Insert the chart macro

The Chart macro allows you to display a chart based on tabular data. When you add the macro to a page, you:

supply the data to be charted by the macro as a table in the placeholder of the macro.
edit the macro parameters in the Macro Browser to configure the format of the chart.

Use the Chart macro

To add the Chart macro:

When editing, select from the toolbar
Find the macro by name and select it
Configure it as needed

You can also type / on the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar. Continue typing the name of the macro to filter the list.

To enter your chart data:

Select a chart type using the Type parameter (see below).
Choose other parameter settings in the macro browser, as described below.

Use a zero to represent that there is no value for a data series or data type. Leaving the cell blank/null causes problems when showing the chart.

To edit the Chart macro:

Select the macro placeholder.
Select the Edit icon to open the configuration panel.
Configure the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.

You can also select the centered , medium-width , and full-width icons to adjust the width of some macros. Select the trashcan iconto remove the macro.

Parameters

Parameters are options that you can set to control what and how content from the macro appears on the page.

If the parameter name used in Confluence Cloud storage format is different than the label used when inserting macros using the browser or the slash command, it will be listed below in brackets (example).

Chart Type Parameters

These parameters determine the type of chart to display and the way the chart looks.

Parameter	Default	Description
Type	pie	The type of chart to display. XY charts have numerical x- and y-axes. The x values may optionally be time-based (see the Time Series parameter). Standard — pie, bar, line, area XY Plots — xyArea, xyBar, xyLine, xyStep, xyStepArea, scatter, timeSeries Other — gantt
Display Orientation	vertical	Applies to area, bar and line charts. vertical — y-axis is vertical horizontal — x-axis is vertical
Show in 3D	false	Applies to area, bar and line charts.
Stacked Values	false	Applies to area and bar charts.
Show shapes	true	Applies to line charts. Shapes are shown at each data point.
Opacity	75 percent for 3D charts 50 percent for non-stacked area charts 100 percent for all other charts	A percentage value between 0 (transparent) and 100 (opaque) that determines how opaque the foreground areas and bars are.

Display Control Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Width	300	The width of the chart in pixels.
Height	300	The height of the chart in pixels.
Display rendered data	false	Sets whether to display the rendered body of the macro (usually the data tables). By default, the chart data table isn't rendered. before — the data are displayed before the chart. after — the data are displayed after the chart.
Image format	png	The image format to be used for the chart. png jpg

Title and Label Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Chart Title	none	The title of the chart.
Chart Subtitle	none	A subtitle for the chart, using a smaller font than for Title.
Horizontal-axis Label	none	The label for the x-axis (domain).
Vertical-axis Label	none	The label for the y-axis (range).
Show Legend	true	Show a legend or key.

Data Specification Parameters

The data for the chart is taken from tables found when the macro body is rendered. These options control how this data is interpreted. By default, numeric and date values are interpreted according to the Confluence global default language (locale) formats. If conversion fails, other languages defined in Confluence will be tried. Additional conversion options can be specified using the parameters below.

Parameter	Default	Description
Tables	all first level tables	Comma separated list of table ids and/or table numbers (starting at 1) contained within the body of the macro that will be used as the data for the chart. If data tables are embedded in other tables, then table selection will be required. This occurs when more complex formatting is done (for example using section and column macros).
Columns	all columns	Comma separated list of column labels and/or column titles and/or column numbers for tables used for chart data. This applies to all tables processed. Columns are enumerated starting at 1. Column label is the text for the column in the header row. Column title is the (html) title attribute for the column in the header row.
Content Orientation	horizontal	vertical — data table columns will be interpreted as series. horizontal — data tables rows will be interpreted as series.
Time Series	false	true — the x values in an XY plot will be treated as time series data and so will be converted according to date formats.
Date format	Confluence language defined date formats	For time series data, the date format allows for additional customization of the conversion of data to date values. If a Date format is specified, it will be the first format used to interpret date values. Specify a format that matches the time series data. See simple date format.
Time Period	Day	The time period for time series data. Defines the granularity of how the data is interpreted. Valid values are: Millisecond, Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year.
Language	none	Use in combination with the Country parameter to form a locale. These additional number and date formats will be used for data conversion before the default languages. Valid values are 2 character ISO 639-1 alpha-2 codes.
Country	none	Use in combination with the Language parameter to form a locale. Valid values are 2 character ISO 3166 codes.
Forgive	true	true — the macro tries to convert numeric and date values that do not totally match any of the default or user-specified formats. false — enforce strict data format. Data format errors will cause the chart to not be produced.

