New version of Oracle APEX is available. A lot of new features >>

And… Improved Charting with Gantts and Maps

“The underlying charting engine has been upgraded to AnyChart 5.1 which is faster, provides better graphics, and decreases rendering time. Developers can take advantage of the many additional attributes to readily customize the appearance of their charts. Declarative support for project and resource Gantt charts together with flash Maps has also been incorporated.”

To view the new features in action, run the demonstration application.

On 13th of February AnyChart is proud to release version 5.1.2 of AnyChart Flash Charting Component with JavaScript Data Manipulation Methods.

Please download the latest trial version from AnyChart Download Section.

AnyChart is based on XML data input, but if you’d like to create Data Streaming or fully Client Size interactive applications you can use Java Script data manipulation options. These methods allows you to add, remove or change the data points and data series in a single chart or in the chart that is a part of a dashboard. Also, you can highlight a point or a series, or select/deselect a point. Along with AJAX related functions you can create application that will give users the great option of run-time chart data editing.

Also, the special Dataplot Attributes can be used to update chart titles, footers and other texts on the chart.

Read more about JavaScript Data Manipulation in AnyChart Users Guide >>

Here is a bunch of samples that give  you an overview of new features:

• Adding, Removing, Showing, Hiding Data Series
• Adding, Removing, Editing Data Points
• Selecting, Deselecting and Highlighting Data Elements

Oracle APEX Users can now use an updated AnyChart 5.1 Engine in their APEX Applications - 5.1.2 release features new integration kit. Please refer to Apex Evangelists: AnyChart 5 integration kit for APEX for more.

Just in 10 days after the previous release - new 5.1.1 version has arrived. We’re happy to introduce several new features. “We’ve added feature-rich CSV support,” said Alex Batsuev, lead developer of AnyChart product.  “This feature began as a customer request.” It allows to make data file smaller and decrease loading time.  It is possible to reuse CSV tables in different series and dashboard views. Read more about CSV Data>>

Other AnyChart version 5.1.1 new features

• Adobe Flash Integration 
  New Feature - A set of samples making possible the use of AnyChart Charts, Maps and Gauges in Flash CS3.
  Read more Flash CS3 Integration >>
• Drag Ability for Scrollable Charts
  New Feature - Drag Ability for Scrollable Charts. You can configure chart to make it draggable when the chart area is zoomed.

Read more about AnyChart version history and plans for new upcoming releases. Feel free to contact us with your comments, ideas and suggestions.

We’re happy to announce the production release of AnyChart 5.1 - the most advanced flash charting component. Version 5.1 builds on the success of the earlier 5.0 offering by adding several new chart types, new features, significant performance improvements plus new advanced dashboard features and Adobe AIR support.

New chart types: TreeMaps, HeatMaps, Funnel Charts both in 2D and 3D, Accumulation Pyramid (also known as Pyramidal Funnel) both 2D/3D, 3D Pie and  Doughnut charts.

New features: Scrolling support,  Multiple X Axes both for Categorized and Scatter plots, Markers in Legend, Interactive Labels, Multiple Data Labels Support, Multiple Data Tooltips Support, Multiple Data Markers, Context Menu Localization, Axis Markers Styling Support.

Another exciting news - Now AnyChart is fully compatible with Adobe Air ™. Build your RIA or Desktop Application utilizing the power of AnyChart Flash Charting engine. Also all chart types can now be combined within interactive dashboard: all charts, gauges, maps, funnels.

And the last, but not the least - Significant Performance Improvements. (more…)

John Cottrill from  CTO Applications LLC:

“I am a sole proprietor that has been developing data driven applications for manufacturing processes for several years now.  My clients require on-demand analysis of the data that they are capturing and intuitive interfaces.

The projects I have been tackling most recently have required a fair amount of data analysis and summaries.  I wanted to display this on-demand data using a combination of charts and tables to make it easy for my clients to drill down into the data that they required.  I have used a couple other charting libraries in the past, but they never really filled the need.  In some cases I was stuck with what I was provided so never looked much further. (more…)

Our partners Apex Evangelists have published integration kit for our products and Oracle Application Express. We’re cross-posting that article here. Thank you, Apex Evangelists!!!  Link to original post>>

A few days ago we released our Anychart 5 integration kit for Oracle Application Express (APEX).

