This example illustrates how to generate a simple column chart in ColdFusion.

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<CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY="Yes" SHOWDEBUGOUTPUT="No">
<CFHEADER NAME= "Expires" VALUE="#Now()#">

<CFOBJECT TYPE="COM" 
          NAME="chart" 
          CLASS="SwiffChartObject.ChartObj.1" 
          ACTION="CREATE">

<CFSCRIPT> 
  dirpath = GetDirectoryFromPath( GetBaseTemplatePath() );

  sep= ";";
  ignoremultseparators= true;
  chart.SetSeparators(sep, ignoremultseparators);

  // Fill the categories
  categories= "Q1" & sep & "Q2" & sep & "Q3" & sep & "Q4";
  chart.SetCategoriesFromString(categories);

  // Fill the first series named "Sales 2001"
  series1= "12" & sep & "11" & sep & "6" & sep & "9";
  chart.AddSeries();
  chart.SetSeriesValuesFromString(0, series1);
  chart.SetSeriesCaption(0, "Sales 2001");

  // Fill the second series named "Sales 2002"
  series2= "23" & sep & "12" & sep &  "8" & sep & "11";
  chart.AddSeries();
  chart.SetSeriesValuesFromString(1, series2);
  chart.SetSeriesCaption(1, "Sales 2002");
      
  // Set the chart title
  chart.SetTitle("Financial Results");
  chart.SetSubtitle("(Values in M$ - Year to year results)");

  // Apply a Column style
  // The chart type is stored in the style file (*.scs)
  // Here the selected style is the predefined column style "SanFrancisco"
  style = "column/SanFrancisco";
  chart.LoadStyle( style );
      
  chart.SetWidth( 400 );
  chart.SetHeight( 200 );
  chart.SetLooping( false );

  chart_res= chart.GetHTMLTag();
</CFSCRIPT> 

<CFOUTPUT>
  <H1>The Column Chart</H1>
  <br>#chart_res#
</CFOUTPUT>