Color Parameters

Colors are specified using hexadecimal notation or HTML color names.

Parameter	Default	Description
Background Color	White	Background of the chart.
Border Color	no border	Border around the chart.
Colors		Comma-separated list of colors used to customize category, sections, and series colors.

Axis Parameters

Depending on the chart type, the range and domain axis may be customized. These values are automatically generated based on the data but can be overridden by specifying one or more more of these parameters.

Parameter	Default	Description
Range Minimum Value	none	Range axis lower bound.
Range Maximum Value	none	Range axis upper bound.
Range Axis Tick Unit	none	Range axis units between axis tick marks.
Range Axis Label Angle	none	Angle for the range axis label in degrees.
Domain Axis Lower Bound	none	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis lower bound. For a date axis, this value must be expressed in the date format specified by the Date format parameter.
Domain Axis Upper Bound	none	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis upper bound. For a date axis, this value must be expressed in the date format specified by the Date format parameter.
Domain Axis Tick Unit	none	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis units between axis tick marks. For a date axis, this value represents a count of the units specified in the Time Period parameter. The Time Period unit can be overridden by specifying a trailing character: y (years), M (months), d (days), h (hours), m (minutes), s (seconds), u (milliseconds).
Domain Axis Label Angle	none	Only applies to XY plots. The angle for the domain axis label, in degrees.
Category Label Position	none	Placement of the axis label text for categories. up45 — 45 degrees going upward up90 — 90 degrees going upward down45 — 45 degrees going downward down90 — 90 degrees going downward
Date Tick Mark Position	start	Placement of the date tick mark. start — tick mark is at the start of the date period. middle — tick mark is in the middle of the date period. end — tick mark is at the end of the date period.

Pie Chart Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Pie Section Label	Show only the pie section key value	Format for how pie section labels are displayed. The format uses a string with special replacement variables: %0% is replaced by the pie section key. %1% is replaced by the pie section numeric value. %2% is replaced by the pie section percent value. Example 1: "%0% = %1%" would display something like "Independent = 20" Example 2: "%0% (%2%)" would display something like "Independent (20%)"
Pie Section Explode	No exploded sections	Comma separated list of pie keys that are to be shown exploded. Note: requires jFreeChart version 1.0.3 or higher.

Parameter

Default

Description

Pie Section Label

Show only the pie section key value

Format for how pie section labels are displayed. The format uses a string with special replacement variables:

%0% is replaced by the pie section key.
- %1% is replaced by the pie section numeric value.
- %2% is replaced by the pie section percent value.

Example 1: "%0% = %1%" would display something like "Independent = 20"
Example 2: "%0% (%2%)" would display something like "Independent (20%)"

Pie Section Explode

No exploded sections

Comma separated list of pie keys that are to be shown exploded. Note: requires jFreeChart version 1.0.3 or higher.

Attachment Parameters

These are advanced options that can be used for chart versioning, to enable automation and to improve performance. Use these options carefully! Normally, the chart image is regenerated each time the page is displayed. These options allow for the generated image to be saved as an attachment and have subsequent access re-use the attachment. This can be useful especially when combined with the Cache Plugin to improve performance. Depending on the options chosen, chart images can be versioned for historical purposes.

