Spark Charts > Spark Win/Loss 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
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
PLOT Column plots on the chart
  • Animation
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y
  • _xScale
  • _yScale
VALUE Textfield indicating the value of the chart.
  • Animation
  • Font
  • Shadow
  • Glow
  • Bevel
  • Blur
  • _alpha
  • _x
  • _y

<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.
showValue Boolean (0/1) Whether to show the value of chart?
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.
 
Plot (win/loss bar) properties
winColor Color Code Fill colors for bar indicating win
lossColor Color Code Fill colors for bar indicating loss
drawColor Color Code Fill colors for bar indicating draw
scoreLessColor Color Code Fill colors for bar indicating scoreless matches
 
Period block properties
periodLength Number How many data points would each period block encapsulate?
periodColor Color Code Color for the period block.
periodAlpha Number (0-100) Alpha for the period block.
 
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 for the annotations?
toolTipBgColor Color Code Background color for the tool tip
toolTipBorderColor Color Code Border Color for the 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 horizontal space (in pixels) between the caption and left side of chart canvas.
valuePadding Number (Pixels) Horizontal distance between the chart and value
plotSpacePercent Number (Percent) What percent of space within canvas to keep empty?
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.
canvasLeftMargin Number (Pixels) Left margin of canvas. Canvas will start from that position.
canvasRightMargin Number (Pixels) Right margin of canvas. Canvas will end at that position.

<set>element

Attribute Name Type / Range Description
value W, L or D Value for the column. W indicates win, L indicates loss and D indicates draw.
scoreless Boolean (0/1) Whether the match was scoreless? The column can then be colored using a different color.

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