Getting the Chart Types

Usage

Gets the list of available chart types.

Request

GET /configuration/visualizations

Response

Response type: application/xml or application/json

Response body: details of the supported chart type, where:

  • <visualization type> contains the description of a supported chart type Tree map, Heat map, Pie chart, Tag cloud and so on.
  • <name> is the chart type name
  • <description> is the description of the chart type
  • <category> describes the category of chart. For example, a Tree map and a Heat map are in the Map category.

Example

<visualizations>
    <visualization type="TreeMap">
        <name>Tree Map</name>
        <description>This chart displays values within nested rectangles that can be colored.
            The levels of nesting correspond to the level of hierarchical breakdown.
            The size of the rectangles and their color both express a set of values.</description>
        <category>Map</category>
    </visualization>
    <visualization type="HeatMap">
        <name>Heat Map</name>
        <description>This map displays values that are represented by colors in a map using 
             a category axis and optionally a second category axis. 
             The colors of the rectangles are determined by a measure value.</description>
        <category>Map</category>
    </visualization>
    <visualization type="Pie">
        <name>Pie Chart</name>
        <description>A circular chart made up of sectors. The area of the circle represents a whole,
             and the sectors of the circle represent the parts of a whole.</description>
        <category>Pie</category>
    </visualization>
    . . .
    <visualization type="TagCloud">
        <name>Tag Cloud</name>
        <description>A mono-dimensional visualization representing data as words where the word 
             font size represents its relative weight in the dataset.</description>
        <category>Tag Cloud</category>
    </visualization>
</visualizations>