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- New Ternary Chart type - this feature allows you to display Ternary Point and Ternary Bubble series inside a ternary chart. A ternary chart is type of plot on three variables which sum to a constant.
- Point Series Droplines - the Point Series now supports drop lines. Drop lines are lines which extend from the point X, Y, Z value to the chart walls. Optionally drop lines can extend to the axis Min, Max value or to a user specified value (drop lines origin).
- Bar Connect Lines - the Bar Series now supports connector lines between adjacent bars.
- Float Bar Connector Lines - The Float Bar Series now supports connector lines between adjacent bars begin / end values.
- Heat Map Contour Labels - The Heat Map Series supports annotated contours. The user can specify the formatting of the contour value (elevation). the distance between labels along the contour, whether the labels orientation must follow the contour slope, whether the label should clip the contour line it annotates and others.
- Time Span Scale - this type of scale allows you to display duration of time (time span) (usually on the X Axis). The duration is specified in time spans or ticks.
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Nevron Chart for SSRS is enhanced with the following features:
- New Heat Map series - This unique for SSRS charting type lets you display a matrix as elevation values as a grid of colors, which are taken from an associated palette. In addition, the heat map series can show a set of contour lines (isolines) that cross specified elevation values.
- New Subtypes for Polar Charts - The Polar chart contains the Polar Range and Polar Vector chart subtypes. Both chart subtypes allow you to visualize a pair of polar coordinates as a range or vector respectively.
- New Table Scale - The Table Scale can visualize the data values of the series represented in a particular category. Table rows can be annotated with a series name and table columns can be annotated with the category name. This feature is very useful for stacked and clustered bar charts.
- Value Palette - The Bar, Area, Smooth Area, Range and High Low series have been extended to support a feature called value palette. This feature allows you to color code the data points of the series depending on a their value so that the chart becomes more visually appealing to the user.
- Bar Chart - Bar Chart type supports a Histogram chart subtype with many options for controlling the histogram bin ranges.
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Nevron Chart for SSRS is enhanced with the following features:
- Tree Map Chart
- this unique for SSRS charting type lets you display tree map charts that display hierarchical data from your dataset. The Tree Map chart features many advanced coloring and labeling options.
- Linear Regression Calculated Series
- this new calculated series helps you display a linear interpolation of a categorical or XY scatter dataset.
- Polynomial Regression Calculated Series
- this new calculated series helps you display a polynomial interpolation of a categorical or XY scatter dataset. The user can choose the interpolation polynomial degree, meaning that you can interpolate your dataset as a quadratic, cubic or higher degree polynomial.
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- Performance
The Chart report item now uses the highly optimized Nevron Chart for .NET 2014.1 charting engine. This leads to performance improvements in nearly all charting types. Significant performance gains are experienced in all 3D charting types.
- Chart Calculated Series (Trend Lines)
The Chart report item now has full support for Calculated Series. Calculated Series are line series that are attached to a master series and display a trend line or formula that is based on the master series values. In the 2014.1 we have added support for the following calculated series formulas:
- Min
- Max
- Median
- Cumulative
- Sum
- Average
- Exponential Average
- Root Mean Square
- Standard Deviation
- Bollinger Bands
- Envelopes
- Simple Moving Average
- Weighted Moving Average
- Exponential Moving Average
- Modified Moving Average
- Median Price
- Typical Price
- Weighted Close
- Positive Direction Indicator
- Directional Movement
- Negative Direction Indicator
- Index
- Average Directional Movement
- Average True Range
- Chaikins Volatility
- Commodity Channel Index
- Detrended Price Oscillator
- Mass Index
- Momentum
- Momentum Division
- Moving Average Convergence Divergence
- Performance
- Rate Of Change
- Relative Strength Index
- Stochastic Oscillator
- TRIX
- True Range
- Williams % R
The calculated series also feature full control over their appearance, chart area, display on axes, data labels, data labels layout, markers, action and formula specific parameters.
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- Others Pie Group
The Chart report item now has built-in support for grouping pie slices that are below a certain value or percent in an "Others" group. The "Others" group label, appearance and action is also fully controllable. The "Others" group feature greatly increases the readability of pie charts with multiple small slices.
