jmertic/sugarcrm_chartabstracts

Abstract Chart Classes for making it much easier to build Sugar Chart Dashlets

This is a set of abstract classes that make it much easier to build chart dashlets in SugarCRM 6.2 or later. To install, copy the abstract classes to the custom/include/Dashlets/ directory.

Here's an example on how to build a chart dashlet from one of these:

1. Create a new directory custom/modules/Charts/Dashlets/YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME/

2. Add a YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME.meta.php file with the following contents

    <?php
    $dashletMeta['YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME'] = array('title'       => 'LBL_TITLE',  
                                                 'description' => 'LBL_TITLE',
                                                 'icon'		  => 'icon_Charts_Horizontal_32.gif',
                                                 'module'	=> 'YOURCHARTDASHLETMODULE', 
                                                 'category'    => 'Charts'
                                                 );
   

3. Add a YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME.lang.LANGUAGE.php file with the following contents:

    <?php
    $dashletStrings['YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME'] = array('LBL_TITLE'       => 'YOURCHARTDASHLETTITLE',
                                                    'LBL_DESCRIPTION' => 'YOURCHARTDASHLETDESCRIPTION',
                                                    'LBL_REFRESH'     => 'Refresh Chart');
   

4. Add the Dashlet class like the following ( example is for a bar chart )

    <?php
    require_once('custom/include/Dashlets/DashletGenericBarChart.php'); 
    
    class YOURCHARTDASHLETNAME extends DashletGenericBarChart
    {
        protected $_seedName = 'YOURCHARTDASHLETMODULE'; 
   
        protected function getDataset()
        {
            $returnArray = array();
   
            // Have this method get the data, put it in the associative array $returnArray
   
            return $returnArray;
        }
    }