Chart2

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

Charts are used to illustrate data sets e.g. from spreadsheets to get a better understanding of the data. A lot of different two and three dimensional chart types are available to 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.

Helping with the Chart

Example Chart made with OpenOffice.org 2.3 (ods-file see File:ProgrammingLanguages.ods)

Development

If you like to help developing the chart, you can find useful information here.

To find a concrete task to work on, check the issue queries of open chart bugs and features. Maybe there is something that catches your interest:

Also check the easy-to-dev issue list to see whether there are currently development opportunities for newbies: Easy to develop issues

Roadmap

Task Target Status
Display equations for regression lines OOo 2.4 done
Enable reverse scales on axes OOo 2.4 done
Display bars on different axis next to each other OOo 2.4 done
Number format for data labels OOo 2.4 done
Display both value and percentage as data point label OOo 2.4 done
Allow to display each part of a data label in a separate line OOo 2.4 done
More flexible placement of labels on data points OOo 2.4 done
Better automatic positions for lables on pie segments OOo 2.4 done
Allow removing data point labels with delete key OOo 2.4 done
resolution dependent chart prints and pdf export OOo 2.4 done
Ease editing regression lines (trendlines) OOo 3.0 done
Title for secondary y axis OOo 3.0 done
Clockwise pie chart OOo 3.0 done
Starting angle for pie charts - rotation of pie charts OOo 3.0 done
Select 'Range' for error bars OOo 3.0 done
Plotting of missing values (leave gap,assume zero,continue line) OOo 3.0 (on risk) CWS chart22 in QA
Offer multiple sets of default colors for charts OOo 3.x in process
Issues for an Arabic version OOo 3.1 planned
Error Bars for X values OOo 3.x planned
Templates OOo 3.x planned

Child-workspaces after OOo 2.4

CWS Description Target Based on/integrated into Status
chart26 Bug fixes OOo 2.4.1 and OOo 3.0 OOH680m12 and DEV300m13 Integrated
chart19 Features OOo 3.0 SRC680m248 Integrated
chart20 Features OOo 3.0 DEV300m2 Integrated
chart23 Bug fixes OOo 3.0 DEV300m6 Integrated
chart22 Features OOo 3.0 DEV300m18 Approved by QA
odfversionedexport Bug fixes OOo 3.0 DEV300m17 Integrated
chart25 Bug fixes OOo 3.0 DEV300m18 Integrated
chart28 Bug fixes OOo 2.4.1 OOH680m17 Nominated
chart27 Bug fixes OOo 3.0 DEV300m18 In development
chart24 Features OOo 3.x DEV300m0 In development

Testing

If you want to help the QA team have a look at the QA contribution page. You can help a lot with identifying new problems or verifying fixed and integrated issues!

Download the latest developer snapshot and give it a try. When you find a bug please check whether someone else already did submit an issue for that problem. The following issue list can help you with the research:

There is also a spreadsheet document containing the open chart issues. It is nice for sorting and filtering, but it is not up-to-date. Have a look at the first line to find out when the query was done.

If the problem is unknown you are welcome to submit a new issue. Thanks a lot for your help!

Other Contributions

For other kinds of contributions like graphics, documentation, translation, marketing take a look at this page.

Chart Features

Chart features per release:

Further feature requests grouped by category:

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

Basic Macro Examples

Technical Articles

Here you can find some technical articles about the chart, that may help for future development.

People

  • code contributors
    • Daniel Rentz (Sun Microsystems, Calc)
    • Niklas Nebel (Sun Microsystems, Calc)
    • Thomas Lange (Sun Microsystems, Writer)
    • Regina Henschel (splines, online-help, testing)
    • Li Yuan (Redflag CH2000)
    • Wei Zhao (Redflag CH2000)
    • Mao Yonggang (Redflag CH2000)
  • working permanently on chart QA
    • Thomas Klarhöfer (Sun Microsystems, QA for chart)
    • Jörg Sievers (Sun Microsystems, Test-tool automation for chart)

Note: if anybody thinks he is missing on this list or a comment is not complete, please drop me a note or modify this page

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