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How to use a Data Array within a Chart JS dataset?

I have the following JSON, that I want to insert a chart using Chart JS:
{"Results":[{"Data":"25/02/2021","Valor":18},{"Data":"24/02/2021","Valor":2993},{"Data":"23/02/2021","Valor":1936},{"Data":"22/02/2021","Valor":1844},{"Data":"21/02/2021","Valor":1114},{"Data":"20/02/2021","Valor":1060},{"Data":"19/02/2021","Valor":1134}]}
And I created a function to load this JSON into an Array:
function ShowData(jsonObj) {
var bases = jsonObj['Results'];
var Date = [];
var Val = [];
for (var i = bases.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
Date.push([bases[i].Data]);
Val.push([bases[i].Valor]);
}
}
When I load this Array into the Chart, As below:
var chartGraph = new Chart(ctx,{
type:'line',
data:{
labels: Date,
datasets: [
{
label: "Lbl Name",
data: Val,
borderWidth: 6,
borderColor: 'rgba(77,166,253, 0.85)',
backgroundColor: 'transparent'
}
]
},
options: {
title: {
display: true,
fontSize: 20,
text: 'Chart Name'
},
legend: {
display: true,
position: 'right',
labels: {
fontColor: '#666'
}
}
}
})
No information on "datasets" appears to me, only the "label", what is the mistake I am making?
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Try to split series and data, something like:
function splitData(type) {
return json.Results.map(v => v[type]);
}
// your Chart.js config
data: {
labels: splitData('Date'),
datasets: [
{
// ...otherProps,
data: splitData('Valor')
}
]
}

You cant use Date as variable name since its a build in class. Also from my testing couldnt reference the vars inside the function. But the real problem with your code is that you push an array to the val array. This made it an array containing arrays. This is not supported. If you change your code to the sample below it will work
let date = [];
let val = [];
function ShowData(jsonObj) {
var bases = jsonObj['Results'];
date = [];
val = [];
for (var i = bases.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
date.push(bases[i].Data);
val.push(bases[i].Valor);
}
}
var chartGraph = new Chart(ctx,{
type:'line',
data:{
labels: Date,
datasets: [
{
label: "Lbl Name",
data: Val,
borderWidth: 6,
borderColor: 'rgba(77,166,253, 0.85)',
backgroundColor: 'transparent'
}
]
},
options: {
title: {
display: true,
fontSize: 20,
text: 'Chart Name'
},
legend: {
display: true,
position: 'right',
labels: {
fontColor: '#666'
}
}
}
})

Create Pie chart for each Json object

I have one Json with multiple array and foreach array I want to create Pie chart, but I don't know how to do it.
This is the array thet I have. And this is what I tried :
function Pie() {
$.getJSON("/Admin/Attivita/OreOggi", function (data) {
console.log(data);
var oreTecico = [];
var oreTecico = [];
var oreMalatia = [];
var oreStraordinario = [];
var oreInfortunio = [];
var oreFerie = [];
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
nomeTecnico.push(data[i].nome);
oreTecico.push(data[i].odinario);
oreMalatia.push(data[i].malatia);
oreStraordinario.push(data[i].straordinario);
oreInfortunio.push(data[i].infortunio);
oreFerie.push(data[i].ferie);
};
// Build the chart
Highcharts.chart('zdravko', {
chart: {
plotBackgroundColor: null,
plotBorderWidth: null,
plotShadow: false,
type: 'pie'
},
title: {
text: 'Ore segnate oggi'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '<b>{point.name}</b>: {point.y:.1f} h.'
},
accessibility: {
point: {
valueSuffix: '%'
}
},
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
dataLabels: {
enabled: false
},
showInLegend: true
}
},
series: [{
name: nomeTecnico[0],
colorByPoint: true,
data: [{
name: '',
y:0,
sliced: true,
selected: true
}, {
name: 'Odinario',
y: oreTecico[0]
}, {
name: 'Malatia',
y: oreMalatia[0]
}, {
name: 'Straordinario',
y: oreStraordinario[0]
}, {
name: 'Infortunio',
y: oreInfortunio[0]
}, {
name: 'Ferie',
y: oreFerie[0]
}]
}]
});
});
}
It shows only the last "data". I want to make fo each array one pie. If i have 100 arrays I want 100 pies.
UPDATE:
I added this :
data.forEach(function (el) {
var chartData = [el.data1, el.data2];
var chartContainer = document.createElement('div');
document.getElementById('zdravko').append(chartContainer);
Highcharts.chart(chartContainer, {
series: [{
type: 'pie',
data: chartData
}]
});
});
The chartData is array of undefined objects.
Is it possible to make for or foreach inside Highcharts?

