Use categoryField property to point to the field in the data provider that contains the labels for the axis
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<!-- charts/BasicColumn.mxml -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
public var expenses:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([
{Month:"Jan", Profit:2000, Expenses:1500},
{Month:"Feb", Profit:1000, Expenses:200},
{Month:"Mar", Profit:1500, Expenses:500}
]);
</mx:Script>
<mx:Panel title="Column Chart">
<mx:ColumnChart id="myChart" dataProvider="{expenses}">
<mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:CategoryAxis dataProvider="{expenses}"
categoryField="Month" />
</mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:series>
<mx:ColumnSeries xField="Month" yField="Profit"
displayName="Profit" />
<mx:ColumnSeries xField="Month" yField="Expenses"
displayName="Expenses" />
</mx:series>
</mx:ColumnChart>
<mx:Legend dataProvider="{myChart}" />
</mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>
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