- Support for SQL Server 2012 SSDT and SQL Server 2014
We are always providing support for the latest versions of SQL Server Reporting Services. Following are the supported version of SQL Reporting Services and the associated report design environment:
- SQL Server 2005 (SSRS) - Visual Studio 2005
- SQL Server 2008 (SSRS) - Visual Studio 2008
- SQL Server 2008 R2 (SSRS) - Visual Studio 2008
- SQL Server 2012 (SSDT) - Visual Studio 2010
- SQL Server 2012 (SSDT) - Visual Studio 2012 (SSDT-BI for VS2012)
- SQL Server 2014 (SSDT-BI for VS2013)
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- Expressions Everywhere
Nearly all properties of the Chart report item can now be specified by expressions. Appearance styles (fill, stroke, shadow and text) are also reworked to support both constant specification and specification that is based on expressions. This allows you to bind nearly all configurable aspects of the report item to user defined parameters and/or data.
- Controllable Visibility of Essential Chart elements
Chart Areas, Chart Values, Chart Titles now have controllable visibility. This new feature in combination with expressions can help you dynamically change the type of data visualization (for example flip between area and bar charts, dynamically show/hide titles etc.).
- Panel Content Alignment
Panel content alignment allows you to align the content of horizontally or vertically adjacent chart, legend and title areas. This allows you to create better looking dashboards with multiple panels.
- Twin Charts
Twin charts allow you automatically align two adjacent charts areas.
- Conditional Data Points Appearance
The filling and stroking of chart data points can now be specified with expressions. This allows you to quickly author complex "color coding" logic.
- Radar Axis Improvements
Radar Axis Category labels have been improved to support different position, fit and alignment modes.
- Surface Improvements
The Triangulated Surface has an option to simplify the dataset. This allows for the visualization of large XYZ datasets.
- Step Line Improvements
The Step Line has support for automatic data resampling. This allows for the visualization of very large datasets.
- Performance Improvements
The chart has been additionally optimized for performance, which reduces the CPU load on the server and leads to smoother design time experience.
- Report Item Preview Improvements
Added was support for three different types of report item preview in the properties dialog: - Normal - shows the report item preview in its exact size and aspect - Fit - fits the report item preview in the preview area by preserving the aspect ratio. - Stretch - stretches the report item preview in the preview area (brakes aspect ratio).
- Report Items Editing Improvements
The report items properties dialog now loads faster than ever. Significant speed optimizations are also clearly visible in the instant preview generation. All operations that the user performs with the report items are encapsulated in designer transactions.
- New Chart Examples
Almost all Chart examples have been updated, showing some of the Chart features and visual styling properties using parameters. New chart examples showing the use of build in financial functions, including: Directional Movement, Moving Averages, Price Indicators, Range Indicators, Technical Price Indicators and Volume Indicators.
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- Optimized speed and memory usage
The Chart control document building and rendering has been completely revised. As a result we have provided significant speed improvement in both the designer and server components.
- Non-overlapping Data Labels Layout
All Cartesian charting types now support automatic data labels layout. The data labels layout prevents labels from overlapping in both ordinal and scatter charts and works in 2D and 3D appearance modes.
- Improved Axis Annotations
The Chart axes have been extended to support Const lines with texts as well as Const ranges.
- Axis Orientation
All Cartesian axes now support the axis orientation feature.
- Improved XML Formatted Texts
The XML formatted texts feature is extended to support additional XML tags that allows you to specify the text background and border.
- Dynamic Size
The Chart report item size can be modified at runtime through SSRS expressions.
- Line and Point Series Sampling
The Line and Point charting types support options for automatic data resampling. This allows for the visualization of very large datasets.
- Legend Layout improvements
The Chart legend now supports Vertical and Horizontal Wrapping.
- New Charting Feature
The Area, Line, Pie, Error Bar, Step Line, Point and Surface charting types have additional features.
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- New Charting Types
- Error Bar
Error Bar charts are often used to indicate estimated error in a measurement. The chart type includes Series, XY Scatter and XYZ Scatter subtypes with options whether to display X, Y or Z errors.
- Box And Whiskers
Box And Whiskers charts are very helpful in interpreting the distribution of data. The chart type includes Series and XY Scatter subtypes.
