Flex 4 Building Charting and Dashboard Applications

Flex 4: Building Charting and Dashboard Applications provides developers with the skills to use Flex 4 charts to create interactive dashboards for data visualization. By the end of the class, developers will be able to create interactive dashboards by leveraging the Flex framework and the Flex charting components. They will learn about using, formatting and styling Flex 4 charts, creating interactive charts and dynamically controlling chart data. Developers will also have the opportunity to discuss conceptual topics for dashboard creation and usability.

Who should attend
This course is designed for application developers who want to build dashboard applications. To gain the most from this class, you should:

• Have attended the Flex 4: Developing Rich Client Applications course or have equivalent knowledge

Course Overview
Introducing Flex Charts

• Understanding chart data
• Exploring the final application
• Loading external data for charts and dashboard applications
• Introducing Flex charts
• Leveraging visual data through charts
• Understanding dashboards

Using Flex Charts

• Understanding the elements of a chart tag
• Understanding and using the column & bar charts
• Using the Column and Bar charts
• Understanding and using the line & area charts
• Understanding and using the pie chart
• Understanding and using the plot chart
• Understanding and using the bubble chart
• Using the Candlestick & HighLowOpenClose Charts

Formatting Charts

• Understanding the axis controls
• Using the CategoryAxis
• Using Chart DataTips
• Formatting chart types
• Working with legend controls
• Applying the Concepts

Creating Multi-Series and ActionScript Charts

• Understanding multiple data series
• Adding multiple series of data
• Using multiple chart axes
• Mixing chart series types
• Mixing multiple series types
• Creating charts with ActionScript
• Applying the Concepts

Understanding Advanced Charting Techniques

• Using animation with chart series
• Animating charts and chart effects
• Handling user interaction
• Dynamically controlling chart series
• Changing dataProvider fields
• Dynamically controlling the series
• Using custom graphical renderers
• Applying the Concepts

Styling Charts

• Styling Charts
• Applying CSS to Chart Components
• Styling Chart Series
• Styling Chart Grid Lines
• Applying the concepts

Availability

Flex 4 Building Charting and Dashboard Applications is available immediately as a closed course which is ideal for training a team.

Alternatively if you are wanting an individual place on a public scheduled class, these are run on an on-demand basis. To be added to the waiting list for the next class just complete the short form below and we will contact you once we have sufficient interest to run a class.