NAME

Chart::Clicker - Powerful, extensible charting.

SYNOPSIS

  use Chart::Clicker
  use Chart::Clicker::Data::Series;
  use Chart::Clicker::Data::DataSet;

  my $cc = Chart::Clicker->new;

  my $series = Chart::Clicker::Data::Series->new(
    keys    => [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ],
    values  => [ 42, 25, 86, 23, 2, 19, 103, 12, 54, 9 ],
  );

  my $ds = Chart::Clicker::Data::DataSet->new(series => [ $series ]);
 
  $cc->add_to_datasets($ds);

  $cc->draw;
  $cc->write('foo.png')

DESCRIPTION

Chart::Clicker aims to be a powerful, extensible charting package that creates really pretty output. Charts can be saved in png, svg, pdf and postscript format.

Clicker leverages the power of Graphics::Primitive to create snazzy graphics without being tied to specific backend. You may want to begin with Chart::Clicker::Tutorial.

For examples of output, see: http://www.onemogin.com/clicker/examples

For code examples see the examples directory of this distribution.

COOKBOOK

Check the cookbook at http://www.onemogin.com/clicker/cookbook

CONTEXTS

The normal use case for a chart is a couple of datasets on the same axes. Sometimes you want to chart one or more datasets on different axes. A common need for this is when you are comparing two datasets of vastly different scale such as the number of employees in an office (1-10) to monthly revenues (10s of thousands). On a normal chart the number of employees would show up as a flat line at the bottom of the chart.

To correct this, Clicker has contexts. A context is a pair of axes, a renderer and a name. The name is the 'key' by which you will refer to the context.

  my $context = Chart::Clicker::Context->new( name => 'sales' );
  $clicker->add_to_contexts($context);
  
  $dataset->context('sales');
  
  $clicker->add_to_datasets($dataset);
  

New contexts provide a fresh domain and range axis and default to a Line renderer.

Caveat: Clicker expects that the default context (identified by the string "default") will always be present. It is from this context that some of Clicker's internals draw their values. You should use the default context unless you need more than one, in which case you should use "default" as the base context.

FORMATS

Clicker supports PNG, SVG, PDF and PostScript output.

METHODS

new

Creates a new Chart::Clicker object. If no format, width and height are specified then defaults of Png, 500 and 300 are chosen, respectively.

add_to_contexts

Add the specified context to the chart.

add_to_datasets

Add the specified dataset (or arrayref of datasets) to the chart.

add_to_markers

Add the specified marker to the chart.

color_allocator

Set/Get the color_allocator for this chart.

context

Set/Get the context for this chart.

data

Returns the data for this chart as a scalar. Suitable for 'streaming' to a client.

datasets

Get/Set the datasets for this chart.

draw

Draw this chart.

format

Get the format for this Chart. Required in the constructor. Must be on of Png, Pdf, Ps or Svg.

get_datasets_for_context

Returns an arrayref containing all datasets for the given context. Used by renderers to get a list of datasets to chart.

grid_over

Flag controlling if the grid is rendered over the data. Defaults to 0. You probably want to set the grid's background color to an alpha of 0 if you enable this flag.

inside_width

Get the width available in this container after taking away space for insets and borders.

inside_height

Get the height available in this container after taking away space for insets and borders.

legend

Set/Get the legend that will be used with this chart.

legend_position

The position this legend will be added. Should be one of north, south, east, west or center as required by Layout::Manager::Compass.

marker_overlay

Set/Get the marker overlay object that will be used if this chart has markers. This is lazily constructed to save time.

write

Write the chart output to the specified location. Output is written in the format provided to the constructor (which defaults to Png).

  $c->write('/path/to/the.png');

AUTHOR

Cory G Watson <gphat@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

Many thanks to the individuals who have contributed various bits:

Ash Berlin

Brian Cassidy

Guillermo Roditi

Torsten Schoenfeld

Yuval Kogman

SOURCE

Chart::Clicker is on github:

  http://github.com/gphat/chart-clicker/tree/master

LICENSE

You can redistribute and/or modify this code under the same terms as Perl itself.

cpanm Chart::Clicker

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Chart::Clicker