Using Data Loader to connect charts to MySQL data base

Type tutorial

The purpose of this article is to show you how you can hook up your client-side charts to the database servers on your back end using server-side scripting languages. On the server side we’ll be using MySQL and PHP. However the principles outlined in this article will be applicable to any combination of server-side technologies, like ASP.NET+MSSQL, […]

Using Data Loader plugin to load external data in CSV or JSON formats

Type tutorial

Description By default all amCharts libraries accept data in JSON format. It needs to be there when the web page loads, defined in-line or loaded via custom code. This plugin introduces a native wrapper that enables automatic loading of data from external data data sources in CSV and JSON formats. Most of the times you will just […]

Creating charts using JSON

Type tutorial

Since v 3.2.0 all charts and maps can now be created using JSON object, instead of JavaScript API. This means you might store chart configuration in a simple JSON object and use it whenever you need. Here is a basic example of bar chart made from JSON object: AmCharts.makeChart( “chartdiv”, { “type”: “serial”, “dataProvider”: [ […]

Your first chart with amCharts

Type tutorial

UPDATE: Since the launch of our super-powerful LIVE EDITOR we recommend starting building the chart using it. No more coding, no mistypes. WYSIWYG charts are available now! Although we think that the most easy way of starting learning amCharts or any other similar library is study the examples (there are lots of them in samples […]