[Rajroop]

Dear Users,

We proudly announce the release of FusionCharts for SharePoint in beta. FusionCharts for SharePoint helps you create interactive & data-driven charts in SharePoint, without having to write a line of code. The charts are created using a wizard and can connect to various data sources such as SharePoint Lists, CSV, MS SQL, Oracle, Excel & BDC. You can add drill-down and export capabilities to each chart and configure both cosmetic and functional aspects.


You can download the fully-functional version from www.fusioncharts.com/sharepoint - we would love to have your feedback on this. Please post your suggestions and any bugs as replies to this forum thread.

[Matt Jensen]

The install, configuration, etc.. went very smooth. However, when I click "Publish" the charts now say "No Data to Display" After configuring, the webpart shows data, until that button is pressed.

I thought it could be because I am running some Jquery already, but I removed that code, and still no luck.

I'm using a Sharepoint List as the data source (but I also tried SQL and Oracle just to rule that out).

Any thoughts?

This post has been edited by Matt Jensen: 10 January 2011 - 05:17 PM

[Matt Jensen]

Matt Jensen, on 10 January 2011 - 05:16 PM, said:

The install, configuration, etc.. went very smooth. However, when I click "Publish" the charts now say "No Data to Display" After configuring, the webpart shows data, until that button is pressed.

I thought it could be because I am running some Jquery already, but I removed that code, and still no luck.

I'm using a Sharepoint List as the data source (but I also tried SQL and Oracle just to rule that out).

Any thoughts?

I have the web part displaying now, and it looks really good. However, you must be logged in to see it (even after publishing). Is this by design? The page errors out if not logged in.

The error:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] FusionCharts.SharePoint.Charts.Business.Security.SecurityManager.HasPermissions() +475 FusionCharts.SharePoint.Charts.FusionChartWebPart.CreateWebPartMenu() +60 Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart.OnWebPartMenuCreate(Object sender, EventArgs s) +57 System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +50 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +627

This post has been edited by Matt Jensen: 10 January 2011 - 08:37 PM

[Kevin Maxwell]

I get exactly the same error.

Using SharePoint Foundation 2010 and the Fusioncharts wizard works OK and allows me to link to a SharePoint List and to preview my chosen chart type. Upon hitting Finish the chart displays correctly on the page, but as soon as I navigate away and return or even just refresh the page view I get "No Data to Display".
If I go back into the wizard the chart and the list connection is still there and is shown in the wizard preview pane, but it simply won't render properly once I exit the wizard.
I have already logged a support call for this, and I am just waiting for a response.

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi Matt, Kevin

We are looking into the issue, and get back to you soon.

[Matt Jensen]

Rahul Kumar, on 11 January 2011 - 06:21 AM, said:

Hi Matt, Kevin

We are looking into the issue, and get back to you soon.

Any updates on this?

[shereenqumsieh]

Matt Jensen, on 12 January 2011 - 03:23 PM, said:

Any updates on this?

I'm having the exact same issue with 2010, any updates would be appreciated.

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi All,

Thank you for your participation in FusionCharts for SharePoint beta.

We are working on to fix these issue, and will update you once it is fixed and released.

Meanwhile I request you all to please post the Stack Track information of the error that you are getting, this will be really helpful for us to debug the issue.
You can follow the steps given below to get the stack trace:

Browse to http://<sharepoint server>/Lists/FusionCharts_LogList/AllItems.aspx (see Screen 1)) with error and details by error (select “View Item” in row in log list (Screen 2 and 3))

Screen 1:




Screen 2:



Screen 3:

[Kevin Maxwell]

Attached is the content of one of the error log records from my test server.

Regards,
Kevin

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the screenshot.

[Matt Jensen]

Any news or chance this will be fixed soon?

[Angshu]

Hi,

Our Developers are working on it and will get back to you very soon.

Thank you very much for your continued patience and patronage.

[sandeep mannava]

this is a great webpart. i was using the fusion charts for free webpart for charting, but these takes it to a new level. i hope the bug gets fixed soon.

are you guys planning on licensing it once its out of beta, if so can you guys give me an estimate on enterprize licensing.as we have to budget this now for next year.

[Kevin Maxwell]

Any news yet on the bug fix, or at least an expected resolution date?

Unfortunately. it looks like we may have to look for another product for SPF 2010 as we have a deadline to meet, whch is a pity because your webpart is easily the best I've seen.

[Matt Jensen]

Kevin Maxwell, on 01 February 2011 - 01:26 PM, said:

Any news yet on the bug fix, or at least an expected resolution date?

Unfortunately. it looks like we may have to look for another product for SPF 2010 as we have a deadline to meet, whch is a pity because your webpart is easily the best I've seen.