- Vector
Vector charts display arrows in 2D or 3D space and are often used to display force fields. The chart type includes Series, XY Scatter and XYZ scatter subtypes.
- Range
Range charts display 2D or 3D boxes defined by the begin / end values. It can be used for display of histograms, bars with custom sizes, 3D ranges etc. The chart type includes Series, XY Scatter and XYZ scatter subtypes.
- Kagi
Kagi charts display series of vertical lines to illustrate general levels of supply and demand for certain assets. The chart type includes Series and XYScatter subtypes. Controllable Reversal Amount.
- Renko
Renko charts display series of white and black boxes (bricks) to illustrate general price movement and trend reversals. The chart type includes Series and XYScatter subtypes.
- Three Line Break
Three Line Break charts display a series of vertical boxes ("lines") that are based on changes in prices. The chart type includes Series and XYScatter subtypes.
- Point And Figure
Point and Figure charts display series of columns that are made up of 'X' or 'O' signs. The chart type includes Series and XYScatter subtypes.
- New Combo Series Types
The Combo charting type has been extended to support 4 new series types - Error Bar, Box And Whiskers, Vector and Range.
- Chart Templates
Save the chart state from the designer to XML and then import it in in a different report item. The state generated by the VS2005 and VS2008 report items is compatible meaning you can easily convert reports generated with different versions of Visual Studio.
- Code Customization
The component supports customization through C# code, which allows you to use the full Nevron Chart for .NET API in SSRS.
- Interactivity Enhancements
The Chart Labels, Walls and Axes now support actions.
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- General Features
- Multiple Charting Areas
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for unlimited number of charting areas. Each charting area has its own charting type and can be rendered in 2D or 3D mode. Charting areas can be automatically or manually arranged.
- Multiple Legends
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for unlimited number of legends. Each values data grouping can be assigned to a different legend. Legends can be manually positioned or docked to chart, chart areas and plot areas.
- Multiple Titles
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for unlimited number of titles are supported. Titles can be manually positioned or docked to chart, chart areas and plot areas.
- Unlimited Number of Chart Series
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for unlimited number of chart series.
- Unlimited Number of Data Points
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for unlimited number of data points in the chart series.
- Multiple Image Formats
With Nevron Chart for Reporting Services you can render charts as BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF and GIF.
- Chart Series
- Bar Charts, Horizontal and Vertical Bars
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Clustered, Stacked, Stacked Percent, Series, XY Scatter, XY Scatter Clustered, XY Scatter Stacked, XY Scatter Stacked Percent, XYZ Scatter, XYZ Scatter Clustered, XYZ Scatter Stacked, XYZ Scatter Stacked Percent.
- Area Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, Stacked, Stacked Percent, XY Scatter, XY Scatter Stacked, XY Scatter Stacked Percent.
- Smooth Area Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Line Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, Stacked, Stacked Percent, XY Scatter, XY Scatter Stacked, XY Scatter Stacked Percent, XYZ Scatter, XYZ Scatter Stacked, XYZ Scatter Stacked Percent.
- Smooth Line Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Step Line Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Pie Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Pie, Torus, Smooth Edge Pie, Cut Edge Pie, Ring (Donut), Smooth Edge Ring, Cut Edge Ring.
- Point Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Bar, Cylinder, Cone, Inverted Cone, Pyramid, Inverted Pyramid, Sphere, Ellipse, Cross, Diagonal Cross, Line Cross, Line Diagonal Cross, Star.
- Bubble Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Bar, Cylinder, Cone, Inverted Cone, Pyramid, Inverted Pyramid, Sphere, Ellipse, Cross, Diagonal Cross, Line Cross, Line Diagonal Cross, Star.
- Float Bar Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, Clustered, Stacked, XY Scatter, XYZ Scatter, XYZ Scatter Stacked.
- High Low Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Stock Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Funnel Charts
2D and 3D - Nevron Funnel Chart provides control over labeling, neck width and height and points gap.
- Radar Charts
2D - Subtypes: Lines, Areas.
- Polar Charts
2D - Subtypes: Lines, Areas, Points.
- Surface Charts
3D - Subtypes: Grid, Mesh, Triangulated.
- Combo Charts
2D and 3D - Subtypes: Series, XY Scatter.
