> return Series(e.item.element).displayName;
This didn't work for me, but this did:
return BarSeries(e.element).displayName;
hth,
m
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ely Greenfield
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:27 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Customizing datatip function for
> 100% bar chart
>
>
>
>
> return Series(e.item.element).displayName;
>
> Ely.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j_sevlie
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:17 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Customizing datatip function for 100% bar chart
>
>
>
> Using Flex 2.
>
> I have a 100% bar chart that I need help figuring out how to
> get access to some of the series data for display in a data
> tip. Here's the scenario:
>
> There are 4 regions in the country, each of them gets their
> own bar in the chart..
>
> - North Region
> - South Region
> - West Region
> - East Region
>
> Each bar has 4 individual peices to it, which together sum to 100%:
>
> - Used Sales
> - New Sales
> - Parts
> - Accessories
>
> What I need is a way to display the name of the grouping
> (Used Sales, New Sales, etc) inside my datatip. I cannot for
> the life of me figure out how to do this.
>
> Here's the code that I'm working with:
>
> ---------------------
> <mx:Script>
> <![CDATA[
> import mx.charts.HitData;
>
> public function dataTipsBarChart(e:HitData):String {
> /*
> so far I know how to get the region name, but how do you get
> the actual "displayname" of the series that is being rolled over?
> */
> return e.item.region;
> }
> ]]>
> </mx:Script>
>
> <mx:BarChart x="10" y="36" width="80%" height="124"
> id="barchartDealers" type="100%" showDataTips="true"
> dataTipFunction="dataTipsBarChart">
> <mx:dataProvider>
> <mx:Array>
> <mx:Object region="North" newsales="50" usedsales="25" parts="15"
> accessories="10" />
> <mx:Object region="South" newsales="40" usedsales="35" parts="10"
> accessories="15" />
> <mx:Object region="East" newsales="65" usedsales="15" parts="10"
> accessories="10" />
> <mx:Object region="West" newsales="60" usedsales="20" parts="15"
> accessories="5" />
> </mx:Array>
> </mx:dataProvider>
> <mx:verticalAxis>
> <mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="region" displayName=""/>
> </mx:verticalAxis> <mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:LinearAxis
> minimum="0" maximum="100"/> </mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:series>
> <mx:BarSeries displayName="New Sales" yField="region"
> xField="newsales"> <mx:fill> <mx:SolidColor
> color="0x009900"/> </mx:fill> </mx:BarSeries> <mx:BarSeries
> displayName="Used Sales" yField="region"
> xField="usedsales">
> <mx:fill>
> <mx:SolidColor color="0xFFFF00"/>
> </mx:fill>
> </mx:BarSeries>
> <mx:BarSeries displayName="Parts" yField="region"
> xField="parts"> <mx:fill> <mx:SolidColor color="0xFF9900"/>
> </mx:fill> </mx:BarSeries> <mx:BarSeries
> displayName="Accessories" yField="region"
> xField="accessories">
> <mx:fill>
> <mx:SolidColor color="0xFF0000"/>
> </mx:fill>
> </mx:BarSeries>
> </mx:series>
> </mx:BarChart>
> <mx:Legend dataProvider="{barchartDealers}" x="74.5" y="151"
> width="522" height="31" fontSize="9" id="barchartDealersLegend"/>
> ---------------------
>
> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
>
> I hope that my example was clear enough, it should run on
> it's own if you cut/paste it into a blank Flex app.
>
>
>
>
>
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