I hear ya. It's been nearly 3 weeks, and all I've received are contacts on buying the software and asking what SP platform I have (which is both).

I think we will start searching for another solution, but agree with your statement at the ease of the webpart. It's quite promising, but it seems like they arent in any hurry to remedy.

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi All,

Could you please download the updated version form http://www.fusioncha...point/download/ , and share the result with us?

[sandeep mannava]

Nope, nothing works this time. it just keeps saying "invalid XML data"

cant even see the preview of the chart.

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi Sandeep,

Could you please let us know the SharePoint Server version and the OS which you are using, please also specify the Bitness information (32 Bit/64 Bit)?

[sandeep mannava]

Rahul Kumar, on 03 February 2011 - 06:57 AM, said:

Hi Sandeep,

Could you please let us know the SharePoint Server version and the OS which you are using, please also specify the Bitness information (32 Bit/64 Bit)?

2007 sharepoint, 2008 server, 64 bit/

[Kevin Maxwell]

We've got MOSS 2007 Standard on Windows 2003 (32-bit) and SPF 2010 on Windows 2008 (64-bit) and have tried the revised code on both.

MOSS 2007 works OK.

SPF 2010 still exhibits the same error as before, ie, I can connect to a list, display the data in a chosen chart, preview works OK and intiially the chart seems to be OK on hitting Finish. However, refreshing the page only displays "No data to display", even though going back into the wizard reveals that the chart is still there - it just won't display outside the wizard.

I'll check the LogList again and post the relevat data here as before.

[Kevin Maxwell]

Attached is the loglist entry after the installation of the latest version, which results in the "No data to display" error.

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This post has been edited by Kevin Maxwell: 08 February 2011 - 09:02 AM

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi Kevin,

Could you please try creating a chart with a simple CSV data which is given below and share the result with us?

CSV Data:


"Product","2009","2010"
"Product A","235000","198000"
"Product B","125100","109300"
"Product C","464200","253600"
"Product D","434500","345100"

[Kevin Maxwell]

Rahul Kumar, on 10 February 2011 - 04:39 AM, said:

Hi Kevin,

Could you please try creating a chart with a simple CSV data which is given below and share the result with us?

CSV Data:


"Product","2009","2010"
"Product A","235000","198000"
"Product B","125100","109300"
"Product C","464200","253600"
"Product D","434500","345100"

It works !

I can Finish the wizard and even after a refresh or navigating away and then returning to the page the chart is still there.

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[Matt Jensen]

Kevin Maxwell, on 10 February 2011 - 08:49 AM, said:

It works !

I can Finish the wizard and even after a refresh or navigating away and then returning to the page the chart is still there.

Ditto. http://www.dunlapcusd.net/Dashboard/

Pulling from SQL Views (which are doing OpenQuery to Oracle)

[FiftyVik]

i' m trying to use it but, when i add the fusion chart webpart it show me the message in the attched file

Is it a sharepoint feature problem ?I've seen that exist a sharepoint feature maned Fusionchart.. i have to activete it ?

[FiftyVik]

FiftyVik, on 11 February 2011 - 09:41 AM, said:

i' m trying to use it but, when i add the fusion chart webpart it show me the message in the attched file

Is it a sharepoint feature problem ?I've seen that exist a sharepoint feature maned Fusionchart.. i have to activete it ? fusionchart.png

Ok
i tried to modify the web part and when i launch the fusionchart wizard and i try to select Sharepoint list as data provider, it respond whith this message

whre is the problem ?
tks a lot

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[Rahul Kumar]

Hi FiftyVik,

Could you please let us know that how did you solve "Web part can't be loaded." error and could you please also let us know the OS and SharePoint Server version that you are using?

[Rahul Kumar]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for sharing the result with us. It seems that the issue is only with SharePoint list. We are trying to reproduce the issue in our labs and and shall get back to you if we need any more information.

[Kevin Maxwell]

I think one of my colleagues may have pinpointed the cause of our problems.

See http://forum.fusionc...h__1#entry32624

Our charts were not being created in a root site collection, so we have just recreated the charts in a root site collection on each of our 2007 and 2010 test servers, and in both cases they now work.

[Kevin Maxwell]

On a slightly different issue, assuming the problem using charts outside a root site collection gets fixed, have you got any plans to allow the data source to be a SharePoint data view. It would be very useful if we were able to create a data view on a page, say to join or merge the data from multiple lists, and then to have a chart on that same page that can make use of the data view.
Technically, we know it is possible as a colleague was able to do this using Visifire as the charting tool, but we'd prefer to use FusionCharts as your wizard is so much easier to use than any other that we've seen.