Chart2

Quick Links Chart Project Page on OOo Chart Specifications on OOo #chart2.openoffice.org GullFOSS Blog Features in OOo 2.3 Features in OOo 2.4

Chart2 is the re-implementation of the charting component of OpenOffice.org. It is integrated in OOo 2.3.

Charts are used for visualizing data sets from e.g. spreadsheets by two and three dimensional diagrams. There are a lot of different two- and three-dimensional chart types you can choose from. This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org. It is especially written to help newcomers to the process of developing for the new OOo chart module.

If you would like to participate, if you have comments or questions related to the chart you are welcome on the graphics mailing lists: (users,dev,features,bugs,cvs)@graphics.openoffice.org. See also the side-box with some useful Links.

Development for the New Chart

As the information on how to compile the new chart and on how to develop in this project have become quite lengthy, they can be found now on separate pages:

• Compiling the new chart module
• Developing for the new chart module
• FAQ about Chart API Compatibility If you have problems with Macros or extensions that use the com.sun.star.chart API you may find answers or ask questions on this page.

Features

This section gives an overview over new features that are either integrated, planned for a future release or not yet planned to implement for a specific version.

Past Releases

• Features in OOo 2.3

Future Releases

• Features in OOo 2.4
• Features in OOo 3.0

Unplanned Features

This list is based primarily on the List of wished enhancements for Charts.

• Chart-Types
• Legend
• Data Labels
• Axis
• Chart formatting
• Trend lines and error bars
• Range and data series
• Chart annotation
• Miscellaneous

Open Technical Issues in the New Chart

There still some architectural issues left that have to be solved. This section serves for showing those problems and showing the progress in finding solutions. The issues are now on a separate page.

Why not implement everything in OOo?

This article has been moved to a separate page.

Documentation

The application help introduces an own module "Chart" in the top left drop-down listbox of Help Viewer. Main issue for documentation is http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=60360

Some useful information

• Chart Project Page: http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html
• Chart Specifications: http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/index.html
• IRC channel: #chart2.openoffice.org on freenode
• OOo Sun Developers Weblog: GullFOSS (which also shows up at Planet OpenOffice.org)