Background

APEX has the ability to create (flash) charts. They are based on an older version of Anychart, version 3.3. Although these charts are already nice, there are some problems with it. You can’t do everything you want with it, you can’t print for ex, in short they look fine but not great.
Anychart released a while ago Anychart 5 which not only looks a lot nicer, but it resolved the problems and it has a lot more possibilities and features! Below, on the left, a chart created in APEX by using one of the predefined examples and on the right, the chart in Anychart 5 format.

I hope the charts speak for themselves (more…)

AnyChart, the world leading company in data visualization, and Apex Evangelists, the world leading consulting company which 100% specializes in working with Oracle Application Express, announced today a global partnership to provide high quality customized data visualization solutions for Oracle APEX.

Apex Evangelists are extremely knowledgeable in all areas of Application Express development and have extensive experience of working with the AnyChart products.

Dimitri Gielis has announced about the partnership at Oracle Open World conference  (post in his blog)

More details>>

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Our sales managers get a lot of questions from prospective customers regarding other companies that have chosen AnyChart. We’ve decided to publish the list of some clients with well-known names.

http://www.anychart.com/company/clients.php

AnyChart for SharePoint beta is available now. It is a charting component designed specifically for Microsoft’s SharePoint portal technology. This web part allows you to create different charts based on SharePoint list data. This product doesn’t require installing any code to the server. AnyChart Flash charting technology is used as the charting engine.

Using AnyChart for SharePoint you can easily build and configure any dashboard in minutes. This solution intended for everybody who deals with creation of dashboard, reporting, analytics, statistical, financial or any other data visualization solutions.

Product page: http://www.anychart.com/products/sharepoint/overview/

Download beta: http://www.anychart.com/products/sharepoint/download/

Installation tutorial: http://www.anychart.com/products/sharepoint/demos/installation.php

Live demo: http://www.SharePointCharting.com/

AnyChart component for Adobe Flex 3 is now available!

Now Flex developers have better alternative of Flex Charting for adding interactive charts, maps and diagrams into their applications. Our solution allows to build dashboard, reporting, analytical, statistical, financial or any other data visualization solutions with Adobe Flex 3. AnyChart is an advanced Flash based data-visualizataion solution, allowing everyone to utilize power of animation and ultimate interactivity.

It’s just a beta 1 version and we are open for your opinions and suggestions.
You can send them as a comments to this post or contact us directly (support@anychart.com).

You can download SWC library from here:
http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/platforms/flex/AnyChartTrialSWCComponents.zip

And please take a look at the following samples:

Sample #1: Chart types.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/chartTypes/AnyChartFlexChartTypes.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/chartTypes/srcview/index.html

Sample #2: Sales map.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/salesMap/AnyChartFlexSalesMap.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/salesMap/srcview/index.html

Sample #3: Yahoo Weather with AnyChart Flash Maps.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/yahooWeather/YahooWeatherSample.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/yahooWeather/srcview/index.html

Quick start guide:
1. Download AnyChartFlexComponent.swc and add them to the “libs” folder of your project
2. Open your Flex application in the “Design” view.
3. Drag AnyCharFlex from Components panel to the stage (Custom->AnyChartFlex)
4. Open the “Code” view and write XML for the chart. e.g.

<ns1:AnyChartFlex x="10" y="10" width="550" height="400">
<ns1:anychartXML>
<mx:XML>
<anychart>
  <charts>
    <chart>
      <data>
        <series>
          <point name="pt1" y="10" />
          <point name="pt2" y="20" />
          <point name="pt3" y="30" />
          <point name="pt4" y="40" />
          <point name="pt5" y="20" />
        </series>
      </data>
    </chart>
  </charts>
</anychart>
</mx:XML>
</ns1:anychartXML>
</ns1:AnyChartFlex>

That’s it! Quick and Easy!

You can find complete XML reference here:
http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/xmlReference/index.html

Beta 1 provides full support of the AnyChart XML format, it means that all AnyChart features are available!

So - you are welcome to play with our demos and leave your comments! Your opinion is very important for us - Thank you!