You need to use the Highcharts.chart method in a loop, for example:
var data = [{
data1: 12,
data2: 25
}, {
data1: 67,
data2: 11
}];
data.forEach(function(el) {
var chartData = [el.data1, el.data2];
var chartContainer = document.createElement('div');
document.getElementById('container').append(chartContainer);
Highcharts.chart(chartContainer, {
series: [{
type: 'pie',
data: chartData
}]
});
});
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/x95pbw7j/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts#.chart

chart.js display a default chart with option value

so I'm generating charts with a database and displaying them with JSON script and it works fine but the chart only displays when I click an option value, what I'm trying to do now is set a default value option for when the website opens it displays a default chart if that makes sense, below is my chart.js code.
function renderHtmlChart(){
$(document).ready(function (){
var selection= document.getElementById('YEAR').value;
var link = "https://udon.ads.ntu.ac.uk/web/itec30151/N0773065/new/data.php?YEAR='"+selection+"'";
$.ajax({
url: link,
method: "GET",
success: function(data=this.responseText) {
console.log(data);
var Destination = [];
var Bookings = [];
for(var i in data) {
Destination.push(data[i].Destination);
Bookings.push(data[i].Bookings);
}
createChart(Destination,Bookings,selection)
},
error: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
});
});
}
function createChart(Destination,Bookings,selection){
var universalOptions = {
maintainAspectRatio: true,
responsive: false,
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Top 5 Flight Bookings'
},
legend: {
display: true,
},
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
beginAtZero: true,
},
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: 'Bookings'
}
}],
xAxes: [{
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: 'Destinations'
}
}],
}
}
var chartdata = {
labels: Destination,
datasets : [
{
label: selection,
data: Bookings,
backgroundColor: ["#3366cc","#dc3912","#ff9900","#109618","#990099"],
borderWidth: '1',
borderColour: 'grey',
hoverBorderColor: 'black',
fill: false,
pointRadius: 0,
}
]
};
//stop overlap
$('select').on('change',function(){
barGraph.destroy();
});
// this makes legend hidden
var update_caption = function(legend) {
labels[legend.text] = legend.hidden;
var selected = Object.keys(labels).filter(function(key) {
return labels[key];
});
};
//this creates new graph
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart');
var barGraph = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bar',
data: chartdata,
options: universalOptions,
responsive: false,
});
}

