LinePlotOLAPDataModel: Basic Requirements

The main responsibility of a LinePlotOLAPDataModel is to map data measures from an OLAP data structure to variable roles in a line plot. In your code, you can explicitly select measures in the OLAP data, or allow the component's OLAP data model to select measures by default.

A LinePlot's primary variable roles are

XVariable

Specifies a variable whose values are represented along the horizontal axis. A LinePlotOLAPDataModel maps this role to the first measure in the OLAP structure.

YVariable

Specifies a variable whose values are represented along the left vertical axis. A LinePlotOLAPDataModel maps this role to the second measure in the OLAP structure.

GroupVariable

Specifies a classification variable whose values are used to generate multiple plots. A separate plot is generated for each unique value of this variable. A LinePlotOLAPDataModel uses this role if the OLAP axis that supplies the XVariable role has more than one level and the LinePlot's groupEnabled field is true.

To access OLAP data for a graph, you must know the name of the OLAP host server and connect to that server with a valid username and password. To use the OLAP data in a LinePlot, you must

• create an OLAPDataSet, either from the result set of a query that is executed on an OLAP provider or from the metadata that has been mapped to the OLAP data
• assign the OLAPDataSet to a LinePlotOLAPDataModel
• assign the LinePlotOLAPDataModel to a LinePlot.

The following code fragment generates a line plot that plots actual sums against predicted sums for selected products, years, and countries.

// Create strings to store an SQL query, the OLAP server name,
// and the connection port.
   String OLAP_QUERY="SELECT "
                   + "{[PRODUCTLINE].[PRODUCT].MEMBERS} ON COLUMNS,"
                   + "CROSSJOIN({[TIME].[YEAR].MEMBERS},"
                   + "{[Measures].[ACTUAL_SUM],[Measures].[PREDICT_SUM]}) ON ROWS "
                   + "FROM MYOLAPCUBE";   // specify a valid OLAP data source
   String OLAP_SERVER="myOlapServer.com"; // use a valid server name
   int OLAP_PORT=8800;                    // use a valid port

// Create a LinePlotOLAPDataModel from an OLAPDataSet. The final argument
// on the model constructor sets the chart's subgroupEnabled field to false.
   LinePlotOLAPDataModel olapDataModel = null;
   try {
        // OLAPDataSet arguments: host, port, username, pwd, query
           olapDataModel=new LinePlotOLAPDataModel(
           new OLAPDataSet(OLAP_SERVER, OLAP_PORT, "myUsername", "myPwd",
                           OLAP_QUERY), false);
       } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }

// Create a LinePlot that uses the LinePlotOLAPDataModel as its data model
   LinePlot linePlot=new LinePlot();
   linePlot.setDataModel(olapDataModel);