Multi-Cylinder Chart

perldemo\multicylinder.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;

use perlchartdir;

# Data for the chart
my $data0 = [100, 125, 245, 147, 67, 96, 160, 145, 97, 167, 220, 125];
my $data1 = [85, 156, 179, 211, 123, 225, 127, 99, 111, 260, 175, 156];
my $data2 = [97, 87, 56, 267, 157, 157, 67, 156, 77, 87, 197, 87];
my $labels = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];

# Create a XYChart object of size 560 x 280 pixels.
my $c = new XYChart(560, 280);

# Add a title to the chart using 14pt Arial Bold Italic font
$c->addTitle("     Average Weekly Network Load", "Arial Bold Italic", 14);

# Set the plotarea at (50, 50) and of 500 x 200 pixels in size. Use alternating light grey (f8f8f8)
# / white (ffffff) background. Set border to transparent and use grey (CCCCCC) dotted lines as
# horizontal and vertical grid lines
$c->setPlotArea(50, 50, 500, 200, 0xffffff, 0xf8f8f8, $perlchartdir::Transparent, $c->dashLineColor(
    0xcccccc, $perlchartdir::DotLine), $c->dashLineColor(0xcccccc, $perlchartdir::DotLine));

# Add a legend box at (50, 22) using horizontal layout. Use 10 pt Arial Bold Italic font, with
# transparent background
$c->addLegend(50, 22, 0, "Arial Bold Italic", 10)->setBackground($perlchartdir::Transparent);

# Set the x axis labels
$c->xAxis()->setLabels($labels);

# Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions)
$c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5);

# Add axis title
$c->yAxis()->setTitle("Throughput (MBytes Per Hour)");

# Set axis line width to 2 pixels
$c->xAxis()->setWidth(2);
$c->yAxis()->setWidth(2);

# Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets
my $layer = $c->addBarLayer2($perlchartdir::Side);
$layer->addDataSet($data0, 0xff0000, "Server #1");
$layer->addDataSet($data1, 0x00ff00, "Server #2");
$layer->addDataSet($data2, 0x0000ff, "Server #3");

# Set bar shape to circular (cylinder)
$layer->setBarShape($perlchartdir::CircleShape);

# Configure the bars within a group to touch each others (no gap)
$layer->setBarGap(0.2, $perlchartdir::TouchBar);

# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("multicylinder.png");