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This blog entry describes how to create a bar graph in SharePoint. This works in both WSS and MOSS environments as it only depends upon the data view web part.
The overall approach is as follows:
- Create a list or document library that contains the data you want to graph.
- Place the associated document library / custom list onto a page and convert it to a data view web part (DVWP).
- Modify the DVWP’s XSL to generate HTML that shows as a graph.
Viðskipti Atburðarás / Setup:
I have created a custom list with the standard Title column and one additional column, "Status". This models (very simplistically) an "Authorization For Expense" scenario where the title represents the project and the Status a value from the list of:
- Proposed
- In Process
- Stalled
The objective is to produce an interactive horizontal bar graph that shows these status codes.
I have populated the list and it looks like this:
Create Data View Web Part:
Create the DVWP by adding the custom list to a page (site page in my case) and follow the instructions hér (http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!395.entry).
In addition to simply creating the DVWP, we also need to set the paging property to show all available rows. Fyrir mig, this looks something like this:
Á þessum tímapunkti, I always close SPD and the browser. I then re-open the page using the browser. This avoids accidentally mucking up the web part layout on the page.
Modify the XSLT:
It’s now time to modify the XSLT.
I always use visual studio for this. (Sjá hér for an important note about intellisense that will help you a lot).
I create an empty project add four new files (replacing the words "Original" and "New" as appropriate):
- Original.xslt
- New.xslt
- Original Params.xml
- New Params.xml
Í mínu tilfelli, það lítur svona út:
Modify the web part and copy the params and XSL to the "Original" version in Visual Studio.
The objective here is to cause the XSL to transform the results we get back from the DVWP query into HTML that renders as a graph.
Í þessu skyni, it helps to first consider what the HTML should look like before we get confused by the insanity that is known as "XSL". (To be clear, the following is simply an example; don’t type it or copy/paste into visual studio. I provide a full blow starting point for that later in the write-up). The following sample graph is rendered as per the HTML immediately following:
Corresponding HTML:
<HTML> <líkami> <miðstöð> <table width=80%> <tr><td><miðstöð>Horizontal Bar Graph</td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <table border="1" width=80%> <tr> <td width=10%>Open</td> <td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border=0 width=50%><tr bgcolor=red><td> </td></tr></borð></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=10%>Closed</td> <td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border=0 width=25%><tr bgcolor=red><td> </td></tr></borð></td> </tr> <tr> <td width=10%>Stalled</td> <td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border=0 width=25%><tr bgcolor=red><td> </td></tr></borð></td> </tr> </borð> </td> </tr> </borð> </líkami> </HTML> |
I used a dead simple approach to creating my bars by setting the background color of a row to "red".
The take-away here is this: Í lok, all we are doing is creating HTML with rows and columns.
Template XSLT:
I’ve copied the XSLT that generates a horizontal bar graph. It’s fairly well commented so I won’t add much here except for these notes:
- I started with the default XSL that SharePoint Designer gave me when I first created the DVWP.
- I was able to cut this down from SPD’s 657 lines to 166 lines.
- I didn’t mess around with the parameters XML file (which is separate from the XSL and you’ll know what I mean when you go to modify the DVWP itself; there are two files you can modify). Hins, in order to simplify it, I did remove nearly all of them from the XSL. This means that if you want to make use of those parameters, you just need to add their variable definitions back to the XSL. That will be easy since you will have the original XSL variable definitions in your visual studio project.
- You ought to be able to copy and paste this directly into your visual studio project. Þá, remove my calls and insert your own calls to "ShowBar".
- The drill down works by creating an <a href> like this: http://server/List?FilterField1=fieldname&FilterValue1=actualFilterValue. This technique may be of value in other contexts. Í fyrstu, I thought I would need to conform to a more complex format: http://server/List/AllItems.aspx?View={guid}&FilterField1=blah&FilterValue1=blah, but in my environment that is not necessary. The List’s URL is passed to us by SharePoint so this is quite easy to generalize.
Here it is:
<XSL:stílsíðu útgáfa="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="rs z o s ddwrt dt msxsl" |
The Results:
The XSL from above generates this graph:
Drill down to the underlying data by clicking on the status code:
Concluding Thoughts:
Can This Be Generalized?
I love this graphing concept, but I hate the fact that I have to go in and do so much hand-coding. I’ve given a little thought to whether it can be generalized and I’m optimistic, but I’m also a little fearful that there may be a brick wall somewhere along the path that won’t offer any work-around. If anyone has some good ideas on this, please make a note in the comments or email mig.
