---
title: "Table 485 Business Chart Buffer"
author: "Jonas Paprotka"
url: https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/485-business-chart-buffer/
type: table
id: 485
name: "Business Chart Buffer"
app: "Base Application"
namespace: System.Visualization
versions: "17-28"
build: 28.5.54151.54365
source: "https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/485-business-chart-buffer/source/29/"
checked: 2026-09-20
subject: "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central"
license: "Content © 2026 Jonas Paprotka. Quote freely with attribution and a link."
---

# Table 485 Business Chart Buffer

Jonas Paprotka, https://jonas-paprotka.de/ref/table/485-business-chart-buffer/

| | |
| --- | --- |
| App | Base Application |
| Namespace | System.Visualization |
| Versions | 17-28 |
| Source file | System/OtherCapabilities/Chart/BusinessChartBuffer.Table.al |

## Fields

| Id | Name | Type | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ID | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 2 | Chart Type | Enum Business Chart Type | 17-28 | - | - |
| 3 | Data Type | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 4 | XML | Blob | 17-25 | Removed 23.0 | Use codeunit Temp Blob instead. |
| 5 | Drill-Down X Index | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 6 | Drill-Down Y Value | Decimal | 17-28 | - | - |
| 7 | Drill-Down Measure Index | Integer | 17-28 | - | - |
| 8 | Period Length | Option | 17-28 | - | - |
| 9 | Period Filter Start Date | Date | 17-28 | - | - |
| 10 | Period Filter End Date | Date | 17-28 | - | - |

## Keys

| Name | Fields | Versions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Key1, clustered | ID | 17-28 |

## Procedures

| Name | Parameters | Returns | Access | Versions | Obsolete | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Initialize | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetChartCondensed | (Boolean) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetXAxis | (Text, Option) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetPeriodXAxis | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetXCaption | () | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddMeasure | (Text, Variant, Option, Integer) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetMaxNumberOfMeasures | () | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| RaiseErrorMaxNumberOfMeasuresExceeded | () | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddColumn | (Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddPeriods | (Date, Date) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddPeriodColumn | (Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetValue | (Text, Integer, Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetValueByIndex | (Integer, Integer, Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindFirstMeasure | (var Record Business Chart Map) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| NextMeasure | (var Record Business Chart Map) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindFirstColumn | (var Record Business Chart Map) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| FindMidColumn | (var Record Business Chart Map) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| NextColumn | (var Record Business Chart Map) | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetValue | (Text, Integer, var Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetXValue | (Integer, var Variant) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetXValueAsDate | (Integer) | Date | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetMeasureValueString | (Integer) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetMeasureName | (Integer) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetCurrMeasureValueString | () | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| Update | (DotNet) | - | public | 17-26 | Pending 24.0 | Replaced with method UpdateChart that takes Business Chart control add-in as parameter. |
| SetDrillDownIndexes | (DotNet BusinessChartDataPoint) | - | public | 17-26 | Pending 24.0 | Replaced with method that takes JsonObject as parameter. |
| IsXAxisDateTime | () | Boolean | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| WriteToXML | (var DotNet XmlDocument) | - | public | 17-19 | - | - |
| CalcFromDate | (Date) | Date | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CalcToDate | (Date) | Date | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| CalcNumberOfPeriods | (Date, Date) | Integer | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetPeriodLength | () | Text[1] | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetPeriodCaption | (Variant) | Text | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| GetPeriodFromMapColumn | (Integer, var Date, var Date) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| InitializePeriodFilter | (Date, Date) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| RecalculatePeriodFilter | (var Date, var Date, Option) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| SetDrillDownIndexesByCoordinate | (Text[249], Text[249], Decimal) | - | public | 17-28 | - | - |
| AddDecimalMeasure | (Text, Variant, Enum Business Chart Type) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| AddIntegerMeasure | (Text, Variant, Enum Business Chart Type) | - | public | 18-28 | - | - |
| AddColumnWithCaption | (Variant, Text) | - | protected | 20-28 | - | - |
| AddDataColumn | (Text, Option) | - | protected | 20-28 | - | - |
| UpdateChart | (ControlAddIn BusinessChart) | - | public | 24-28 | - | - |
| SetDrillDownIndexes | (JsonObject) | - | public | 24-28 | - | - |

## Source

Symbols: Microsoft.BaseApplication.symbols.437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972, https://dynamicssmb2.pkgs.visualstudio.com/DynamicsBCPublicFeeds/_packaging/MSSymbols/nuget/v3/index.json, highest build per major on 2026-09-20.
AL source 29: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps, MIT, releases/29.x at a66254c3b8b5bb1cea290dc8f9d097aec4381153.

Jonas Paprotka, 2026-09-20.