FusionCharts for SharePoint is a data visualization component that allows users to create interactive charts and dashboards on Microsoft SharePoint without any coding. It connects to various data sources like SharePoint lists, SQL databases, Excel files and retrieves data which can then be visualized through over 50 different chart types. The tool provides extensive customization options for formatting, styling and enhancing charts with features like tooltips, drilldown, exporting etc. Interested users can request a beta version to test the tool's capabilities on their SharePoint installation.

1. Screenshot Preview (Public Beta to be released in Oct 2010. Participation details in last slide) www.fusioncharts.com

4. FusionCharts can be added to your SharePoint installation as a web part. Edit the page to add a new web part. In the FusionCharts for SharePoint section of web parts dialog, the first web part allows to batch export all the charts in the page. The second web part renders the charts in your page.

5. FusionCharts for SharePoint web part added to page. The default screen shows a message to connect it to live data sources. This can be done by editing the web part and then launching FusionCharts Wizard.

6. FusionCharts for SharePoint Wizard. This wizard helps you visually connect to your data sources and build the charts in your page. Hundreds of customizations options are available for each chart type.

7. Example of what a Column 2D chart would look inside the page after configuring data sources and parameters.

8. List of data sources that FusionCharts for SharePoint can connect to. FusionCharts can connect to SharePoint Lists, CSV data, MS SQL, Oracle, BDC and Excel.

9. After selecting SharePoint List as data source, you can then select the list from which you wish to build the chart from

10. Once the list is selected, the wizard lets you choose the columns from list to be plotted on the chart

11. 3.-Data_Source_Select_Fields_And_Clicked_On_Apply.jpg A combination of numeric filters can be applied on data to show a subset of data

12. Data can be grouped on any field using multiple functions and then plotted on chart

13. Over 50 chart types are available including basic charts (pie, area, line, column, scatter, bubble etc.), combination charts, scroll charts, zoom charts and sales & marketing charts (Funnel, Pyramid, Marimekko, Pareto etc.). Charts can be plotted in 2D and 3D.

14. Example of 2D Pie Chart

15. Customization of data series. Each field chosen in data source is converted to a data series. Each series allows extensive customization like visual cosmetics, label, anchor and border properties.

16. Customizing x-axis title, sorting order and font properties

17. Setting chart & axis titles. Each title object allows extensive customization for font properties, effects (shadow, bevel, blur) and animation

18. Extensive customization is possible for data plot

19. Customizing line and anchor properties for a series

20. Configuring labels & values on charts. Multiple rendering options are possible for labels including wrap, rotate, stagger etc. If values are to be shown, they can then be placed inside a column and even rotated.

21. Detailed font customization for any chart text

22. Each object on the chart can have custom font, effects and animation applied to it

23. Customization of how numbers appear on the chart. You can prefix and suffix, format using thousand and decimal separators, scale down the numbers to known units (like 1000=1K, or 60 minutes=1 hour)

24. Chart background and border customization

25. Canvas Customization for both 2D and 3D charts

26. Customizing chart axis & grid lines

27. Customization options for fonts, logo, margin & padding and zero plane

28. All the charts in FusionCharts for SharePoint support customizable tool-tips

29. Customization of Chart Legend

30. Custom Trend lines can be added on chart. Each trend line offers multiple customization options.

31. FusionCharts for SharePoint supports automatic drill-down on charts

32. The charts can be exported as image, PDF or CSV

33. Batch export functionality is also available that allows all the charts present in the page to be downloaded as a single image or PDF. This can be done by adding the batch export component web part to the page.