HELP ! String labels on both axes

[Michael]

I have a requirement for BOTH axes to show a string label. My problem is that I need the value axis to show a string label the way the category axis does by default. The column chart below renders the tooltips correctly when I use the: template: "#= dataItem.ProductName #". If I try to use the dataItem property in the LABELS template section, it's not there. I realize that the value axis must be numeric. That is fine. What I need is to replace the y-axis numeric value label with it's non-numeric label contained in the model. There simply must be a way to intercept that label and convert it to a string.  For example.. template : #= (value==3) ? 'string' : 'string' # . Or maybe an event, even an internal event. Do I have to examine the chart AFTER it is rendered and find labels and then replace them with jQuery?

The model is
CategoryName(string) category axis
ProductName(string) // need THIS label
ProductId(int) //value axis

$("#Chart").kendoChart({

    theme: "default",

    title: {

        text: "Product Categories"

    },

    legend: {

        position: "bottom"

    },

    seriesDefaults: {

        type: "column"

    },

    series: [{

        name: "Product",

        field: "ProductId"

    }],

    valueAxis: {

        labels: {

            template: "#=value#" // I need to replace with a NAME
                 // template: "#= dataItem.ProductName #" // this does NOT work


        }

    },

    categoryAxis: {

       field: "CategoryName"


    },

    tooltip: {

       visible: true,

       template: "#= dataItem.ProductName #" // THIS works

    },

    ... omitted


[Michael]

Ok.. the dataItem property did not do it.. BUT ... placing a function inside the hashmarks DID.. see this post.

The series template configuration supposedly supports dataItem, such as dataItem.[my_string_property]. It does not throw an error, but also didn't change the yAxis label as I needed.

Oh well.. If you're stuck here, surely passing the numeric 'value' to a function will solve anything you can imagine. Telerik should consider updating the documentation,  including an example where a function is used in this way.

        valueAxis: {

                field: "Capability",

                majorUnit: 1,

                minorUnit: 1,

                majorTicks: {

                    visible: false

                },

                majorGridLines: {

                    visible: false

                },   

                labels: {

                    visible: true,

                    template: "#= changeLabels(value) #" // right here!  

                }

            }, 

.. omitted *********************************** 

  

    var Tasks = [

        "Not Applicable",

        "No Shortfalls",

        "Limited Impact",

        "Significant Impacts",

        "Major Risk",

        ""]; // empty 6th value for an empty label

  

    function changeLabels(val)

    {

        return Tasks[val];  // THIS WORKS!!! ! ! !  ! !

    }

</script>

[Neil]

Hey that worked great for the value axis,  is it possible to do the same for category axes ? Because the same code "writes undefined" instead of my custom number