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Charts in views

Offering a lightweight alternative to Tableau, charts can be embedded within conventional views using the Chart component or the vdl-chart tag . Chart data can originate as static, scripted data, or it can be retrieved from model entities.
The range of supported chart types is:
  • Bar
  • Stacked Bar
  • Line
  • Scatter
  • Pie

This section provides an overview of Charts along with the vdl-chart and its related markup. For more, see the VDL 4.7 Reference.

Covered Topics
  • Creating Charts
    The simplest chart to create is a bar chart (the default chart type) using provided static data.
  • Creating Line Charts, Scatter Plots and Pie Charts with Provided Data
    All the other chart types can be created from variations of the above examples, noting that the respective vdl-chart-series elements will need a type attribute in anything other than a default bar chart, and that only one vdl-chart-series element is permitted for pie charts.
  • Using Entity Data in Charts
    To switch to using entity data in charts, just replace the data attribute of your vdl-chart-series element with a naming entity attribute:
  • Configuring Chart Axes
    The vdl-chart-axis element has several possible attributes:
  • Index Filters
    You may wish to create charts using entities that have too many dimensions to render in a 2D chart.
  • Charting with Multiple Scenarios
    To create a chart that displays data from more than one scenario, use a scenario attribute on a vdl-chart-series element.
Parent Topic Exploring the Core Components