- Chart Axes Features
- Chart Primary and Secondary X and Y Axes
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services supports Primary and Secondary X and Y Axes and additionally allows you to customize a variety of options to get the desired result for your charts. The Chart features an axis model that allows you to have complete control over axis position and appearance.
- Chart Depth Axis
A 3D chart extends axis from a 2D chart by exposing a Z axis. The depth axis allows data to be plotted along the depth of the chart.
- Special Radar and Polar axes
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services provides support for special Radar and Polar axes.
- Numeric Scale
Subtypes: Number scale, Angular scale, DateTime scale, ValueTimeline scale, RangeTimeline scale.
- Categorical Scale
Features: Single row and grouped categorical labels, Controllable grid style.
- Advanced Axes positioning options
The axes of the component can be docked to the chart sides (or polar rim) or crossed at value with some other axis. In addition axes can share parts of the chart plot.
- Axis Title
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services supports advanced customization of the axis titles - control over the title text, appearance, position and angle.
- Ruler
Control over the begin / end ruler caps as well as option to highlight scale breaks on the ruler.
- Range
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services provides control over the range displayed by the axis. Ability to inflate that range in several modes.
- Gridlines
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has support for axes gridlines customization - control the color and style of the gridlines, they can be displayed on several visible chart walls.
- Ticks
Control over the appearance and position of minor and major ticks.
- Axis Stripes
Axis Stripes provide the ability to highlight repeating ranges of data on the chart walls, with controllable show / hide pattern.
- Axis Sections
Axis Sections provide the ability to conditionally modify the appearance of axis decorations (tick, gridlines and labels) if they fall in a specified range. This feature allows you to highlight important ranges of data on the axis.
- Const Lines
Const Lines provide the ability to show constant (reference) lines at specified value. In 3D mode you can also show planes crossing the plot at the specified value.
- Scale Breaks
Axis Scale Breaks provide the ability to skip a range of values on the axis with controllable style and appearance.
- Label Layout
Label Layout provide the ability to control how the axis must resolve label overlapping and layout options.
- Label Formatting
Label Formatting provide the ability to control the label formatting on numeric scales - including many advanced options for currency, percentage, scientific and date time label formatting.
- Advanced Features
- Speed
Nevron Chart for SSRS introduces the fastest rendering chart inside Reporting Services - in both 2D and 3D modes.
- 3D Charting
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services has the best layout in 3D and the most advanced feature set in 3D - including: 11 predefined lighting modes, ability to specify element materials (control the way in which elements reflect light), largest charting types set in 3D, biggest set of shapes in 3D (applicable to pies, bars, markers, areas etc.).
- 2D Charting
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services is the only chart for Reporting Services to provide Adobe Photoshop like image filter effects, which are applicable to all chart elements - these include bevel, emboss, lighting filters etc. When it comes to shadows it is the only chart for Reporting Services which has soft shadows (based on Gaussian and Radial blur image filters).
- 2D/3D Consistency
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services is consistent in 2D/3D modes. For example you can map gradients, textures to elements in both 2D and 3D. Colors specified in 2D are inherited by materials in 3D. You can mix 2D and 3D chart areas in a single chart control.
- Visual Effects
introducing numerous Lighting Models, Orthogonal Projection with Depth Offset, Soft Shadows based on image filters, Blur, Glow, Lighting, Bevel and Emboss image filters.
- Numerous XY and XYZ scatters
Nevron Chart for SSRS includes the industry leading support for XY and XYZ scatters inside Reporting Services.
- XML Formatted Texts
Nevron Chart for Reporting Services supports XML Formatted Texts. This feature is applicable to all elements which display text. It allows you to mix fonts, mix bold, italic underline formatting and many other advanced features like different fill styles, shadows, image filters etc. - all inside a single label, title etc. XML formatted texts use a format similar to HTML, but with many more advanced options.
- Multithreaded UI
The user interface in design time is multithreaded. This allows for very quick editing of the component, regardless of the preview complexity.
- Additional Customization Properties
- Walls
- Legends
- Per Series (Values Data Groupings) Properties
- Data Groupings Editors
- Rendering
- Appearance Customizations
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We needed a solution that could produce a bar graph with overlaid SEM bars. After some research, we determined that Nevron Chart for SSRS component was the right fit, allowing us to easily produce a graph such as this.