Parameter	Default	Description
Attachment	none	The name and location with which the chart image will be saved as an attachment. The user must be authorized to add attachments to the page specified. ^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the current page. page^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the page name provided. space:page^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the page name provided in the space indicated.
Attachment Version	new	Defines the the versioning mechanism for saved charts. new — creates new version of the attachment. replace — replaces all previous versions of the chart. To replace an existing attachment, the user must be authorized to remove attachments for the page specified. keep — only saves a new attachment if an existing export of the same name does not exist. An existing attachment will not be changed or updated.
Attachment Comment	none	Comment used for a saved chart attachment.
Thumbnail	false	true — the chart image attachment will be shown as a thumbnail.

Examples

Pie Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	pie	Fish Type 2011 Herring 9,500 Salmon 2,900 Tuna 1,500
Chart Title	Fish Sold 2011
Show Legend	true
Content Orientation	vertical

Bar Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	bar	Fish Type 2010 2011 Herring 9,500 8,300 Salmon 2,900 4,200 Tuna 1,500 1,500
Chart Title	Fish Sold
Show Legend	true

3D Bar Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	bar	2009 2010 2011 Revenue 12.4 31.8 41.1 Expense 43.6 41.8 31.1
Show in 3D	true
Opacity	50
Show Legend	true

Time Series Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Tables in Macro Placeholder
Type	Time Series	Month Revenue 1/2011 31.8 2/2011 41.8 3/2011 51.3 4/2011 33.8 5/2011 27.6 6/2011 49.8 7/2011 51.8 8/2011 77.3 9/2011 73.8 10/2011 97.6 11/2011 101.2 12/2011 113.7	Month Expenses 1/2011 41.1 2/2011 43.8 3/2011 45.3 4/2011 45.0 5/2011 44.6 6/2011 43.8 7/2011 51.8 8/2011 52.3 9/2011 53.8 10/2011 55.6 11/2011 61.2 12/2011 63.7
Date Format	MM/yyyy
Time Period	Month
Content Orientation	vertical
Range Axis Lower Bound	0
Show Legend	true

XY Line Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser	Data Table in Macro Placeholder	Rendered Chart
Type	xyLine	12 14 23 Revenue 41.1 31.8 12.4 Expense 31.1 41.8 43.6
Show Legend	true

Parameters in Macro Browser

Data Table in Macro Placeholder

Rendered Chart

Type

xyLine

Revenue

41.1

31.8

12.4

Expense

31.1

41.8

43.6

Example of a chart created using the chart macro

Show Legend

true

XY Area Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	xyArea	12 14 23 Revenue 41.1 31.8 12.4 Expense 31.1 41.8 43.6
Show Legend	true

Area Charts

Example 1

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	area	Satisfaction 2009 2010 2011 Very satisfied 20 23 34 Satisfied 40 34 23 Dissatisfied 25 26 25 Very dissatisfied 15 17 18
Show Legend	true
Width	300
Height	300
Opacity	50

Example 2

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	area	Satisfaction 2009 2010 2011 Very satisfied 12 23 31 Satisfied 1 34 36 Dissatisfied 4 6 22 Very dissatisfied 2 7 12
Show Legend	true
Width	300
Height	300
Stacked Values	true

Gantt Chart

Parameters in Macro Browser		Data Table in Macro Placeholder
Type	gantt	PlanStartEndStatusStage 1 `16/25/2013` `17/10/2013` `130%` Stage 2 `17/13/2013` `111/28/2013` `140%` Stage 3 `112/1/2013` `112/25/2013` ActualStartEndStatusStage 1 `16/25/2013` `17/26/2013` `1100%` Stage 2 `17/29/2013` `112/01/2013` `140%` Stage 3 `112/10/2013` `112/25/2013`
Width	300
Height	200
Columns	,,1,2,3,4
Date format	MM/dd/yyyy

Code examples

Wiki markup is useful when you need to add a macro outside the editor, for example as custom content in the sidebar, header or footer of a space.

Macro name: chart

Macro body: Accepts rich text, consisting of tables that hold the chart's data.

This macro recognizes a large number of parameters, listed here by type for convenience.

Parameters

Parameters are options that you can set to control what and how content from the macro appears on the page.

