Play Animation is very useful feature to show variation over time . In VitaraCharts the play axis can be used to show variability across any other dimension as well by dragging and dropping the appropriate attribute to the Play Axis drop zone.
Vitara Play Animation can be applied to any of the charts like bar chart , line chart , combination chart, donut chart, tornado chart etc available in the VitaraCharts library.
Requirements:
- 1 attribute
- 3 metrics ( Horizontal Axis, Vertical Axis , Bubble size)
Minimum Microstrategy version: 10.3
Chart Version : 3.0
MicroStrategy Features- Fully customizable with editors in Dossier or Web Report Services Documents (DHTML widgets) for appearance
- Compatible with all supported versions of MicroStrategy Desktop, Web, Library and Mobile
Vitaracharts is now FREE for Desktop and Workstation.
Please contact sales@vitaracharts.com to get a 30-day trial key.
Take note that this visual is a part of the VitaraCharts library.
Download visualizations: www.vitaracharts.com
Online interactive visualizations can be accessed here: https://cloud.vitaracharts.com
Publisher: Vitara
Vitara is a MicroStrategy technology partner and offers a fully supported, production-ready chart plugin (VitaraCharts) with 30+ stunning visualizations to enhance MicroStrategy analytics. All Vitara visualizations are customizable and supported through upgrades for a hassle-free experience. We perform extensive testing for backward compatibility with all currently certified versions of MicroStrategy and also ensure all new versions of MicroStrategy are tested and supported across all charts.
For more details please contact sales@vitaracharts.com or www.vitaracharts.com.
Web
- Download the zip file from https://s3.amazonaws.com/vizpackage/Release/3.0/3.0.0.141/VitaraCharts.zip
- Extract the VitaraCharts folder from the zip
- Stop WebServer (IIS/Tomcat or equivalent)
- Delete VitaraCharts folder under plugins directory if one exists
- Copy over the new version of the VitaraCharts folder into the plugins folder of your MicroStrategy web installation. For instance if Web is installed under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategy, you will place VitaraCharts under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategy\plugins
- REPLACE the license.txt file in the VitaraCharts folder with the license file provided to you
- Start WebServer.
- Clear Caches and Restart client browser.
Desktop
- For Desktop use, just import the downloaded VitaraCharts.zip file as a new visualization (File->Add Visualization from File) https://s3.amazonaws.com/vizpackage/Release/3.0/3.0.0.141/VitaraCharts.zip
- Now REPLACE the license.txt with the version provided to you.
- On Windows, look for the license.txt file under C:\Program Files\MicroStrategy\MicroStrategy Desktop\code\plugins\VitaraCharts
- On a Mac, in order to locate license.txt.
- go to Applications
- locate MicroStrategy Desktop
- Right click on it and choose ‘Show Package Contents’
- Now navigate to Contents -> Resources -> code -> plugins -> VitaraCharts
- The license.txt is in this folder and needs to be replaced.
Mobile
- Download the zip file from https://s3.amazonaws.com/vizpackage/Release/3.0/3.0.0.141/VitaraChartsMobile.zip
- Extract all the folders from the zip file (There will be a separate folder for each visualization in addition to the VitaraCharts folder)
- Stop WebServer (IIS/Tomcat or equivalent)
- Delete VitaraCharts related folders under plugins directory (if any exist)
- Copy over the new version of the just extracted folders into the plugins folder of your MicroStrategy mobile installation. For instance if mobile server is installed under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategyMobile, you will place all folders under c:\tomcat\webapps\MicroStrategyMobile\plugins
- Replace the license.txt file in the VitaraCharts folder with the license file already provided
- Start WebServer.
- Connect your ipad to the mobile server
NOTE (for mobile):
- For custom visualizations to work in mobile, you need to also include the MobileBase plugin provided by microstrategy in the mobile plugins directory.
- Report Services documents are fully supported (for viewing) in mobile
- There are some limitations for viewing VI dashboards in mobile. These limitation will be removed in a soon to be released update.
Upgrade from previous VitaraCharts version
- Download the zip file from https://s3.amazonaws.com/vizpackage/Release/3.0/3.0.0.141/VitaraCharts.zip
- Extract the VitaraCharts folder from the zip
- Stop WebServer (IIS/Tomcat or equivalent)
- Backup your VitaraCharts\license.txt and VitaraCharts\custom\global.txt
- Delete the current deployment of VitaraCharts in the MicroStrategy plugins folder.
- Copy over the new version of the VitaraCharts folder to the plugins folder.
- Replace the license.txt file in the VitaraCharts folder with the backup you created earlier.
- Copy over the color palette information (Corporate1,Corporate2, Corporate3) from the backup of the global.txt into the global.txt present in VitaraCharts\custom
- Start WebServer.
- Clear caches in your client browser and restart browser
- Access MicroStrategy web to open a dashboard or document with VitaraCharts included.
