Using Graphs in Modx

Hi, Can anyone help me place a graph using Modx which picks data supplied by the user or from a database.

The best I can do for you ---> http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,31363.msg190208.html#msg190208

See this ---> http://modxcms.com/EasyPoll-1873.html
[demo vote: http://www.ubsarena.ch/en.html ]

http://php.about.com/b/2008/01/14/making-a-php-graph.htm
http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/jpgstats.php

But flash would be the coolest
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Charting can be done in any number of ways, but afaik there isn’t a specific implementation for modx.

This is an example of what can be done with jQuery + Google Charting API:
http://keith-wood.name/gChart.html

I also really like these Flash charts, particularly useful for financial data:
http://www.amcharts.com/

Both these solutions make charting relatively easy. In both cases you supply data in xml format - this could come from a database call, or an uploaded file. How you get and manage that data is up to you - if it’s simple you could store it as modx documents+tvs (eg points on a map), and use Ditto to output the xml; if it’s complex (eg a stock prices over time) you may need to write a module or use snippets to create an administrative front end to a custom table.

Flot is also a really cool jQuery based charting engine that’s fast to get started with and works well. Check out the demos.

Google also came up with a super-simple CGI-style encoding you can use to generate a graph.... it’s nice because it looks pretty good AND it requires no special libraries or anything. You just drop in a hyperlink with the variables you want:
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

@Everettg_99: I really like that idea. I checked it out and it’s pretty slick.

There is another chart that I like that’s flash based and does a great job too. It’s pretty straight forward and simple to use.
http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/index.php?menu=Gallery

Yeah, that’s a really nice library... we’ve used it before at my work. The Google charts can’t compare to that, but their biggest selling point is that you don’t have to install anything, and that may be preferable for some users and situations.

Quote from: Everettg_99 at Dec 16, 2008, 11:52 AM

Google also came up with a super-simple CGI-style encoding you can use to generate a graph.... it’s nice because it looks pretty good AND it requires no special libraries or anything. You just drop in a hyperlink with the variables you want:
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/

This is great. Funny I already had the page bookmarked but I had no recollection of this. Very easy to add charts, thanks.

Thanks a lot guys

If you you have the guts to leave ie6 behind, I found a simple javascript solution. I have used it for an internal site, where everyone uses Firefox. I used Bluff to turn a table into a chart. You can hide the source table with css and just show the chart.

http://bluff.jcoglan.com/api.html

I might be able to post some sample code when I get in the office in the morning.