Bug 124380 SVG format isn't supported by report designer
This is not charts issue but regular reports containing Image report items that point to SVG files. Error message pops up saying: "The image cannot be loaded. Reason: unsupported or unrecognized format".
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.core/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/util/ImageManager.java
try
		{
			return new URL( uri );
		}
		catch ( MalformedURLException e )
		{
			String path = URIUtil.getLocalPath( uri );
			if ( path != null )
			{
				ModuleHandle designHandle = SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
					.getReportDesignHandle( ); 
				
				return designHandle.findResource( path, IResourceLocator.IMAGE );
			}
			return URI.create( uri ).toURL( );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Generate hash key.
	 * 
	 * @param reportDesignHandle
	 * @param name
	 * @return key string
	 */
	public String generateKey(ModuleHandle reportDesignHandle,
			String name )
	{
		return reportDesignHandle.hashCode( ) + EMBEDDED_SUFFIX + name;
	}
}