Chart type parameters

These parameters determine the type of chart to display and how the chart looks.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
type	No	pie	The type of chart to display. XY charts have numerical x- and y-axes. The x values may optionally be time-based. See the timeSeries parameter. Available values: Standard charts - pie, bar, line, area XY plots – xyArea, xyBar, xyLine, xyStep, xyStepArea, scatter, timeSeries Other charts – gantt
orientation	No	vertical	The display orientation. Applies to area, bar and line charts. Available values: vertical – y-axis is vertical horizontal – x-axis is vertical
3D	No	false	Show in three dimensions. Applies to area, bar and line charts.
stacked	No	false	Stacked values. Applies to area and bar charts.
showShapes	No	true	Applies to line charts. Shapes are shown at each data point.
opacity	No	75 percent for 3D charts 50 percent for non-stacked area charts 100 percent for all other charts	A percentage value between 0 (transparent) and 100 (opaque) that determines how opaque the foreground areas and bars are.

Chart display parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
width	No	300	The width of the chart in pixels.
height	No	300	The height of the chart in pixels.
dataDisplay	No	false	Determines whether to display the body of the macro, consisting of the data table. By default, the chart data table is not displayed. Available values: false – the data is not displayed. true or after – the data is displayed after the chart. before – the data is displayed before the chart.
imageFormat	No	png	The image format to be used for the chart. Available values: png jpg

Chart title and label parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
title	No	(None)	The title of the chart.
subTitle	No	(None)	A subtitle for the chart.
xLabel	No	(None)	The label for the x-axis (domain).
yLabel	No	(None)	The label for the y-axis (range).
legend	No	false	Determines whether to show a legend (key) for the chart.

Chart data parameters

The data for the chart is taken from tables found in the macro body. The parameters below control how this data is interpreted. By default, numeric and date values are interpreted according to the Confluence global default language (locale) formats. If conversion fails, other languages defined in Confluence will be tried. You can specify additional conversion options using the parameters below.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
tables	No	All first level tables	You can supply a comma-separated list of table IDs and/or table numbers (starting at 1) contained within the body of the macro that will be used as the data for the chart. If data tables are embedded in other tables, then table selection will be required. This occurs when more complex formatting is done (for example using section and column macros).
columns	No	All columns	You can supply a comma-separated list of column labels and/or column titles and/or column numbers for tables used for chart data. This applies to all tables processed. Columns are enumerated starting at 1. Column label is the text for the column in the header row. Column title is the HTML title attribute for the column in the header row.
dataOrientation	No	horizontal	The content orientation. By default, the data tables will be interpreted as columns (horizontally) representing domain and x values. Available values: vertical – data table columns will be interpreted as series. horizontal – data tables rows will be interpreted as series.
timeSeries	No	false	If 'true', the x values in an XY plot will be treated as time series data and so will be converted according date formats.
dateFormat	No	Confluence language defined date formats	For time series data, the date format allows for additional customization of the conversion of data to date values. If a dateFormat is specified, it will be the first format used to interpret date values. Specify a format that matches the time series data. See simple date format.
timePeriod	No	day	The time period for time series data. Defines the granularity of how the data is interpreted. Available values: millisecond, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year
language	No	(None)	Use in combination with the country parameter to form a locale. These additional number and date formats will be used for data conversion before the default languages. Available values are the two-character ISO 639-1 alpha-2 codes.
country	No	(None)	Use in combination with the language parameter to form a locale. Valid values are the two-character ISO 3166 codes.
forgive	No	true	Determines whether the macro will forgive (allow) some data formatting errors. Available values: true — the macro tries to convert numeric and date values that do not totally match any of the default or user-specified formats. false — the macro enforces strict data formatting. If there are data format errors, the chart will not be produced.

Chart color parameters

Colors are specified using hexadecimal notation or HTML color names.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
bgColor	No	White	Background color of the chart.
borderColor	No	No border	Color of the border around the chart.
colors	No		A comma-separated list of colors used to customize the colors of categories, sections, and series.

