[Rt-commit] rt branch, 5.0/chartjs-documentation, updated. rt-5.0.0alpha1-457-g9a1db8d863

[Jim Brandt]

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Summary of changes:
 docs/charts.pod | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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commit 9a1db8d863f5559996e8425623ce154cc05f6cdd
Author: Jim Brandt <jbrandt at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Tue May 19 09:48:42 2020 -0400

    Note big change to charts in 5.0

diff --git a/docs/charts.pod b/docs/charts.pod
index 6c85ca4eff..658a97832e 100644
--- a/docs/charts.pod
+++ b/docs/charts.pod
@@ -7,17 +7,25 @@ last year?) to regular status reports that you then include in
 shared dashboards that everyone can see.
 
 RT has had charts for a long time, but many significant improvements
-came in RT 4.2. If you're running a version of RT earlier than
-4.2 some options and features described here may not be available.
+were made in RT 4.2. Another significant change was made in RT 5.0
+when we converted the web chart library to Chart.js.
 
 =head1 Enabling Charts
 
 =head2 C<$EnableJSChart>
 
-By default this option is enabled, if you'd like to disable JS charting
-then you can set this configuration value to false. To use GD charts
-instead of JS charts ensure that the C<--enable-gd> option is being
-used.
+Starting in RT 5.0, by default charts are rendered by Chart.js,
+a javascript charting library. If you'd like to disable javascript
+rendered charts, you can set this configuration value to false. To use
+GD charts instead of JS charts, set the C<--enable-gd> option
+when running the configure script to install RT.
+
+If you send charts in dashboards via email, GD is still used to
+generate embedded chart images for email. If GD isn't available,
+users can click on the link in email and view charts in RT.
+However, the chart in RT will then show data based on the time
+you click rather than capturing ticket data at the time the email
+was generated.
 
 =head2 Installing GD
 

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