YOU ARE RIGHT! If I call drawChart on a button click event it works so I
am calling it in the wrong event which is obviously running BEFORE the
chart data is being populated! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your help!
I've learned a lot through the process and can confidently tell the boss
that Google Charts is a go!
On Friday, November 14, 2014 11:17:39 AM UTC-5, Sergey wrote:
>
> The things you're talking about seem to be specific to your development
> tools/environment, which is another way of saying, I'm not really sure what
> you're talking about. It also appears that you either forgot to post the
> "properties section", so I don't really see what you're talking about
> either. Try doing console.log(JSON.stringify({dialog.object})) to log the
> JSON representation of your object to the console, and post back a
> screenshot.
>
> The best help I can give you at this stage is that perhaps your data is
> being set after your chart is getting drawn. Try putting console.log calls
> right before your data is set and right before you actually attempt to use
> it. I bet that you'll see the latter first.
>
> On Fri Nov 14 2014 at 11:09:22 AM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm, that's an interesting thought! I added the console line you
>> requested and get the following. I see that the properties section on the
>> right DOES NOT list "_data" which puzzles me:
>>
>> :
>>
>>
>>
>> When I drill down on that first line and review the html, I can see the
>> dialog data is set to my array and loaded with the data I am trying to
>> chart (dialogId = DLG1 so the development tool renames it accordingly):
>>
>> DLG1_DlgObj._data = [['Type', 'Cost'],['CUSTOMER RETURN', 1405],
>>
>> ['INTER-COMPANY', 100],
>> ['REWORK', 200],
>> ['SCRAP', 100],
>> ['SETUP SCRAP', 110],
>> ['VENDOR RETURN', 5],
>> ['WARRANTY RETURN', 800]];;
>>
>> Please let me know your thoughts as I am running out of time to get this
>> completed. Boss wants to purchase a charting tool and quite honestly, the
>> Google Charts are much prettier and I would prefer we go this route.
>>
>> Thanks again for all your help!
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:02:48 PM UTC-5, Sergey wrote:
>>
>>> OK, it looks like your chartdata is undefined. Which is, in fact, not an
>>> array. It effectively means that the property _data is missing; which in
>>> turn means that something is iffy with your configuration. Please add the
>>> line console.log({dialog.object}) and post a screenshot of that, and
>>> perhaps I can help you further.
>>>
>>> On Wed Nov 12 2014 at 2:57:36 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T-EoS3SWMgM/VGO7pTTnmYI/AAAAAAAAAAM/41q4PJVJ87U/s1600/js.jpg>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T-EoS3SWMgM/VGO7pTTnmYI/AAAAAAAAAAM/41q4PJVJ87U/s1600/js.jpg>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:55:44 PM UTC-5, [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply Sergey.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please forgive my ignorance, I'm literally just figuring out how to
>>>>> use the debugging tool today so I really am fumbling through it. I added
>>>>> the 2 lines you mentioned to my javascript function and here's what I see
>>>>> in Firefox debugger. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me much. Am I not
>>>>> looking in the right place?:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 2:11:21 PM UTC-5, Sergey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's tough to say what's going on here and why it's failing, since it
>>>>>> looks like your data is in fact an array. My guess is that your
>>>>>> chartdata
>>>>>> is an array encoded as a string. Could you perhaps do console.log(typeof
>>>>>> chartdata) and report back what it says? Or even
>>>>>> console.log(JSON.stringify(
>>>>>> chartdata))?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed Nov 12 2014 at 1:58:38 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Long story short, I use Alpha 5 as my development tool and was able
>>>>>>> test using Google Charts API per some of your examples (and assistance
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> a previous post). So using your static chart example, I modified my
>>>>>>> code
>>>>>>> to connect to our SQL database and retrieve data to display in the
>>>>>>> chart,
>>>>>>> rather than using static, hard coded data. I can confirm it's
>>>>>>> connecting
>>>>>>> to our data source and returning the correct data by stepping through
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> code and checking the values of the chart data, but the chart doesn't
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> rendered. I get a pop up that says:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I check the Firefox debugger, it says:
>>>>>>> ERROR NOT AN ARRAY
>>>>>>> function hga(a,b){var c={};if(!ki(a))throw m("Not an array");
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Here is my JavaScript function:*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> function drawChart() {
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> var chartdata = {dialog.object}._data;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(
>>>>>>> chartdata
>>>>>>> );
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> var options = {
>>>>>>> title : 'Cost of Quality',
>>>>>>> is3D: true,
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(
>>>>>>> document.getElementById('mychart'));
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> chart.draw(data, options);
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And the value of {dialog.object}._data = [['Type',
>>>>>>> 'Cost'],['CUSTOMER RETURN', 1405],¶['INTER-COMPANY', 100],¶['REWORK',
>>>>>>> 200],¶['SCRAP', 100],¶['SETUP SCRAP', 110],¶['VENDOR RETURN',
>>>>>>> 5],¶['WARRANTY RETURN', 800]];
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can anyone shed some light on this error? I'm at a loss. Thanks.
>>>>>>>
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