AnyChart Version History


AnyChart Roadmap Upcoming Versions Schedule

AnyChart version 5.1.2 Features Released February 13th, 2009

JavaScript Data Manipulation

New Feature - Add, remove or change the data points and data series in a single chart or in the chart that is a part of a dashboard.
Read more about JavaScript Data Manipulation in AnyChart >>

Apex Integration Kit

New Feature - Version 5.1.2 provides an ability to update Oracle Apex with brand new chart engine introduced in 5.1.0



AnyChart version 5.1.1 Features Released February 2nd, 2009

CSV Data Input Support

New Feature - CSV Data Input: use CSV data format to make data file smaller and decrease loading time. Reuse CSV Tables in different series and dashboard views.

Read more about CSV Data >>

Adobe Flash Integration

New Feature - A set of samples making possible the use of AnyChart Charts, Maps and Gauges in Flash CS3.

Read more Flash CS3 Integration >>

Drag Ability for Scrollable Charts

New Feature - Drag Ability for Scrollable Charts. You can configure chart to make it draggable when the chart area is zoomed.




AnyChart version 5.1 Features Released January 23th, 2009

Scrolling Support

New Feature - All X / Y Axes based charts (Bar, Line, Area, Candlestick, OHLC, Combinations, etc.) can have Axes with scroll bar. Robust, configurable scroll controls with the ability of external JS or Flex control.

View samples of Scrollable Charts >>

Treemap Charts

New chart type - Treemap Chart allows to displaying tree-structured data using nested rectangles. With Color coding support, attribute based thresholds and branches drill down.

View samples of Treemaps >>

Heatmap Charts

New chart type - Heatmap Charts, allows you to give graphical representation of data where the values taken by a variable in a two-dimensional map are represented as colors.

View samples of Heatmaps >>

2D/3D Funnel Charts

New chart type added - feature rich Funnel Charts both in 2D and 3D, smart labeling, animation, neck control and man more option.

View samples of Funnel Charts >>

2D/3D Pyramid Charts

New chart type - Accumulation Pyramid, also known as Pyramidal Funnel.

View samples of Pyramid Charts >>

3D Pie Charts

New chart type added - nice looking, interactive 3D Pie Charts with Animation and all features of regular flat Pie Charts.

View samples of 3D Pie Charts >>

3D Doughnut Charts

New chart type added - nice looking, interactive 3D Doughnut Charts with Animation and all features of regular flat Doughnut Charts.

View samples of 3D Doughnut Charts >>

Multiple X-Axis Support

Improvement - Multiple X Axes both for Categorized and Scatter plots are now supported. Any data series can have its own X Axis now.

Markers in Legend

New Feature - You can now add marker symbols into series icons to distinguish different series.

Interactive Labels

Improvement - data point labels made interactive - you can choose what data should be displayed when you hover or select the data point.

Multiple Data Labels Support

New feature - Multiple Data Labels, you are now not limited with one label per data point - use any number of them. You can add any additional information or create several interactive labels that will be shown only when point is selected.

Multiple Data Tooltips Support

New feature - Multiple Data Tootips, you are now not limited with one tooltip per data point - use any number of them. This can be set for one point or data series.

Multiple Data Markers Support

New feature - Multiple Data Markers, you are now not limited with one marker per data point - use any number of them. This can be set for one point or data series.

Context Menu Localization

Improvement - AnyChart custom context menu items can have custom text. This allows you to localize such options as "Save as Image", "Print Chart..", "Save as PDF...".

Axis Markers Styling Support

Improvement - Axis Markers Styles are added. Styled axis markers allow to decrease the size of XML settings.

Adobe Air Compatibility

Now AnyChart is fully compatible with Adobe Air ™. Build your RIA or Desktop Application utilizing the power of AnyChart Flash Charting engine.

Significant Performance Improvements

AnyChart 5.1 is based on absolutely new charting engine, which made possible to improve performance and decrease rendering time and update time dramatically.

New engine allows to used larger data sets without significant time lags, and this applies to all chart types, including AnyMap extension.

AnyChart 5.0 vs 5.1 Rendering Time Comparison Chart

On the comparison chart you can see the difference between version 5.0 and 5.1 rendering time. We've measured the rendering time for 500 to 10.000 points. X Axis shows the number of points and Y Axis shows the rendering time in seconds.

Using Charts, Gauges and Maps in Dashboards

Improvement - all chart types can now be combined within interactive dashboard: all charts, gauges, maps, funnels. Build your own interactive dashboard using a wide variety of chart types to attain the right results.

SWF File Size Reduction

The size of AnyChart.swf is decreased. Moreover - special type limited optimized SWF files are introduced. By default AnyChart provides separate files for rendering All Chart Types, Basic Chart Types, Gauges, Geo Maps, Tree Maps, Heat Maps, Funnels and several combination SWFs for Dashboarding needs.