hope you have latest version of jquery like:-
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js" integrity="sha256-WpOohJOqMqqyKL9FccASB9O0KwACQJpFTUBLTYOVvVU=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
hope this will help
//create renderHtmlChart function
function renderHtmlChart()
{
var selection= document.getElementById('YEAR').value;
var link = "https://udon.ads.ntu.ac.uk/web/itec30151/N0773065/new/data.php?YEAR='"+selection+"'";
$.ajax({
url: link,
method: "GET",
success: function(data=this.responseText)
{
console.log(data);
var Destination = [];
var Bookings = [];
for(var i in data)
{
Destination.push(data[i].Destination);
Bookings.push(data[i].Bookings);
}
createChart(Destination,Bookings,selection)
},
error: function(data)
{
console.log(data);
}
});
}
//create createChart function
function createChart(Destination,Bookings,selection)
{
var universalOptions =
{
maintainAspectRatio: true,
responsive: false,
title:
{
display: true,
text: 'Top 5 Flight Bookings'
},
legend:
{
display: true,
},
scales:
{
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
beginAtZero: true,
},
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: 'Bookings'
}
}],
xAxes: [{
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: 'Destinations'
}
}],
}
}
var chartdata = {
labels: Destination,
datasets : [
{
label: selection,
data: Bookings,
backgroundColor: ["#3366cc","#dc3912","#ff9900","#109618","#990099"],
borderWidth: '1',
borderColour: 'grey',
hoverBorderColor: 'black',
fill: false,
pointRadius: 0,
}
]
};
// this makes legend hidden
var update_caption = function(legend) {
labels[legend.text] = legend.hidden;
var selected = Object.keys(labels).filter(function(key) {
return labels[key];
});
};
//this creates new graph
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart');
var barGraph = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bar',
data: chartdata,
options: universalOptions,
responsive: false,
});
}
$(funtion(){
//onload call renderHtmlChart function
renderHtmlChart();
//on select input change call renderHtmlChart function
$('select').on('change',function(){
renderHtmlChart();
});
})

Highcharts data value from variable array string

Got a column called ChartData in database with a string value of 4,11,25,36,50. Trying to assign this value to a hidden variable so JS can read the value of this and put this value in the data option using high charts. I have console.log the variable and looks like its appearing as a string rather than an array when being parsed across the server side to the client side.
C# code
string str = reader["ChartData"].ToString();
string[] strList = str.Split(','); //seperate the hobbies by comma
// convert it in json
dataStr = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(strList, Formatting.None);
hiddenvariable.Value = dataStr;
JS code:
function CreateBoxPlot() {
var hv = $('#hiddenvariable').val();
alert(hv); //["40","61","65","74","77"]
var chart;
var titleText = 'Test Chart Title';
var subTitleText = 'Test Chart Subtitle';
var type = 'boxplot';
var data = hv;
console.log(data); //["40","61","65","74","77"]
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: { type: type, inverted: true },
title: { text: titleText },
subtitle: { text: subTitleText },
legend: { enabled: false },
tooltip: {
shared: true,
crosshairs: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
pointWidth: 50
}
},
xAxis: {
visible: false
},
yAxis: {
visible: true,
title: {
text: 'Values'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 80,
color: 'red',
width: 2
}]
}
});
chart = $('#container').highcharts();
chart.addSeries({ data: data });
});
}
However when i hardcode data to the below value this works. How do i format this correctly when its parsed over to the JS side:
var data = [[40,61,65,74,77]]

You have to convert the string '["40","61","65","74","77"]' to js array with numbers. To make it work on each browser you can follow this approach:
Parse the string to js array using JSON.parse()
Loop through the created array and convert each element to number:
var json = '["40","61","65","74","77"]',
dataString = JSON.parse(json),
data = [],
i;
for (i = 0; i < dataString.length; i++) {
data[i] = +dataString[i];
}
Code:
$(function() {
var json = '["40","61","65","74","77"]',
dataString = JSON.parse(json),
data = [],
i;
for (i = 0; i < dataString.length; i++) {
data[i] = +dataString[i];
}
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
inverted: true
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
shared: true,
crosshairs: true
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
pointWidth: 50
}
},
xAxis: {
visible: false
},
yAxis: {
visible: true,
title: {
text: 'Values'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 80,
color: 'red',
width: 2
}]
}
});
chart = $('#container').highcharts();
chart.addSeries({
data: data
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>
Demo:
https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/ay1xmgoc/

Taking reference from the comments, add this to your code and then try.
var data = hv.map(function (element) {
return +element;
});

