Design Studio 1.1 Chart with IE8?

[MarkusLocher]

Is it possible to work with the chart component in design studio 1.1 consuming the application in IE8?

All other components seems to work, but not the chart component.

We always get an error on the website.

We are using design studio with SAP NetWeeaver.

Any hints?

Thanks and best regards,

Markus

[TammyPowlas · Accepted solution]

Hi Markus -

Please check the Product Availability Matrix at

https://websmp208.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000395122013E

For add-ons based on the HTML5 Chart Engine, it looks like Design Studio does not support IE8 (see page 17 of the PAM)

Interesting though the PAM references a note 1855316 which has not been released yet.

Regards,

Tammy

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Are there any information, when note 1855316 will be released?

Regards

Daniel

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

I have had contact with @SAPSupportCE and I received this alternative note that contain the information:

Note 1768161 - Limitation: Restricted
Support of IE8 in Some Scenarios

With kind regards,

Martijn van Foeken | Intenzz

[MarkusLocher · Accepted solution]

Hi all together,

thanks for the replys, I checked note 1768161, but apart from some general statements, I cannot find there any concrete statement about restrictions in IE8. Especially not with respect to the charting component in design studio 1.1.

Looking at the PAM it looks like Design Studio does not support IE8 for add-ons based on the HTML5 Chart Engine (see helpful anwer from Tammy), but there is no hint if SAP is working on this or not.

And note 1855316 is still not available...

Any ideas how to find out if the problem with the charting component and IE8 will persist?

Thanks and best regards,

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Markus,

More to share: Note 1868232- all limitations, 1855350- affecting the deployment, lastly, 1768161 - general for only IE8 browser.

With kind regards,

Martijn van Foeken | Intenzz

[Former Member]

Hi Markus,

this is a bit late, but I just stumbled upon your question and thought I will add some helpful information:

As recently mentioned in his message in another thread:

The chart component used in Design Studio used the javascript library d3 and this library uses svg (scalable vector graphics) to render the charts.

And here (caniuse.com) you can see that IE8 does not support SVG. Only IE9 and up supports SVG.

And finally some general suggestions/workarounds about SVG support in IE8: SVG support for Internet Explorer 8 and below (stackoverflow.com)

Kind regards,

David