1.5.3.2.1. Screen XML Descriptor

Open the GENERIC UI tab in CUBA Studio and create a screen in the web module. Enter the value column3d-chart in the Descriptor field. The fields - Id, Controller Name and Messages Pack will be filled in with appropriate values. Save changes. Open the XML tab and replace its content with the following code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<window xmlns="http://schemas.haulmont.com/cuba/window.xsd"
        caption="msg://caption"
        class="com.company.sampler.web.screens.Column3dChart"
        messagesPack="com.company.sampler.web.screens"
        xmlns:chart="http://schemas.haulmont.com/charts/charts.xsd">
    <dsContext>
        <collectionDatasource id="countryGrowthDs"
                              class="com.company.sampler.entity.CountryGrowth"
                              refreshMode="NEVER"/>
    </dsContext>
    <layout>
        <chart:serialChart id="chart"
                           angle="30"
                           categoryField="country"
                           datasource="countryGrowthDs"
                           depth3D="60"
                           height="100%"
                           plotAreaFillAlphas="0.1"
                           startDuration="1"
                           width="100%">
            <chart:categoryAxis gridPosition="START"/>
            <chart:valueAxes>
                <chart:axis position="LEFT"
                            stackType="BOX_3D"
                            title="GDP growth rate"
                            unit="%"/>
            </chart:valueAxes>
            <chart:graphs>
                <chart:graph id="graph2014"
                             balloonText="GDP grow in [[category]] (2014): &lt;b&gt;[[value]]&lt;/b&gt;"
                             fillAlphas="0.9"
                             lineAlpha="0.2"
                             title="2014"
                             type="COLUMN"
                             valueField="year2014"/>
                <chart:graph id="graph2015"
                             balloonText="GDP grow in [[category]] (2015): &lt;b&gt;[[value]]&lt;/b&gt;"
                             fillAlphas="09."
                             lineAlpha="0.2"
                             title="2015"
                             type="COLUMN"
                             valueField="year2015"/>
            </chart:graphs>
            <chart:export/>
        </chart:serialChart>
    </layout>
</window>

The root element of the screen descriptor contains a new xmlns:chart attribute:

<window xmlns:chart="http://schemas.haulmont.com/charts/charts.xsd"
    ...
>

The chart retrieves data from the countryGrowthDs datasource defined in the datasource attribute. Names and values are displayed using the country, year2014 and year2015 attributes of the CountryGrowth entity; the list of instances for this entity is stored in the datasource.

The chart:serialChart component contains the following attributes:

  • angle - defines the chart angle. May have a value from 0 to 90.

  • balloonText - defines text for the tooltip that appears when hovering over a column. You can use the following tags: [[value]], [[title]], [[persents]], [[description]], as well as keys from the DataItem listed in a DataProvider instance, or names of the entity attributes from the datasource. To use html tags you must escape them.

  • depth3D - chart thickness. When used in combination with the angle attribute, helps to create a 3D effect.

  • plotAreaFillAlphas - opacity of the plot area.

  • startDuration - duration of the animation, in seconds.

  • categoryField - a key from the set of pairs contained in the DataItem objects listed in a DataProvider instance; this key is used to determine the labels for the category axis.

The chart:serialChart component contains the following elements:

  • chart:categoryAxis - an element that describes the category axis.

    • The gridPosition attribute specifies if a grid line is placed on the center of a cell or on the beginning of a cell.

  • chart:valueAxes - an element that defines vertical value axes. In our case, only one vertical axis is used; the axis is described by the chart:axis element.

    • The position attribute defines position of the value axis relative to the chart.

    • Setting stackType to BOX_3D makes the chart display columns one behind the other.

  • chart:graphs - an element that contains the collection of chart:graph elements; the graph is described by the chart:graph element.

    • The type attribute defines the type of the graph and can be: line, column, step line, smoothed line, olhc and candlestick.

    • The valueField attribute defines a key from the list of pairs contained in the DataItem objects listed in a DataProvider instance; this key is used to determine the value.

    • The fillAlphas attribute defines opacity of fill.

    • The lineAlpha attribute defines opacity of the line (or column border). Value range is 0 - 1.

  • chart:export – an optional element that enables chart export.