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AnyChart 5.1.1 – CSV Data Support, Flash CS3 Charts

February 3rd, 2009 by Timothy Loginov

Just in 10 days after the previous release – new 5.1.1 version has arrived. We’re happy to introduce several new features. “We’ve added feature-rich CSV support,” said Alex Batsuev, lead developer of AnyChart product.  “This feature began as a customer request.” It allows to make data file smaller and decrease loading time.  It is possible to reuse CSV tables in different series and dashboard views. Read more about CSV Data>>

CSV Import Adobe Flash integration Drag Ability for Scrollable Charts

Other AnyChart version 5.1.1 new features

  • 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.

Read more about AnyChart version history and plans for new upcoming releases. Feel free to contact us with your comments, ideas and suggestions.

AnyChart 5.1 – new chart types, new features, significant performance improvements, and many more…

January 23rd, 2009 by Anton Baranchuk

We’re happy to announce the production release of AnyChart 5.1 – the most advanced flash charting component. Version 5.1 builds on the success of the earlier 5.0 offering by adding several new chart types, new features, significant performance improvements plus new advanced dashboard features and Adobe AIR support.

New chart types: TreeMaps, HeatMaps, Funnel Charts both in 2D and 3D, Accumulation Pyramid (also known as Pyramidal Funnel) both 2D/3D, 3D Pie and  Doughnut charts.

New features: Scrolling support,  Multiple X Axes both for Categorized and Scatter plots, Markers in Legend, Interactive Labels, Multiple Data Labels Support, Multiple Data Tooltips Support, Multiple Data Markers, Context Menu Localization, Axis Markers Styling Support.

Another exciting news – Now AnyChart is fully compatible with Adobe Air ™. Build your RIA or Desktop Application utilizing the power of AnyChart Flash Charting engine. Also all chart types can now be combined within interactive dashboard: all charts, gauges, maps, funnels.

And the last, but not the least – Significant Performance Improvements. Read more »

Third-party developers talk about AnyChart…

January 18th, 2009 by Anton Baranchuk

John Cottrill from  CTO Applications LLC:

“I am a sole proprietor that has been developing data driven applications for manufacturing processes for several years now.  My clients require on-demand analysis of the data that they are capturing and intuitive interfaces.

The projects I have been tackling most recently have required a fair amount of data analysis and summaries.  I wanted to display this on-demand data using a combination of charts and tables to make it easy for my clients to drill down into the data that they required.  I have used a couple other charting libraries in the past, but they never really filled the need.  In some cases I was stuck with what I was provided so never looked much further. Read more »

AnyChart Map Converter

December 9th, 2008 by Timothy Loginov

AnyChart presents the first version of long-awaited AnyChart Map Converter utility. This program is designed to convert ESRI ShapeFiles (*.shp) into the special AMAP format for using in the geo map module of AnyChart Flash Component – AnyMap.
Now AnyChart users are not limited with default set of maps delivered with AnyChart component distribution package. The flexible and intuitively clear interface of AnyChart Map Converter utility provides a wide range of functions to obtain the required result:

AnyChart Map Converter features:

  • Smart boundaries simplification to reduce output file size
  • Polygons aggregation in groups by fields of data table
  • Ability to include any number of data columns
  • Ability to add any number of index columns
  • Selection of default geographic projection
  • Ability to use a command-line utility for batch conversion or to automate conversion process
  • Easy-to-use group label location editing

This utility is distributed for free. Please Download AnyChart Map Converter
Tool is designed for Windows platforms and requires .NET Framwork 3.5 installed.

If you’d like to know more about AnyChart Map Converter – please study  AnyChart Map Converter Tutorial.

Apex Evangelists: AnyChart 5 integration kit for APEX

November 18th, 2008 by Anton Baranchuk

Our partners Apex Evangelists have published integration kit for our products and Oracle Application Express. We’re cross-posting that article here. Thank you, Apex Evangelists!!!  Link to original post>>

A few days ago we released our Anychart 5 integration kit for Oracle Application Express (APEX).

Background

APEX has the ability to create (flash) charts. They are based on an older version of Anychart, version 3.3. Although these charts are already nice, there are some problems with it. You can’t do everything you want with it, you can’t print for ex, in short they look fine but not great.
Anychart released a while ago Anychart 5 which not only looks a lot nicer, but it resolved the problems and it has a lot more possibilities and features! Below, on the left, a chart created in APEX by using one of the predefined examples and on the right, the chart in Anychart 5 format.

I hope these charts speak for themselves 😉 Read more »

AnyChart and Apex Evangelists enter global partnership

September 24th, 2008 by Anton Baranchuk

AnyChart, the world leading company in data visualization, and Apex Evangelists, the world leading consulting company which 100% specializes in working with Oracle Application Express, announced today a global partnership to provide high quality customized data visualization solutions for Oracle APEX.

