How does the Anychart integration kit for APEX work?

If you create a (flash) chart region in APEX, the flow is like the below screenshot.
In your chart region a Flash object is rendered, in APEX 3.x this Flash object is an Anychart 3.3 file.
The data of your series get translated into xml (by APEX) and is send to that Flash object which understand the xml and draws your chart. As you can see, for every type of chart you have another swf file. (you find the files in the directory /i/flashchart

If you install our integration kit, you can replace the swf files that come with APEX or you can copy the files to another directory which is accessible from your application.
As the Anychart 5 XML looks a bit different to the Anychart 3.3 XML (which is now in APEX) we transform the xml in the new files to the right format and give that new xml to Anychart.swf file (green arrow). That file will be intelligent enough to understand what chart to display.
But that is not all, the Anychart.swf is the full version of Anychart 5, so you can create any type of chart you like, even when there is no wizard for it in APEX. You would call the Anychart.swf file directly (red arrow) and give it your custom XML feed by calling a PLSQL procedure or Application Process.

Can we also create Dashboards with the integration kit?

Yes. You get the full version of Anychart, so you can create any type of chart you want. The difference is that this kind of chart is not available out of the box in APEX, so you would need to create some code yourself. You would need to create an HTML region and call the Anychart.swf file. Next to that you would need to give the url the XML feed of the data and look and feel of the chart. You can do that by creating a plsql procedure or application process.

Can we also create Maps with the integration kit?

Yes. If you create a 2D Column chart and change the XML to tell it needs to show a map, that will work. Depending the Map you might need to create a plsql procedure to generate the right XML for you, but that needs to be seen case by case.

Can we also create Gauges with the integration kit?

Yes. The Gauges are not default in APEX and there are no wizards available yet. But as you get the full version of Anychart, you have everything you need to create these Gauges yourself. You would need to create a plsql procedure or application process to generate the right XML for the Gauge.

Can we also create Gantt charts with the integration kit?

No. The Gantt charts you would need to buy separately. However on this site we show you examples how to create Gantt charts. You would need to create a plsql procedure or application process that generates the XML-feed for you. In the url you call that procedure or process.

I've a problem with a chart or I don't know how to create the chart I want. What are my options?

If this site is not enough for you, you can contact Apex Evangelists who provides consultancy.
They can help you to develop the charts, maps, gauges and gantts.

My legend is showing different colors than the actual chart. Why is that?

That was a known bug in a previous release. In the current release of the integration kit this is fixed.