Chart axis parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
rangeAxisLowerBound	No	(None)	Minimum value for the range axis.
rangeAxisUpperBound	No	(None)	Maximum value for the range axis.
rangeAxisTickUnit	No	(None)	Range axis units between axis tick marks.
rangeAxisLabelAngle	No	(None)	Angle for the range axis label in degrees.
domainAxisLowerBound	No	(None)	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis lower bound. For a date axis, this value must be expressed in the date format specified by the dateFormat parameter.
domainAxisUpperBound	No	(None)	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis upper bound. For a date axis, this value must be expressed in the date format specified by the dateFormat parameter.
domainAxisTickUnit	No	(None)	Only applies to XY plots. Domain axis units between axis tick marks. For a date axis, this value represents a count of the units specified in the timePeriod parameter. The timePeriod unit can be overridden by specifying a trailing character: y (years), M (months), d (days), h (hours), m (minutes), s (seconds), u (milliseconds).
domainAxisLabelAngle	No	(None)	Only applies to XY plots. The angle for the domain axis label, in degrees.
categoryLabelPosition	No	(None)	Placement of the axis label text for categories. Available values: up45 — 45 degrees going upward up90 — 90 degrees going upward down45 — 45 degrees going downward down90 — 90 degrees going downward
dateTickMarkPosition	No	start	Placement of the date tick mark. Available values: start — tick mark is at the start of the date period. middle — tick mark is in the middle of the date period. end — tick mark is at the end of the date period.

Pie chart Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
pieSectionLabel	No	Show only the pie section key value	Formatof pie section labels. The format uses a string with special replacement variables: %0% is replaced by the pie section key. %1% is replaced by the pie section numeric value. %2% is replaced by the pie section percent value. Example 1: To display something like 'Independent = 20': `1 2 3 4%0% = %1%` Example 2: To display something like 'Independent (20%)': `1 2 3 4%0% (%2%)`
pieSectionExplode	No	No exploded sections	A comma-separated list of pie keys that are to be shown exploded. Note: requires jFreeChart version 1.0.3 or higher.

Parameter

Required

Default

Description

pieSectionLabel

Show only the pie section key value

Formatof pie section labels. The format uses a string with special replacement variables:

%0% is replaced by the pie section key.
%1% is replaced by the pie section numeric value.
%2% is replaced by the pie section percent value.

Example 1: To display something like 'Independent = 20':

    
            %0% = %1%
    

Example 2: To display something like 'Independent (20%)':

    
            %0% (%2%)
    

pieSectionExplode

No exploded sections

A comma-separated list of pie keys that are to be shown exploded. Note: requires jFreeChart version 1.0.3 or higher.

Chart attachment parameters

These are advanced options that can be used for chart versioning, to enable automation and to improve performance. Use these options carefully! Normally, the chart image is regenerated each time the page is displayed. These options allow for the generated image to be saved as an attachment and have subsequent access to re-use the attachment. This can be useful especially when combined with the Cache plugin to improve performance. Depending on the options chosen, chart images can be versioned for historical purposes.

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
attachment	No	(None)	The name and location where the chart image will be saved as an attachment. The user must be authorized to add attachments to the page specified. Available syntax for this parameter: ^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the current page. page name^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the page name provided. spacekey:page name^attachmentName.png — the chart is saved as an attachment to the page name provided in the space indicated.
attachmentVersion	No	new	Defines the the versioning mechanism for saved charts. Available values: new — creates new version of the attachment. replace — replaces all previous versions of the chart. To replace an existing attachment, the user must be authorized to remove attachments for the page specified. keep — only saves a new attachment if an existing export of the same name does not exist. An existing attachment will not be changed or updated.
attachmentComment	No	(None)	Comment used for a saved chart attachment.
thumbnail	No	false	If true, the chart image attachment will be shown as a thumbnail (small, expandable) image.

Wiki markup example

Wiki markup is only supported in the legacy editor.

Below is a simple example of a pie chart.

    
            {chart:type=pie|title=Fish Sold}
|| Fish Type || 2004 || 2005 ||
|| Herring | 9,500 | 8,300 |
|| Salmon | 2,900 | 4,200 |
|| Tuna | 1,500 | 1,500 |
{chart}
    

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