SVG::TT::Graph::Pie

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NAME
       SVG::TT::Graph::Pie - Create presentation quality SVG pie graphs eas-
       ily

SYNOPSIS
	 use SVG::TT::Graph::Pie;

	 my @fields = qw(Jan Feb Mar);
	 my @data_sales_02 = qw(12 45 21);

	 my $graph = SVG::TT::Graph::Pie->new({
	       ’height’ => ’500’,
	       ’width’ => ’300’,
	       ’fields’ => \@fields,
	 });

	 $graph->add_data({
	       ’data’ => \@data_sales_02,
	       ’title’ => ’Sales 2002’,
	 });

	 print "Content-type: image/svg+xml\r\n\r\n";
	 print $graph->burn();

DESCRIPTION
       This object aims to allow you to easily create high quality SVG pie
       graphs. You can either use the default style sheet or supply your own.
       Either way there are many options which can be configured to give you
       control over how the graph is generated - with or without a key, dis-
       play percent on pie chart, title, subtitle etc.

METHODS
       new()

	 use SVG::TT::Graph::Pie;

	 # Field names along the X axis
	 my @fields = qw(Jan Feb Mar);

	 my $graph = SVG::TT::Graph::Pie->new({
	   # Required
	   ’fields’ => \@fields,

	   # Optional - defaults shown
	   ’height’	       => ’500’,
	   ’width’	       => ’300’,

	   ’show_graph_title’	   => 0,
	   ’graph_title’	   => ’Graph Title’,
	   ’show_graph_subtitle’   => 0,
	   ’graph_subtitle’	   => ’Graph Sub Title’,

	   ’show_shadow’       => 1,
	   ’shadow_size’       => 1,
	   ’shadow_offset’     => 15,

	   ’key_placement’     => ’R’,

	   # data by pie chart wedges:
	   ’show_data_labels’  => 0,
	   ’show_actual_values’=> 0,
	   ’show_percent’      => 1,

	   # data on key:
	   ’show_key_data_labels’  => 1,
	   ’show_key_actual_values’=> 1,
	   ’show_key_percent’	   => 0,

	   ’expanded’		   => 0,
	   ’expand_greatest’	   => 0,

	   # Optional - defaults to using internal stylesheet
	   ’style_sheet’       => ’/includes/graph.css’,

	   # Use field names for in the stylesheet
	   ’style_sheet_field_names’ => 0,

	 });

       The constructor takes a hash reference, fields (the name for each
       slice on the pie) MUST be set, all other values are defaulted to those
       shown above - with the exception of style_sheet which defaults to
       using the internal style sheet.

       add_data()

	 my @data_sales_02 = qw(12 45 21);

	 $graph->add_data({
	   ’data’ => \@data_sales_02,
	   ’title’ => ’Sales 2002’,
	 });

       This method allows you to add data to the graph object, only the first
       data set added will be used!

       clear_data()

	 my $graph->clear_data();

       This method removes all data from the object so that you can reuse it
       to create a new graph but with the same config options.

       burn()

	 print $graph->burn();

       This method processes the template with the data and config which has
       been set and returns the resulting SVG.

       This method will croak unless at least one data set has been added to
       the graph object.

       config methods

	 my $value = $graph->method();
	 my $confirmed_new_value = $graph->method($value);

       The following is a list of the methods which are available to change
       the config of the graph object after it has been created.

       height()
	   Set the height of the graph box, this is the total height of the
	   SVG box created - not the graph it self which auto scales to fix
	   the space.

       width()
	   Set the width of the graph box, this is the total width of the SVG
	   box created - not the graph it self which auto scales to fix the
	   space.

       style_sheet()
	   Set the path to an external stylesheet, set to ’’ if you want to
	   revert back to using the defaut internal version.

	   To create an external stylesheet create a graph using the default
	   internal version and copy the stylesheet section to an external
	   file and edit from there.

	   If you use the style_sheet_field_names() option then you can use
	   the field names within your stylesheet.  This allows consistent
	   use of styles.  The names should be:

	   <field>_dataPoint
	   <field>_key
       show_graph_title()
	   Whether to show a title on the graph, default is ’0’.

       graph_title()
	   What the title on the graph should be.

       show_graph_subtitle()
	   Whether to show a subtitle on the graph, default is ’0’.

       graph_subtitle()
	   What the subtitle on the graph should be.

       show_shadow()
	   Turn the shadow on and off, default to ’1’, set to ’0’ if you
	   don’t want it. It is automatically turned off if you extract one
	   section of the pie.

       shadow_size()
	   Size of the shadow if shown, measured as percentage of pie chart
	   radius, default of 1 being the same size as the pie.

       shadow_offset()
	   Offset (in pixels) of shadow to bottom-right in relation to the
	   center of the pie chart.

       key()
	   Whether to show a key, defaults to 0, set to ’1’ if you want to
	   show it.

       key_placement()
	   Defaults to ’R’ - right, can be ’R’, ’L’, ’T’ or ’B’.

       show_data_labels()
	   Show label on pie chart, defaults to ’0’, can be set to ’1’.

       show_actual_values()
	   Show values on pie chart, defaults to ’0’, can be set to ’1’.

       show_percent()
	   Show percent (rounded) on the pie chart, defaults to ’1’, can be
	   set to ’0’.

       show_key_data_labels()
	   Show label on the key, defaults to ’1’, can be set to ’0’.

       show_key_actual_values()
	   Show value on the key, defaults to ’1’, can be set to ’0’.

       show_key_percent()
	   Show percent (rounded) on the key, defaults to ’0’, can be set to
	   ’1’.

       expanded()
	   All slices of pie are exploded out, defaults to ’0’. Do not set to
	   ’1’ if you are going to use expanded_greatest().

       expand_greatest()
	   The largest slice of pie is exploded out from the pie, defaults to
	   ’0’. Useful if you are only showing the percentages (which are
	   rounded) but still want to visually show which slice was largest.

	   Do not set to ’1’ if you are going to use expanded().

NOTES
       The default stylesheet handles upto 12 fields, if you use more you
       must create your own stylesheet and add the additional settings for
       the extra fields. You will know if you go over 12 fields as they will
       have no style and be in black.

EXAMPLES
       For examples look at the project home page
       http://leo.cuckoo.org/projects/SVG-TT-Graph/

EXPORT
       None by default.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Stephen Morgan for creating the TT template and SVG.

AUTHOR
       Leo Lapworth (LLAP@cuckoo.org)

SEE ALSO
       SVG::TT::Graph, SVG::TT::Graph::Line, SVG::TT::Graph::Bar,
       SVG::TT::Graph::BarHorizontal, SVG::TT::Graph::BarLine,
       SVG::TT::Graph::TimeSeries



perl v5.8.8			  2008-04-28	       SVG::TT::Graph::Pie(3)