ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

Dual Y-Axis




This example demonstrates a chart with two independent y-axis.

ChartDirector supports arbitrary number of axes. The first two x and y axes are most commonly used and can be retrieved using XYChart.xAxis, XYChart.xAxis2, XYChart.yAxis and XYChart.yAxis2. These axes are by default put at the edges of the plot area.

By default, a data set will bind to the primary y-axis. This can be modified by using DataSet.setUseYAxis or DataSet.setUseYAxis2.

The y-axes in this example are of different colors. This is achieved by using Axis.setColors.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/dualyaxis.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// The data for the chart
data0 = Array(0.05, 0.06, 0.48, 0.1, 0.01, 0.05);
data1 = Array(100, 125, 265, 147, 67, 105);
labels = Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun");

// Create a XYChart object of size 300 x 180 pixels
c = cd.XYChart(300, 180);

// Set the plot area at (50, 20) and of size 200 x 130 pixels
c.setPlotArea(50, 20, 200, 130);

// Add a title to the chart using 8pt Arial Bold font
c.addTitle("Independent Y-Axis Demo", "Arial Bold", 8);

// Set the labels on the x axis.
c.xAxis().setLabels(labels);

// Add a title to the primary (left) y axis
c.yAxis().setTitle("Packet Drop Rate (pps)");

// Set the axis, label and title colors for the primary y axis to red (0xc00000) to match the first
// data set
c.yAxis().setColors("0xc00000", "0xc00000", "0xc00000");

// Add a title to the secondary (right) y axis
c.yAxis2().setTitle("Throughtput (MBytes)");

// set the axis, label and title colors for the primary y axis to green (0x008000) to match the
// second data set
c.yAxis2().setColors("0x008000", "0x008000", "0x008000");

// Add a line layer to for the first data set using red (0xc00000) color with a line width to 3
// pixels
lineLayer = c.addLineLayer(data0, "0xc00000");
lineLayer.setLineWidth(3);

// tool tip for the line layer
lineLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Packet Drop Rate on {xLabel}: {value} pps'");

// Add a bar layer to for the second data set using green (0x00C000) color. Bind the second data set
// to the secondary (right) y axis
barLayer = c.addBarLayer(data1, "0x00c000");
barLayer.setUseYAxis2();

// tool tip for the bar layer
barLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Throughput on {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'");

// Output the chart
chart1URL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1");

// include tool tip for the chart
imageMap1 = c.getHTMLImageMap("");

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Dual Y-Axis
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" usemap="##map1" border="0" />
<map name="map1">#imageMap1#</map>
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>