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showCharts

showCharts(type: String, multiple: Boolean)

[starting from version: 1.4]

Switches to the charts view and shows the chart of the specified type. The following chart types are supported: "column", "bar_h", "line""scatter", "pie", "stacked_column" and "column_line".
After showCharts() API call, the viewType option in the report will be "charts".

Parameters

Parameter/TypeDescription
type
String
optional The type of charts to show.
Default value: "column".
multiple
Boolean
optional To show one measure on the chart (false) or multiple (true) - as many measures as selected in the slice. Available since version 1.9.
Default value: false.

Examples

1) Show default chart type:

pivot.showCharts();

Try on JSFiddle.

2) Show the pie chart:

pivot.showCharts("pie");

Check out the example on JSFiddle.

See also

showGrid
showGridAndCharts