Chapter 2. Oracle APEX 4.0 Charts Inside Out

by Dimitri Gielis

This chapter will cover the charting possibilities in Oracle Application Express 4.0 and explain in great detail how APEX charts work behind the scenes.

In my experience, a lot of people who have been developing in APEX for years don't use charts that much or haven't really invested time in reviewing all the different options APEX provides. That is why, although this is an expert book, we will start this chapter by explaining what APEX charts are, how they work, and what types of charts you can create with the built-in functionality of APEX. In the second half of the chapter we will go up a level and discuss how to produce more advanced charts.

The release of APEX 4.0 brought a lot of ...

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