Bug 98780

Summary:	Bridge to JavaScript based charting tools
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	jan d <d_jan>
Component:	Chart	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	ilmari.lauhakangas, raal, xiscofauli
Priority:	medium	Keywords:	needsDevAdvice
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description jan d 2016-03-20 08:37:14 UTC

There are some enhancement-bugs asking for statistical or otherwise advanced charting tools (Histogram: #82716 ,  Boxplot: #Bug 70361). 

Could we leverage an JavaScript/SVG/HTML based charting library for those? Vega-lite http://vega.github.io/vega-lite/ might be a candidate for this. 

If this is not a clever idea, please close (ideally after telling us the reason) – on the other hand, being able to hand data to such an library could combine Calc’s power in data calculation and manipulation with an versatile external library.

Comment 1 Buovjaga 2016-04-17 18:37:49 UTC

If going for a 3rd party library, why not use something in C++ like http://www.vtk.org/ ?

Comment 2 jan d 2016-10-17 18:23:36 UTC

vtk would be fine too – the advantages I would see in a JS based solution is that they allow easy export to HTML and SVG and are often easy to customize if a user has basic Javascript skills.

Comment 3 Xisco Faulí 2018-11-26 19:02:42 UTC

Dear jan_d,
this enhancement request has been in UNCONFIRMED status with no activity for more than 1 year, lacking interest from the Community.
Closing as RESOLVED WONTFIX