Creating a Flash Chart

How you create a flash chart depends upon whether you are adding the chart to an existing page, or adding a chart on a new page.

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Note that in order to view Flash charts, you must install Flash Player 8 or later. Flash charts used in interactive reports require Flash Player 9 or later.

Adding a Flash Chart to an Existing Page
Adding a Flash Chart to a New Page
Migrating a SVG Chart to Flash
Migrating all SVG Charts in a Application to Flash

Adding a Flash Chart to an Existing Page

To add a flash chart to an existing page:

Navigate to the Page Definition. See "Accessing a Page Definition".
Under Regions, click the Create icon.

The Create Region Wizard appears.
Select Chart and click Next.
For Region, select Flash Chart.
For Display Attributes
1. Specify the following:
  - Title
  - Region Template
  - Display Point
  - Sequence
  - Column
  To learn more, click the item label. When Help is available, the item label changes to red when you pass your cursor over it and the cursor changes to an arrow and question mark. See "About Field-Level Help".
2. Click Next.
On Chart Preview, configure the chart attributes. Click Update to refresh the preview image.
Click Next.
For Source:
1. Specify a query by either:
  - Entering a SQL query in the field provided. See "About Creating SQL Queries for Charts".
  - Clicking the Build Query button. When the Build Chart Query Wizard appears, follow the on-screen instructions.
2. Specify relevant chart attributes. To learn more, click the item label.
Click Create Region.

Adding a Flash Chart to a New Page

To create a flash chart on a new page:

On the Workspace home page, click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.
Click Create Page.
Select Chart and click Next.
Select Flash Chart.
For Page Attributes:
1. Specify the following:
  - Page Number
  - Page Name
  - Region Template
  - Region Name
  - Breadcrumb
  To learn more, click the item label. When Help is available, the item label changes to red when you pass your cursor over it and the cursor changes to an arrow and question mark. See "About Field-Level Help".
2. Click Next.
Specify whether to include tabs and click Next.
For Chart Preview, configure the chart attributes. Click Update to refresh the preview image.
Click Next.
For Query:
1. Specify a query by either:
  - Entering a SQL query in the field provided. See "About Creating SQL Queries for Charts".
  - Clicking the Build Query button. When the Build Chart Query Wizard appears, follow the on-screen instructions.
2. Specify the remaining attributes. To learn more, click the item label.
3. Click Next.
Click Finish.

About Migrating SVG Charts to Flash

You can automatically migrate single or multiple SVG charts to Flash.

About SVG Chart Migration Restrictions

Note that SVG charts are migrated with the following restrictions:

Only number formats defined in axis format strings will be migrated. Date and time formats will be ignored.
Number format elements containing the following will be migrated:
```
0,9,D,G,, (comma),. (period),$,C,L,FM
```
The label for each series in the Flash chart will be derived from each series' column alias. This differs from SVG charts, where the label for each series was derived from the Series Name attribute.
Flash Dial charts display actual values instead of percentages.
In SVG charts, only the labels for the first series are used for the x-axis. In Flash charts, this has been enhanced so that all data appears, even if the data's label does not occur in the first series.

Migrating a SVG Chart to Flash

To migrate a SVG chart to Flash:

Navigate to the Page Definition. See "Accessing a Page Definition".
Under Regions, click region name. The region name displays to the left of SVG Chart.

The Region Definition appears.
From the Tasks list, click Migrate SVG Chart to Flash Chart.
Click Migrate.

Migrating all SVG Charts in a Application to Flash

To migrate all SVG Charts to Flash charts:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
Click the Application Builder icon.
Select an application.

The Application home page appears.
On the Tasks list, click Application Reports.
Click Page Components.
Under Regions, click Migrate SVG to Flash Charts.

The Migrate SVG to Flash Charts page appears.
To migrate specific charts, select the charts to be migrated and click Migrate Checked.
To migrate all charts, click Migrate All.