Highcharts bar chart wont animate

Not sure why because I have done it in the past, but I have a Highcharts bar chart and it won't animate. This is the declaration of the chart,
function initializeData() {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
var newdata = [];
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
newdata.push({
name: setName($scope.jsondata[x].name),
y: $scope.jsondata[x].data[0],
color: getColor($scope.jsondata[x].data[0])
});
}
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
mainInterval = $interval(updateData, 5000);
}
function updateData() {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
console.debug("here");
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
$scope.chart.series[0].data[x].update({
y: $scope.jsondata[x].data[0],
color: getColor($scope.jsondata[x].data[0])
});
}
});
}
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'bar',
animation: true,
events: {
load: initializeData
}
},
title: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
type: 'category',
labels: {
style: {
fontSize: '11px'
}
}
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
max: 100,
title: {
text: 'Total Score',
align: 'high'
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: 'Total Score <b>{point.y:.3f}</b>'
},
series: [{
name: 'Active Users',
data: [],
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
rotation: 30,
style: {
fontSize: '10px',
fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
},
format: '{point.y:.3f}', // one decimal
}
}]
});
And as you can see I have animate : true, so I am not sure what is the problem here. I have this older plunker where all of the data is in separate series, but it animates fine. But this is the plunker I am working on and having trouble with. They are like identical basically. In the newer one I broke out the initialization of data into its own method, but that is the only real main difference.
Some edits:
So as I was saying, I have done things this way with an areaspline chart (I know it was said they work a bit different but they are set up identically).
function initializeData() {
$interval.cancel(mainInterval);
$scope.previousPackets = '';
$http.get("https://api.myjson.com/bins/nodx").success(function(returnedData) {
var newdata = [];
var x = (new Date()).getTime();
for (var step = 9; step >= 0; step--) {
newdata.push([x - 1000 * step, 0]);
}
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
mainInterval = $interval(updateData, 2000);
}
function updateData() {
$http.get(url + acronym + '/latest').success(function(returnedData) {
var x = (new Date()).getTime();
if ($scope.previousPackets != returnedData[0].numPackets) {
$scope.chart.series[0].addPoint([x, returnedData[0].numPackets], true, true);
$scope.previousPackets = returnedData[0].numPackets;
} else {
$scope.chart.series[0].addPoint([x, 0], true, true);
}
});
}
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'areaspline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: initializeData
}
},
title: {
text: ''
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Packets'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#d9534f'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y) + ' packets<b> | </b>' + Highcharts.dateFormat('%H:%M:%S', this.x);
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Packets',
data: []
}]
});
I also updated the first chunk of code with the initializeData() method and updateData() method which are seemingly identical in both different charts.

It looks like it plays an important role if you provide your data at chart initialization or after. For simplicity I refactored your code a little
function initializeChart(initialData, onload) {
$scope.chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'bar',
animation: true,
events: {
load: onload
}
....
series: [{
name: 'Active Users',
data: initialData,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
format: '{point.y:.3f}', // one decimal
}
}]
});
}
function getData(callback) {
$http.get(url).success(function(ret) {
$scope.jsondata = ret;
var newdata = [];
for (x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
newdata.push([setName(ret[x].name), ret[x].data]);
}
callback(newdata);
});
}
As a result your two planks are in essense reduced to two methods below. The first initializes chart with preloaded data and the second updates data in existing chart.
function readDataFirst() {
getData(function(newdata) {
initializeChart(newdata);
});
}
function initializeChartFirst() {
initializeChart([], function() {
getData(function(newdata) {
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
})
});
}
The first one animates fine while the second does not. It looks like highcharts skips animation if dataset is not initial and is treated incompatible.
However if you really want to have animation in your current plant (chart first workflow) you can achieve that by initializing first serie with zeros and then with the real data. This case it will be treated as update
function forceAnimationByDoubleInitialization() {
getData(function(newdata) {
initializeChart([]);
var zerodata = newdata.map(function(item) {
return [item[0], 0]
});
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(zerodata);
$scope.chart.series[0].setData(newdata);
});
All these options are available at http://plnkr.co/edit/pZhBJoV7PmjDNRNOj2Uc