Archive for the ‘Design Approaches’ Category

Yup, it sure is! It’s actually quite easy to do. Here’s what you’ll need to do:

Is it possible to make a Thermometer Chart?

Yup, it sure is! It’s actually quite easy to do. Here’s what you’ll need to do:

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September 16, 2013
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Design Approaches

A watermark is text or a logo superimposed on top of a document or image. Sometimes it is necessary to apply a watermark to charts in order to assert ownership of the chart. On the web it can be useful to watermark a URL on a chart so that as it is published in other places such as blogs, traffic is driven to your site.

Adding a Watermark to a Chart

A watermark is text or a logo superimposed on top of a document or image. Sometimes it is necessary to apply a watermark to charts in order to assert ownership of the chart. On the web it can be useful to watermark a URL on a chart so that as it is published in other […]

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September 3, 2013
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Design Approaches

We have european customers that have asked us if our chart templates can be styled to look like the minimalistic Hichert design. The answer is: yes, off course we can!

Hichert style chart visualization

We have european customers that have asked us if our chart templates can be styled to look like the minimalistic Hichert design. The answer is: yes, off course we can!

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August 16, 2013
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Design Approaches

Sometimes it’s hard to find that one particular color or set of colors that fit just right. You may also want to try other colors than the defaults.

Colors and more colors

Sometimes it’s hard to find that one particular color or set of colors that fit just right. You may also want to try other colors than the defaults.

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August 1, 2013
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Chart Polish, Color Principles

Using NetCharts Designer you can easily build an Alert Chart that shows the negative bar values in red and positive bar values in green. This month I thought we would go over the steps in greater detail of how to build an Alert chart using a simple Bar as the chart template.

Chart Of The Month: Alert Chart (Bar)

Using NetCharts Designer you can easily build an Alert Chart that shows the negative bar values in red and positive bar values in green. This month I thought we would go over the steps in greater detail of how to build an Alert chart using a simple Bar as the chart template.

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July 15, 2013
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Design Approaches

Recently I was working on a project that required the cdl to not be visible inside of the applet tags. I came across a great way to hide the CDL params of an applet that would otherwise be exposed in the .html page.

Don’t want to expose the CDL params in your page?

Recently I was working on a project that required the cdl to not be visible inside of the applet tags. I came across a great way to hide the CDL params of an applet that would otherwise be exposed in the .html page.

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July 2, 2013
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Design Approaches

I recently finished putting together a Pediatric Growth Chart which was a really fun exercise. It’s a rather unusual and complex looking chart but is actually possible to do using simple CDL. In this blog I thought I’d share how one particular chart feature made it possible.

Chart Of The Month: “Pediatric Growth Chart”

I recently finished putting together a Pediatric Growth Chart which was a really fun exercise. It’s a rather unusual and complex looking chart but is actually possible to do using simple CDL. In this blog I thought I’d share how one particular chart feature made it possible.

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June 14, 2013
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Design Approaches

In this example I will go over some simple tips of what’s required to use color area fills to display warning zones.

Adding an area fill to show warning zones

In this example I will go over some simple tips of what’s required to use color area fills to display warning zones.

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June 3, 2013
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Design Approaches

You may have the requirement to display the labels in the chart in a certain language. This is actually possible to do. Here’s a quick tip with a couple simple steps of how to display the text in another language.

Using another language in your chart

You may have the requirement to display the labels in the chart in a certain language. This is actually possible to do. Here’s a quick tip with a couple simple steps of how to display the text in another language.

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May 20, 2013
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Design Approaches

One great feature that isn’t very obvious is the capability of using translucent colors. Using transparent colors in certain ways can easily improve the styling of your chart. You could use this feature on not only the colors of the bars, pie slices or lines, but also on fonts, fill colors and much more.

Using Translucent Colors

One great feature that isn’t very obvious is the capability of using translucent colors. Using transparent colors in certain ways can easily improve the styling of your chart. You could use this feature on not only the colors of the bars, pie slices or lines, but also on fonts, fill colors and much more.

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May 1, 2013
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Design Approaches