BACKGROUND Background refers to the background for entire chart.
  • Animation
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
  • _xScale
  • _yScale
CANVAS The entire area inside which the chart is plotted.
  • Animation
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
  • _xScale
  • _yScale
CAPTION Caption of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
SUBCAPTION Sub-caption of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
DATALABELS Pyramid labels.
  • Font
 
DATAPLOT Pyramid slices.
  • Animation
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
  • _xScale
  • _yScale
TOOLTIP Tool tip for the chart.
  • Font
  

<chart> element

Attribute Name Type / Range Description
Functional Attributes
animation Boolean (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.
defaultAnimation Boolean (0/1) By default, each chart animates some of its elements. If you wish to switch off the default animation patterns, you can set this attribute to 0. It can be particularly useful when you want to define your own animation patterns using STYLE feature.
clickURL URL in FusionCharts format 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 FusionCharts Link Format.
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. Valid values are 1-5.
paletteThemeColor Color Code If you want your own palette derived from a particular hex color, you an specify the same here. All other colors on the chart would automatically derive from that palette.
annRenderDelay Number (seconds) If you've defined any annotation groups over chart, using this attribute you can set the duration after which they'll render on the chart. The timer starts from the time the chart has initialized.
showPrintMenuItem Boolean (0/1) Whether to show "Print Chart" item in the context menu of the chart? Even if you opt to hide the item in context menu, you can still opt to invoke print() JavaScript method of the chart to print the same.
showAboutMenuItem Boolean (0/1) Setting this to 1 shows up a custom context menu in the chart, which can be customized to show your text and can be linked to your URL. For e.g., you can set the context menu of the chart to include "About your company name" and then link to your company home page. By default, the chart shows "About FusionCharts" when right clicked.
aboutMenuItemLabel String The menu item label for the custom context menu item.
aboutMenuItemLink String Link for the custom context menu item. You can specify the link in FusionCharts link format to be able to open the same in new window, pop-ups, frames or as JavaScript links.
 
Chart captions & Axis labels
caption String Caption of the chart.
subCaption String Sub-caption of the chart.
 
Chart Labels & Values
showLabels Boolean (0/1) It sets the configuration whether the pyramid labels will be displayed or not.
showLabelsAtCenter Boolean (0/1) Whether to show the labels of each pyramid at its side or at the center?
labelDistance Number (Pixels) Lets you set the horizontal distance between the data labels & pyramid slices.
labelSepChar String If you've opted to show both pyramid label & value, this attribute lets you specify the character using which they'll be separated.
enableSmartLabels Boolean (0/1) Whether to use smart lines & labels for the pyramid chart?
smartLineColor Color Code If you've opted to use smart lines, this attribute lets you define the color for the same.
smartLineThickness Number (Pixels) Thickness of smart lines (label).
smartLineAlpha Number (0-100) Alpha of the smart lines.
showValues Boolean (0/1) Sets the configuration whether data values would be displayed along with the pyramid slices on chart.
showPercentValues Boolean (0/1) Whether to show the values as percentage or as absolute values?
 
Number Formatting Properties
formatNumber Boolean (0/1) This configuration determines whether the numbers displayed on the chart will be formatted using commas, e.g., 40,000 if formatNumber='1' and 40000 if formatNumber='0 '
numberPrefix String 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. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
numberSuffix String Using this attribute, you could add suffix to all the numbers visible on the graph. For example, to represent all figure quantified as per annum on the chart, you could specify this attribute to ' /a' to show like 40000/a, 50000/a. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
decimals Number Number of decimal places to which all numbers on the chart would be rounded to.
forceDecimals Boolean (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, FusionCharts will convert the number to 23.40 (note the extra 0 at the end)
formatNumberScale Boolean (0/1) Configuration whether to add K (thousands) and M (millions) to a number after truncating and rounding it - e.g., if formatNumberScale is set to 1, 1043 would become 1.04K (with decimals set to 2 places). Same with numbers in millions - a M will added at the end. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
defaultNumberScale String The default unit of the numbers that you're providing to the chart. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
numberScaleUnit String Unit of each block of the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
numberScaleValue String Range of the various blocks that constitute the scale. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
scaleRecursively Boolean (0/1) Whether to scale the number recursively? For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
maxScaleRecursion Number How many recursions to complete during recursive scaling? -1 completes the entire set of recursion.
scaleSeparator String What character to use to separte the scales that generated after recursion?
decimalSeparator String This option helps you specify the character to be used as the decimal separator in a number. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
thousandSeparator String This option helps you specify the character to be used as the thousands separator in a number. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
inDecimalSeparator String In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give a error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can covert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the decimal separator. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
inThousandSeparator String In some countries, commas are used as decimal separators and dots as thousand separators. In XML, if you specify such values, it will give a error while converting to number. So, FusionCharts accepts the input decimal and thousand separator from user, so that it can covert it accordingly into the required format. This attribute lets you input the thousand separator. For more details, please see Advanced Number Formatting section.
 
