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Display 100 Points in 1 second : Highcharts

So I have a project where I am trying to update chart. in which 100 points to be displayed in each second.
For that I am trying this example from the Highcharts.
But the chart stops responding to such event.
The code:
jsfiddle
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'spline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function () {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function () {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y = Math.random();
series.addPoint([x, y], true, true);
}, 10);
}
}
},
time: {
useUTC: false
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{series.name}</b><br/>',
pointFormat: '{point.x:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}<br/>{point.y:.2f}'
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -19; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push({
x: time + i * 1000,
y: Math.random()
});
}
return data;
}())
}]
});

You can set redraw parameter in addPoint method to false and call chart.redraw() at longer intervals:
chart: {
...,
events: {
load: function() {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0],
chart = this;
setInterval(function() {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y = Math.random();
series.addPoint([x, y], false, true);
}, 10);
setInterval(function() {
chart.redraw();
}, 500);
}
}
}
Live demo: https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/s3gh6q5j/
API Reference:
https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Series#addPoint
https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Chart#redraw

Bind highstock(highcharts) to live data?

I am using .net core 2.0 web socket to generate some data. I want to send the data to this chart and draw the chart.
In the code below I want to show the live data without default values. I tried a lot but I wasn't successful. If I remove default value from 'series', chart will disappear. IS that possible to draw this chart on the fly?
Highcharts.setOptions({
global: {
useUTC: false
}});
Highcharts.stockChart('container', {
chart: {
events: {
load: function () {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function () {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y = Math.round(Math.random() * 100);
series.addPoint([x, y], true, true);
}, 1000);
}
}
},
rangeSelector: {
buttons: [{
count: 1,
type: 'minute',
text: '1M'
}, {
count: 5,
type: 'minute',
text: '5M'
}, {
type: 'all',
text: 'All'
}],
inputEnabled: false,
selected: 0
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -999; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push([
time + i * 1000,
Math.round(Math.random() * 100)
]);
}
return data;
}())
}]});

Finally I could find the solution. I needed to add xAxis property to my chart. By adding the code below, problem solved. Now it starts from current time.
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: null,
maxZoom: 10 * 1000,
min: new Date().getTime()
}

Spline Graph with diagonally fixed values with 0,0 and ploting remaing same

We are using Spline Graph for our game in which we are facing issue with x and y axis value which we need to put 0,0 and save the values from initially till end as we need to all plotting from start till end of the value.
Check Live Demo Here
JavaScript Code
<script>
var a = 1;
var b = 1;
var factor = 1.2;
$(document).ready(function () {
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'spline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function () {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function () {
b = b*1.2;
console.log(b);
var x = a; // current time
var y = b;
a++;
series.addPoint([x, y], true, true);
}, 700);
}
}
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'number',
min: 0,
tickInterval: 2
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function () {
return '<b>X: ' + this.x+', Y:'+this.y;
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],i;
for (i = 1; i <= 19; i++) {
b = b*factor;
data.push({
x: a,
y: b
});
a++;
}
return data;
}())
}]
});
});

The following code draws a curve line from the origin (0,0) to the end point which gets updated on the interval. You needed to make the shift variable false in the addPoint call. Higchart docs
$(document).ready(function () {
var a = 1;
var b = 1;
var factor = 1.2;
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'spline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function () {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function () {
b = b*1.2;
var x = a; // current time
var y = b;
a++;
// Add new end point
series.addPoint([x, y], true, false);
}, 700);
}
}
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'number',
min: 0,
tickInterval: 2
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function () {
return '<b>X: ' + this.x+', Y:'+this.y;
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
// Add point at origin and last point of series
var data = [{x:0,y:0}],i;
for (i = 1; i <= 19; i++) {
b = b*factor;
a++
data.push({
x: a,
y: b
});
}
return data;
}())
}]
});
});
Updated JsFiddle

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

addPoint using highcharts (javascript)

I have started working with highcharts.js, but fails to add new points my bar graph:
Every time it goes into addPoint, Firefox freezes :(
I am using Firebug, and when it tries to addPoint, it always freeze :(
// if no graph
if (! charts[0])
{
// make chart table
var round_ids = [];
var total_players = [];
var total_bets = [];
$.each(last_rounds_cache.last_rounds_data, function(index, value)
{
round_ids.push(Number(value[0]));
total_players.push(Number(value[2]));
total_bets.push(Number(value[3]));
}
)
charts[0] = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'players_per_round',
type: 'column',
events: {
click: function(e) {
// find the clicked values and the series
var x = e.xAxis[0].value,
y = e.yAxis[0].value,
series = this.series[0];
// Add it
series.addPoint([x, y]);
}
}
},
title: {
text: 'Players/Bets per Round'
},
xAxis: {
categories: round_ids,
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Rainfall (mm)'
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
align: 'left',
verticalAlign: 'top',
x: 10,
y: 10,
floating: false,
shadow: true
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return ''+
this.x +': '+ this.y;
}
},
plotOptions: {
column: {
pointPadding: 0.2,
borderWidth: 0
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Players',
data: total_players
}, {
name: 'Bets',
data: total_bets
}]
});
}
else
{
if (newChartsPoints.length > 0)
{
$.each(newChartsPoints, function(index, value)
{
// retreive data
var temp_round_id = value[0];
var temp_total_players = value[1][0];
var temp_total_bets = value[1][1];
// add points
var series = charts[0].series;
series[0].addPoint([temp_round_id, temp_total_players], false);
series[1].addPoint([temp_round_id, temp_total_bets], false);
// add categories
categories = charts[0].xAxis[0].categories;
categories.push(temp_round_id);
charts[0].xAxis[0].setCategories(categories, false);
charts[0].redraw();
});
}
}