In this chapter, we learned how to create the basic charts using FusionCharts that form the building blocks for a large dashboard or a reporting application.
Specifically, we covered:
How easy it is to download and set up FusionCharts for your application.
How to create a chart and different methods to provide data to the chart, either in XML or JSON format.
Different types of charts having one or more series. Single series were created to compare revenues across multiple years. Multi-series charts were created to compare the breakdown of this revenue into two segments — food products and non-food products.
Combination charts that let you plot multiple types of series on the same chart. We built examples to plot the actual revenues versus the projected revenues, and also the revenues versus the quantity sold.
Now that we've learned how to build charts, we are ready to explore detailed features offered by each chart and how to customize them to your needs, which is the topic of the next chapter.