Apex Evangelists are extremely knowledgeable in all areas of Application Express development and have extensive experience of working with the AnyChart products.

Dimitri Gielis has announced about the partnership at Oracle Open World conference  (post in his blog)

More details>>

Read more »

AnyChart – charts for Google Chrome

September 3rd, 2008 by Alex Batsuev

Google has released the new browser of the next generation – Google Chrome
It is amazing how fast it is, and also it has a lot of features in such minimal, simple and useful interface

But the most important news for our team is the fact that AnyChart works like a charm with Google Chrome!

And it is the good news for our customers as well – all their  reporting, statistical, BI and other systems built with AnyChart will work in the new browser without any extra efforts.

The list of well-known companies that have chosen AnyChart

July 28th, 2008 by Anton Baranchuk

Our sales managers get a lot of questions from prospective customers regarding other companies that have chosen AnyChart. We’ve decided to publish the list of some clients with well-known names.

https://www.anychart.com/company/clients.php

Oracle

Microsoft

Ford Motors

Volkswagen

AT&T

SAIC

Halliburton

JPMorgan Chase

Lockheed Martin

Novo Nordinsk

3M

MTV

General Electrics

NXP Corporation

Rolex

Federal Bank of Chicago

Caltrans

OAIT

Reuters

Schlumberge

AnyChart 5.0 Release – featuring Interactive Circular (Angular) and Linear (Horizontal and Vertical) Gauges

July 24th, 2008 by Timothy Loginov

On July 25th, AnyChart Team is proud to present AnyChart version 5.0 with the multipurpose, feature rich Gauge engine.

Version 5.0 Release Overview:

  • Gauges Charting Engine
    • Circular (Angular) Gauges – variable angles, multiple scales, auto-fit.
    • Linear Vertical and Horizontal – color ranges, multiple scales and pointers.
    • Image Gauge – for nice look and total customization.
    • Custom Labels – to add descriptions and annotations.
    • Indicator Gauge – to represent device or business indicators.
    • Bullet Graphs.
    • Thermometer Styled Linear Gauges.
    • Tank Styled Linear Gauges.
  • Basic Charts Engine Improvements
    • Exploded Slices for Single-Series 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 Fixed.

Please take a look at the Gauge Samples in our Chart Gallery:

And do not miss an opportunity to test:

The trial version can be downloaded from Download Section.

Existing users eligible for the free or discounted upgrade – please contact support team to upgrade to version 5.0.

Here is a sample Gauges Dashboard created  with AnyChart version 5.0:

Using AnyChart with JSON and JavaScript

June 6th, 2008 by Alex Batsuev

Until now AnyChart was able to get data only in XML format. However it’s not always convenient and requires at least knowledge of XML.

Now we make the life of AnyChart users easier and add the ability of handy Flash chart implementation in JavaScript. Now AnyChart.js has a new method – setJSData, that allows you to set parameters and data to the chart as a JavaScript object.

You can view a simple example here:
http://6.anychart.com/tips_and_tricks/xml-and-js/js-sample.html

How to create an object with settings and data:An object with settings and data has the same structure as AnyChart XML. XML nodes and attributes are properties. Nodes, that can be repeated (for example, <point />) are arrays.

For example:

var chartData = {
 charts: {
   chart: {
     chart_settings: {
        title: { text: "Chart Title" }      },
      data: {
       series: [
         point: [{name: "pt1", y: 12}, {name: "pt2", y: 23}]
       ]
     }
   }
 }
}

Or:

var chartData = {}
chartData.charts = {};
chartData.charts.chart = {};
chartData.charts.chart.chart_settings = {};
chartData.charts.chart.chart_settings.title = {};
chartData.charts.chart.chart_settings.title.text = "Chart Title";
chartData.charts.chart.data = {};
chartData.charts.chart.data.series = [];

var seriesObj = {};
seriesObj.point = [];
seriesObj.point.push({name: "Pt1", y: 12});
seriesObj.point.push({name: "Pt1", y: 23});

chartData.charts.chart.data.series.push(seriesObj);

Object’s structure is equivalent to XML structure. The description of XML you can find here:
http://6.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/xmlReference/index.html

Setting chart description object to AnyChart is done using setJSData method.

Also we’ve created several examples of using setJSData, including JSON example:

1. An example of object-creation using JavaScript:http://6.anychart.com/tips_and_tricks/xml-and-js/js-sample.html

2. An example of JSON-creation forming: http://6.anychart.com/tips_and_tricks/xml-and-js/json-sample.html

3. An example of JSON-data loading from the text file using AJAX:
http://6.anychart.com/tips_and_tricks/xml-and-js/json-ajax-sample.html

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