Pyramid Functional Properties
is2D Boolean (0/1) Whether the chart will render as 2D?
isSliced Boolean (0/1) Whether all pyramid slices will be sliced out?
pyramidYScale Number (0-40) Lets you set the 3D perspective of the pyramid. You'll need to restrict your values to a value between 0 and 40 (depending on your pyramid chart dimensions) to get a proper drawing.
 
Pyramid Cosmetic properties
showPlotBorder Boolean (0/1) If you've rendered the pyramid chart in 2D mode, you can opt to show or hide the pyramid border using this attribute.
plotBorderColor Color Code Border color for pyramid (only when rendered in 2D mode).
plotBorderThickness Number (pixels) Border thickness for pyramid (only when rendered in 2D mode).
plotBorderAlpha Number (0-100) Border alpha of pyramid slices (only when rendered in 2D mode).
plotFillAlpha Number (0-100) Fill alpha for the pyramid slices.
     
Background Cosmetics
bgColor 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. Remember to remove # and any spaces in between. See the gradient specification page for more details.
bgAlpha Number (0-100) Sets the alpha (transparency) for the background. If you've opted for gradient background, you need to set a list of alpha(s) separated by comma. See the gradient specification page for more details.
bgRatio Numbers separated by comma If you've opted for a gradient background, this attribute lets you set the ratio of each color constituent. See the gradient specification page for more details.
bgAngle Number (0-360) Angle of the background color, in case of a gradient. See the gradient specification page for more details.
showBorder Boolean (0/1) Whether to show a border around the chart or not?
borderColor Color Code Border color of the chart.
borderThickness Number (Pixels) Border thickness of the chart.
borderAlpha Number (0-100) Border alpha of the chart.
bgSWF URL of SWF To place any Flash movie as background of the chart, enter the (path and) name of the background SWF. It should be in the same domain as the chart.
bgSWFAlpha Number (0-100) Helps you specify alpha for the loaded background SWF.
logoURL String You can load an external logo (JPEG/PNG/SWF) on the chart once it has rendered. This attribute lets you specify the URL of the same. Owing to Flash Player security settings, you can only specify logo that are on the sub-domain as the SWF file of the chart.
logoPosition String ( 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 atribute.
logoScale Number (0-100) You can also change the scale of externally loaded logo at run-time by specifying a value for this parameter.
logoLink String If you want to link the logo to an external URL, specify the link in this attribute. The link can be in FusionCharts link format, allowing you to link to new windows, pop-ups, frames etc.
     
Font Properties
baseFont Font Name This attribute lets you set the font face (family) of all the text (data labels, values etc.) on chart. If you specify outCnvBaseFont attribute also, then this attribute controls only the font face of text within the chart canvas bounds.
baseFontSize Number This attribute sets the base font size of the chart i.e., 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 Code This attribute sets the base font color of the chart i.e., all the values and the names in the chart which lie on the canvas will be displayed using the font color provided here.
     
Tool tip properties
showToolTip Boolean (0/1) Whether to show tool tip on chart?
showPercentInToolTip Boolean (0/1) Whether to show percent values in tool tip? If not, the actual values would be shown.
toolTipBgColor Color Code Background Color for tool tip.
toolTipBorderColor Color Code Border Color for tool tip.
toolTipSepChar String The character specified as the value of this attribute separates the name and value displayed in tool tip.
showToolTipShadow Boolean (0/1) Whether to show shadow for tool-tips on the chart.
     
Chart Paddings & Margins
captionPadding Number (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.
chartLeftMargin Number (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 (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 (Pixels) Amount of empty space that you want to put on the top of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.
chartBottomMargin Number (Pixels) Amount of empty space that you want to put on the bottom of your chart. Nothing is rendered in this space.

<set>element

Attribute Name Type / Range Description
label String Label for the pyramid slice.
value Number Numerical value for the pyramid slice. This value would be plotted on the chart.
link String 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 "Drill Down Charts" section for more information. Also, you'll need to URL Encode all the special characters (like ? and &) present in the link.
toolText String By default, FusionCharts shows the Name, 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.
color Color Code Color for pyramid slice.
alpha Number (0-100) Alpha for pyramid slice.
showValue Boolean (0/1) You can individually opt to show/hide values of individual data items using this attribute. This value over-rides the data-set level value.
bordercolor Color Code Border Color for the pyramid slice.
borderalpha Color Code Border Alpha for the slice.
issliced Boolean (0/1) Whether this pyramid slice would be sliced out?


The chart also accepts the following XML elements, which have not been discussed here:

  • <annotations> - Discussed in the section Annotations
  • <styles> - Discussed in the section STYLEs