BrightnessColorFrame

The BrightnessColorFrame object contains a continuous color frame that returns varying brightnesses of the specified color. To create a BrightnessColorFrame object, call the BrightnessColorFrame constructor.

var frame = new BrightnessColorFrame('Quantity');

You can pass a field name to the constructor (e.g., “Quantity”), or specify this later using the inherited VisualFrame.setField(field) property. You can also assign a ColorFrame using the bindingInfo.colorFrame property in onRefresh script. See Example 2.

BrightnessColorFrame provides a special BrightnessColorFrame.setColor(value) property.

Example 1

Chart Component Script
dataset = [["State", "Quantity"],["NJ",200],["NY",300],["PA",50]]; (1)
graph = new EGraph();
var elem = new IntervalElement("State", "Quantity");
var frame = new BrightnessColorFrame(); (2)
frame.setField("Quantity"); (3)
elem.setColorFrame(frame); (4)
graph.addElement(elem);
1 See dataset to use a data block instead of an array literal.
2 Create the ColorFrame object.
3 Use setField to specify the field for the BrightnessColorFrame.
4 Use GraphElement.setColorFrame(frame) to add the ColorFrame to the Chart.

BrightnessColorFrame2

Script that modifies the graph or dataset properties should be placed on the Chart component itself. See Add Component Script for more information. This script has access to the Chart data and Chart API methods. Scripted Charts are not good candidates for user-modification, so you should deselect ‘Enable Ad Hoc Editing’ in the Chart Properties dialog box.

To change the property on a Chart that was previously created with the Chart Editor, use “getter” methods such as EGraph.getElement(index) ① to obtain a handle to the desired GraphElement object. For example:

var elem = graph.getElement(0); (1)
var frame = new BrightnessColorFrame();
frame.setField("Quantity");
elem.setColorFrame(frame);

Example 2

This example illustrates how to use bindingInfo properties to control the ColorFrame.

  1. Bind a Bar Chart to the sample ‘All Sales’ Data Worksheet, with ‘Company’ (top 5) on the X-axis, and Sum(Total) on the Y-axis.

    The ‘All Sales’ Data Worksheet can be found in the Data Worksheet  Sample Queries folder. You may need to download the examples.zip file from GitHub into your environment. (This requires access to Enterprise Manager.) See Import and Export Assets for instructions on how to import.

  2. Add the following script in the onRefresh handler. (See Add Dashboard Script.)

    onRefresh Script
    Chart1.bindingInfo.setColorField("Total",Chart.NUMBER);
Chart1.bindingInfo.colorFrame = new BrightnessColorFrame;

    BrightnessColorFrame1

    Dashboard script that modifies bindingInfo should generally be placed in the onRefresh handler. See Add Dashboard Script.