
Charting data
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Charting data
One of the most important considerations when you chart data is the way you supply the data to
the
cfchart
tag. You can supply data in the following ways:
•
Provide all the data in a single query using
cfchartseries
tags.
•
Specify individual data points using
cfchartdata
tags.
•
Combine data from a query with additional data points from
cfchartdata
tags.
Note:
The
cfchart
tag charts numeric data only. As a result, you must convert any dates, times, or
preformatted currency values, such as $3,000.53, to integers or real numbers.
Charting a query
When you chart a query, you specify the query name using the
query
attribute of the
cfchartseries
tag. For example, the code for a simple bar chart might be as follows:
<cfchart
xAxisTitle="Department"
yAxisTitle="Salary Average"
>
<cfchartseries
type="bar"
query="DataTable"
valueColumn="AvgByDept"
itemColumn="Dept_Name"
/>
</cfchart>
This example displays the values in the AvgByDept column of the DataTable query. It displays the
Dept_Name column value as the item label by each bar.
You use the following attributes of the
cfchartseries
tag when working with queries:
Using queries of queries provides significant power in generating the data for the chart. For
example, you can use aggregating functions such as SUM, AVG, and GROUP BY to create a
query of queries with statistical data based on a raw database query. For more information, see
Chapter 22, “Using Query of Queries,” on page 451
.
You can also take advantage of the ability to reference and modify query data dynamically. For
example, you can loop through the entries in a query column and reformat the data to show
whole dollar values.
The example in the following procedure analyzes the salary data in the CompanyInfo database
using a query of queries and displays the data as a bar chart.
Attribute
Description
query
The query that contains the data. You must also specify
valueColumn
and
itemColumn
.
valueColumn
The query column that contains the values to be charted.
itemColumn
The query column that contains the description for this data point. The item
normally appears on the horizontal axis of bar and line charts, on the vertical axis
of horizontal bar charts, and in the legend in pie charts.
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