Vertical Graphs:
This is a horizontal bar graph. It’s certainly possible to create a vertical graph. We just need to change the HTML. I would start the same way: Create an HTML representation of a vertical bar graph and then figure out how to get that via XSL. If anyone is interested in that, I could be persuaded to try it out and work out the kinks. If someone has already done that, please let me know and I’ll gladly link to your blog 🙂
I think that challenge with a vertical graph is that the labels for the graph are more difficult to manage, but certainly not impossible.
Field Name Gotcha’s:
There are at least two things to look out for with your field names.
Fyrsta, a field name with a space has to be escaped in the XSL. This will probably be an issue here:
<XSL:breytu nafn="totalProposed"
velja="count(/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row[normalize-space(@Status) = 'Proposed'])" />
If your "Status" column is actually named "Status Code" then you need to reference it as "Status_x0020_Code":
<XSL:breytu nafn="totalProposed"
velja="count(/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row[normalize-space(@Status_x0020_Code) = 'Proposed'])" />Annað, and I’m a little fuzzy on this, but you also need to be on the alert for field name changes. If you name your field "Status Code" and then later on, rename it to "AFE Status", the "internal name" does not change. The internal name will still be "Status Code" and must be referenced as "Status_x0020_Code". The "other resources" links may help diagnose and correct this kind of problem.
About that Color:
I picked "red" because it’s pleasing to me at the moment. It would not be a big deal to show different colors so as to provide more than just a visual description of a number, but to also provide a useful KPI. Til dæmis, if the percentage of "stalled" AFE’s is > 10% then show it red, otherwise show it in black. Nota <XSL:velja> to accomplish this.
Other Resources:
- Determine the internal name (and other good info) for the data in a list: http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!134.entry
- Show all the data provided by SharePoint (the raw XML): http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!190.entry
- Get the XPATH expression of a specific column: http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DAA9B8AA!155.entry
- Another approach using OWA(?). I have not dug into it, but looks promising, especially for pie charts: http://www.waka.dk/Blog/PermaLink,guid,e2532e71-d774-4ac9-8f25-883964b830f4.aspx
Happy transforming!
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This page almost completed the task I was looking for.
I have a group that wants to use the SharePoint Survey list to create a weekly poll. The catch? They do not want to see code… Or change the system every time they send the poll (planned for a weekly update).
I was able to connect this to the Survey list and create the graph on the first answer column. What I can’t predict though are the values and labels that they will need moving forward. To make matters worse they may have more or less answers available each week.
I will look elsewhere just in case, but has anyone found a way to create rows and labels based off of the number of available options and dynamically setting these rather than hard coding the expected values?
Takk Paul. Very helpful. Thanks to your work, I was able to add a graph bar column to an existing DVWP (e.g. for tasks) very easily with just a few lines of your code.
In SharePoint Designer, I inserted a data view with the Title and % complete columns from a task list. I put the cursor in one of the cells and right click. I select insert a column to the right. In code view, I found the <td> and replaced the <XSL:text element inside the cell with your code:
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"
width="{round(@PercentComplete*100)+1}%">
<tr style="background-color:red">
<XSL:text disable-output-escaping="yes"><![CDATA[ ]]></XSL:texta>
</tr>
</borð>
Note I changed the row color code from bgcolor="red" to style="background-color:red"
Einnig, was able to select one of the columns in my list (@PercentComplete) in place of "$BarPercent"
Greg
Another method (using only the SharePoint UI):
http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/a-progress-bar-for-your-tasks-list/
http://pathtosharepoint.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/progress-bar-color-coding/
xmlns:__designer=http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20">
select="count(/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row[normalize-space(@Status)=’WIP’])" />
http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/downloads/components/detail.asp?a1=701Ian Morrish posted this in May 2006. I tried in MOSS 2007 and it works well. Added to GAC, had to execadmsvcjobs and iisreset…
Mikill staða, takk!
Mikill staða, takk!
Hæ Paul!
Nice work! I also had something like this in my mind to view SharePoint lists in a graphical way 😉
I have a ‘Using Dashboards in SharePoint’ question. We are a military hospital using MOSS standard for our Intranet and would like to build a dashboard for our Command Group to see ‘real time’ if possible. One of the main points is viewing the real-time current workload within the facility and literally watch it change up and down (may have to click “refresh”/F5).
Thank you in advance,
You can do something useful with jQuery to accomplish this effect. Email me at galvin.paul @ gmail.com and I’ll be happy to try and give a hand.