AnyChart 5.0Released July 25th, 2008

  • Gauges Charting Engine
    • Circular (Angular)
    • Linear Vertical
    • Linear Horizontal
    • Image
    • Label
    • Indicator
    • Bullet Graphs
  • Exploded Slices for all Pie and Donut Charts.
  • Sorting feature for Pie and Donut Charts.
  • Dashed Grids and Lines.
  • Opera Tooltip Redraw Bug Fixed.
  • Map Tooltip Position in Flex Component Bug Fixed.
  • Animation in Dashboard Mode.

AnyChart 4.2.1Released January 31st, 2008

  • Animation effects, motions, durations, for labels, markers, points and data plot.
  • Optimized Chart Performance

AnyChart 4.2.0Released December 29th, 2007

  • AnyMap Extension with a number of features (including Charts and Maps in a single dashboard)
    - to many to list in version history
  • Interactivity
    - Multiple Elements Select
    - Selectable/Hoverable Settings for Interactive Elements
    - Title, Subtitle and Footer Actions
    - updateView and updateChart tokens technique
  • Custom Controls with Fixed, Floating and Auto Layout
    - Multiple Custom Interactive Labels
    - Multiple Legends
  • Thresholds
    - Custom condition based thresholds
    - Automatic Thresholds
  • Exporting
    - Save As PDF
    - Save As Image now has export image size settings
    - External invoking of Save As and Printing functions
    - Autosaving a chart upon rendering
  • Axes
    - Axes Custom Labels
    - Axes Custom Lines (trends)
    - Axes Custom Ranges (zones)
    - New Axes Keywords
    - New Extra Axes Definition Format
  • Templates
    - ability to change series and data nodes attributes using template
  • No Data Message Configuration
  • External showLoading commands and text configuration
  • Massive AnyChart.js update
    - https issues fix
    - wmode parameter support

AnyChart 4.1.1Released November 5th, 2007

  • Significant performance improvement

AnyChart 4.1.0Released October 16th, 2007

  • Save As Image Feature
  • New Chart Types:
    • 3D Column (Range, Stacked, 100% Stacked),
    • 3D Bar (Range, Stacked, 100% Stacked),
    • 2D/3D Pyramid(Stacked, 100% Stacked ),
    • 2D/3D Cone (Stacked, 100% Stacked),
    • 2D/3D Cylinder(Range, Stacked, 100% Stacked).
  • New Financial Chart Types:
    • Japanese Candlestick,
    • Open-High-Low-Close Chart.
  • DateTime:
    • X and Y Axes DateTime Scales with full control over labels and scale,
    • Fully Customizable DateTime Formatting,
    • Flexible DateTime Input/Output localization,
    • UNIX TimeStamp Input Format,
    • Scatter Charts with DateTime axes.
  • Dashboard Creation Feature:
    • Create Interactive Dashboard using powerful layout, templates and actions system using only one SWF file.
  • User's Guide Updated:
    • Over 80 tutorials with more than 300 chart samples,
    • A number of Implementation Samples - including AJAX integration and JavaScript Event Handlers.
  • XML Reference Updated.
  • Interactivity:
    • Unlimited Number of Custom Actions on Point Click - open web page, launch external function, update another chart in dashboard and drilldown.
    • Selected State Configuration for All Chart Types, ability to set default selected element on chart.
  • Color Range Palettes - automatic feature for coloring all data points in different colors.
  • Preloader Texts Customization Feature
  • Advanced Number Formatting and Scaling
  • Ability to set Meta Data for Points and Series using Custom Attributes for use in labels, tooltips, legend and actions.

AnyChart 4.0.6Released September 23rd, 2007

  • Complete XML reference with all nodes
  • Improved gallery
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Tokens {%DataPlotYMin} and {%DataPlotYMax} now work in all texts
  • Bug fix for with X axis invert for Spline Area series
  • x and y attributes of <legend> node were changed to horizontal_padding and vertical_padding

AnyChart 4.0 Official ReleaseReleased September 17th, 2007

  • Absolutely New Chart Engine for Flash Player 9
  • New XML Format
  • Over 60 Chart Types
  • Aqua Look for Bar, Column and Bubble Charts Style
  • Effects, Styles, Templates
  • Rich Interactivity Options
  • ... and many more new features.

AnyChart 3.1 Official ReleaseReleased April 2nd, 2006

  • Gradient Fills Added

AnyChart 3.0Released October 15th, 2005

  • Chart engine updated
  • New chart types: Dot chart, Range 3D Column, Range Column, Stacked 3D Column, Horizontal Range Column, Horizontal Range 3D Column chart, Stacked Horizontal Column, Stacked Horizontal 3D Column, Combination Column and Line chart

AnyChart 2.3Released December 1st, 2004

  • Horizontal Column chart
  • New chart types: Horizontal 3D Column, Doughnut, 3D Pie chart, Stacked Column, Scatter Line chart with missing values support
  • Multilanguage support
  • Improved Background: image fill

AnyChart 2.2Released October 21st, 2004

  • New Line chart: Scale inverts

AnyChart 2.0Released October 14th, 2004

  • New chart types: Column, 3D Column, Pie,Candlestick
  • Objects: Image, Line, Area, Sound, Text, Trend, Legend