pdx:replaceChartData Replaces the data associated with a given chart

pdx:replaceChartData

Replaces the data associated with a given chart.

Description

Element definition

<pdx:utilities>
    <pdx:replaceChartData pdx:src="" pdx:target="" pdx:chartNumber="">
        <pdx:chartTitle pdx:value="" />
        <pdx:chartLegends>
            <pdx:chartLegend pdx:value="" />
            <pdx:chartLegend pdx:value="" />
        </pdx:chartLegends>
        <pdx:chartCategories>
            <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="" />
            <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="" />
        </pdx:chartCategories>
        <pdx:chartRowValue>
            <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="" />
        </pdx:chartRowValue>
        <pdx:chartRowValue>
            <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="" />
        </pdx:chartRowValue>
    </pdx:replaceChartData>
</pdx:utilities>

This element allows to replace the chart data in an existing Word document. You may fully customize the chart via the Word interface before inserting the real data with the help of xmldocx.

Attributes and sub-elements

src

Path to the DOCX.

target

Path to the resulting DOCX.

Code samples

#Example 1

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:config>
        <pdx:output pdx:name="output" pdx:type="docx" />
    </pdx:config>
</pdx:document>

content.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:utilities>
        <pdx:replaceChartData pdx:source="/var/www/xmldocx/examples/files/example_area_chart.docx" pdx:target="/var/www/xmldocx/examples/DocxUtilities/replaceChartData/output_replaceChartData.docx" pdx:chartNumber="0">
            <pdx:chartTitle pdx:value="New title" />
            <pdx:chartLegends>
                <pdx:chartLegend pdx:value="new legend" />
            </pdx:chartLegends>
            <pdx:chartCategories>
                <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="cat 1" />
                <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="cat 2" />
                <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="cat 3" />
                <pdx:chartCategory pdx:value="cat 4" />
            </pdx:chartCategories>
            <pdx:chartRowValue>
                <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="25" />
            </pdx:chartRowValue>
            <pdx:chartRowValue>
                <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="20" />
            </pdx:chartRowValue>
            <pdx:chartRowValue>
                <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="15" />
            </pdx:chartRowValue>
            <pdx:chartRowValue>
                <pdx:chartValue pdx:value="10" />
            </pdx:chartRowValue>
        </pdx:replaceChartData>
    </pdx:utilities>
</pdx:document>

settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<pdx:document xmlns:pdx="http://www.phpdocx.com/main">
    <pdx:settings>
    </pdx:settings>
</pdx:document>

import os as os
import sys as sys
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("wrappers/python/XmlDocx"))
import XmlDocx as XmlDocx
document = XmlDocx.XmlDocx("config.xml")
document.setDocumentProperties("settings.xml")
document.addContent("content.xml")
document.setXmlDocxPath("xmldocx path")
document.render()