Open Flash Chart not working with HTML Template

[elcapitanp]

I have an open flash chart that is working great when I navigate to the xaction file and run it. As soon as I try to integrate it into a dashboard it doesn't work. For example my code in the HTML looks like this:

PieGrid =
{
name: "Pie",
type: "xaction",
solution: "bi-developers",
path: "cdf-samples/20-samples/Test",
action: "pie.xaction",
listeners:[],
parameters: [],
htmlObject: "Pie",
executeAtStart: true,
preExecution:function(){},
postExecution:function(){}

}
I have two xaction files that I created for testing. One renders a chartcomponent pie chart, and when I call its xaction file the html page runs beautifully. When I point it to the flash xaction (which runs independently) I get a big blank window. The fact that the window is big means that it at least is picking up the height and width of the object, but simply isn't rendering it. When I right click on the big open space I am getting the greyed out "move not loaded" flash menu. I have been trying different things for two days and have had no success. I am at my wits end!

[elcapitanp]

After scrolling through my tomcat console, I came across an error saying that it couldn't find the open-flash-chart-full-embedded-font.swf. It was looking in a directory that didn't exist (yet). I found this file, created the directory it was looking for (...biserver-ce-3.0.0.RC2\biserver-ce\pentaho-solutions\system\pentaho-cdf\openflashchart) and dropped the file in there. Worked like a charm. So.. my question is, what is the deal with that?

[AB Travis]

I had the same issue...
http://forums.pentaho.org/showthread.php?t=69610

and I tried your solution previously with less success. Maybe I will try again, but this seems to be a bug.

[tdidomenico]

This solved the problem for me too. I created a Jira entry for this issue: http://jira.pentaho.com/browse/BISERVER-3156

Cheers!

[kfay_99]

I am getting the blank open flash chart issue.

I'm using biserver-ce-3.0.0.RC2 on Windows XP.

I copied the appropriate file mentioned below to the new openflashchart directory.

Here is my CDF code in my template.html:

qualityBarLineChart =
{
name: "qualityBarLineChart",
type: "xaction",
solution: "Sandbox3",
path: "openflashchart",
action: "qualityBarLineChart.xaction",
listeners:[],
parameters: [],
htmlObject: "QualityBarLineObject",
executeAtStart: true

}


Here is my xaction code for the chart:

<action-definition>
<component-name>OpenFlashChartComponent</component-name>

<action-type>Open Flash Chart</action-type>

<action-inputs>
<chart-datatype="result-set"/>
<heighttype="string"mapping="chart_height"/>
<widthtype="string"mapping="chart_width"/>
</action-inputs>

<action-resources>
<chart-attributestype="resource"mapping="barline"/>
</action-resources>

<action-outputs>
<content_urltype="string"/>
</action-outputs>

<component-definition/>

</action-definition>

[kfay_99]

Could anyone provide some assistance? Cheers

[tdidomenico]

Well, I suspect your xaction definition is not fully correct. Since I don't have the complete example I can't reproduce your environment, so I just went ahead and created a very basic example of a dashboard with a Flash Chart that you can modify it to fit your needs. Find it attached. The contained folder must be placed in the "pentaho-solutions" directory.

¡Cheers!

[kfay_99]

When I load that solution I get a empty box with no data (see empty.jpg attached). Disregard the missing CDF header as I modified the mantle template.html.

Regarding changing the xaction, I did. I now receive a JSON error. See issue.jpg attached.

[kfay_99]

Sorry....files attached.

[tdidomenico]

Are you getting anything in the logs? Because the solution I attached is very simple: its failing indicates that something could be wrong with your installation. Can you try and run it in an unmodified version of the platform?

Cheers!