Number and Percent format for Charts (bar, line etc)

This tip demonstrates how to create custom number format and percent format for the number axis (also known as the range axis in jfreechart)

In order to get the Item labels display a percent value, Edit the chart property "Item Label Number Format" to "##0%" and in order to display percent on the y-axis or the number axis, change the javascript code and the add the lines that are highlighted below in bold

//import the necessary classes
import org.jfree.*;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryAxis;
//import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryLabelPositions;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
//import org.jfree.chart.labels.CategoryItemLabelGenerator;
//import org.jfree.chart.labels.StandardCategoryItemLabelGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.CategoryPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PiePlot3D;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.BarRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.BarRenderer3D;
//import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.CategoryItemRenderer;
//import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.LineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.ui.GradientPaintTransformType;
import org.jfree.ui.StandardGradientPaintTransformer;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.IntervalMarker;
import org.jfree.ui.Layer;
import org.jfree.ui.RectangleAnchor;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;
import org.jfree.ui.TextAnchor;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTickUnit;

BarRenderer barRenderer = (BarRenderer)plot.getRenderer();
barRenderer.setDrawBarOutline(false);

CategoryAxis domainAxis = plot.getDomainAxis();
domainAxis.setTickLabelFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));

NumberAxis rangeAxis = (NumberAxis) plot.getRangeAxis();
rangeAxis.setTickLabelFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));
rangeAxis.setTickUnit(new NumberTickUnit(.1, new DecimalFormat("##0%")));

 

IntervalMarker target = new IntervalMarker(7000,7500);
target.setLabelFont(new Font("SansSerif", Font.ITALIC, 11));
target.setLabelAnchor(RectangleAnchor.LEFT);
target.setLabelTextAnchor(TextAnchor.CENTER_LEFT);
plot.addRangeMarker(target, Layer.BACKGROUND);

 

Similarly you can add different formats, such as Dollar $ signs etc

//import the necessary classes
import org.jfree.*;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryAxis;
//import org.jfree.chart.axis.CategoryLabelPositions;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
//import org.jfree.chart.labels.CategoryItemLabelGenerator;
//import org.jfree.chart.labels.StandardCategoryItemLabelGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.CategoryPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PiePlot3D;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.BarRenderer;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.BarRenderer3D;
//import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.CategoryItemRenderer;
//import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.LineAndShapeRenderer;
import org.jfree.ui.GradientPaintTransformType;
import org.jfree.ui.StandardGradientPaintTransformer;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.IntervalMarker;
import org.jfree.ui.Layer;
import org.jfree.ui.RectangleAnchor;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;
import org.jfree.ui.TextAnchor;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberTickUnit;

BarRenderer barRenderer = (BarRenderer)plot.getRenderer();
barRenderer.setDrawBarOutline(false);

CategoryAxis domainAxis = plot.getDomainAxis();
domainAxis.setTickLabelFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));

NumberAxis rangeAxis = (NumberAxis) plot.getRangeAxis();
rangeAxis.setTickLabelFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,12));
rangeAxis.setTickUnit(new NumberTickUnit(1000, new DecimalFormat("$##,##,##0")));

 

IntervalMarker target = new IntervalMarker(7000,7500);
target.setLabelFont(new Font("SansSerif", Font.ITALIC, 11));
target.setLabelAnchor(RectangleAnchor.LEFT);
target.setLabelTextAnchor(TextAnchor.CENTER_LEFT);
plot.addRangeMarker(target, Layer.BACKGROUND);

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