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Getting the tooltip values from Highchart graph in the source code

I want to get the Vacancies and Vacancy Rate values that appear in the tooltip when the cursor hovers over this graph, however ideally I want to grab it straight from the source code. I found a dictionary in the code, though its values are different to what appears in the tooltip.
Eg Value in dict: 34, Value in tooltip: 1
Eg Value in dict: 1055.6270096463, Value in tooltip: 15.8
I'm guessing the values are being changed by some function, though I can't find it in the code. Below is the section of code relating to the tooltip. Any help would be appreciated.
...
var xmin=$( window ).width()>1000 ? 1209564000000:1504188000000;
function _f(n) {
return 3.8*n*(1-n);
}
$(function () {
Highcharts.setOptions({
global: {
// display dates in local time (hourly graph should start at midnight if in california)
useUTC: false
},
lang: {
thousandsSep: ','
}
});
});
Highcharts.chart('hichartcontainer', {
chart: {
type: 'line',
zoomType: 'x'
},
colors: [ '#0a94ff', '#a004a0', '#ff00ff', '#a004a0', '#1aadce', '#492970', '#f28f43', '#77a1e5', '#c42525', '#a6c96a'],
title: {
text: 'Residential Vacancy Rates',
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: SQM Research'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
dateTimeLabelFormats: {
},
scrollbar: {
enabled: true
},
tickInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365,
//min:xmin // enable this to have mob fone show 2 yr only
},
yAxis: [{
min: 0,
// max:200, work this out in php for fixed y axis
title: {
text: 'Vacancies'
}
},
{
min: 0,
// max:10, work this out in phpfor fixed y axis
title: {
text: 'Vacancy Rate (%)'
},
opposite:true
}
],
legend: {
align: 'right',
x: -30,
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 25,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.background2) || 'white',
borderColor: '#CCC',
borderWidth: 1,
shadow: false
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: false
},
getExtremesFromAll:true
}
},
series: [ {
name: 'Vacancies',
type: 'column',
yAxis: 0,
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{point.key}</b><br/>',
pointFormat: '{series.name}: {point.y}',
xDateFormat:'%b %Y'
},
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{
name: 'Vacancy Rate',
type: 'line',
yAxis: 1,
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{point.key}</b><br/>',
pointFormat: '{series.name}: {point.y:,.1f}%',
xDateFormat:'%b %Y'
},
data: [[1209564000000,11.221122112211],[1212242400000,0],[1214834400000,0],[1217512800000,0],[1220191200000,0],[1222783200000,0],[1225458000000,0],[1228050000000,0],[1230728400000,0],[1233406800000,0],[1235826000000,0],[1238504400000,0],[1241100000000,0],[1243778400000,7.1661237785016],[1246370400000,0],[1249048800000,469.15584415584],[1251727200000,249.35064935065],[1254319200000,431.81818181818],[1256994000000,122.97734627832],[1259586000000,563.1067961165],[1262264400000,752.42718446602],[1264942800000,193.54838709677],[1267362000000,464.51612903226],[1270040400000,1142.5806451613],[1272636000000,1055.6270096463],[1275314400000,675.24115755627],[1277906400000,484.88745980707],[1280584800000,702.57234726688],[1283263200000,261.85897435897],[1285855200000,650.64102564103],[1288530000000,834.61538461538],[1291122000000,239.61661341853],[1293800400000,575.07987220447],[1296478800000,492.01277955272],[1298898000000,618.7898089172],[1301576400000,882.8025477707],[1304172000000,480.25477707006],[1306850400000,695.85987261146],[1309442400000,131.42857142857],[1312120800000,398.09523809524],[1314799200000,767.61904761905],[1317391200000,129.52380952381],[1320066000000,376.58227848101],[1322658000000,430.37974683544],[1325336400000,322.78481012658],[1328014800000,431.96202531646],[1330520400000,131.64556962025],[1333198800000,389.24050632911],[1335794400000,317.98107255521],[1338472800000,474.44794952681],[1341064800000,117.98107255521],[1343743200000,437.22397476341],[1346421600000,455.83596214511],[1349013600000,177.35849056604],[1351688400000,328.61635220126],[1354280400000,125.47169811321],[1356958800000,389.62264150943],[1359637200000,405.03144654088],[1362056400000,127.35849056604],[1364734800000,500.31347962382],[1367330400000,460.81504702194],[1370008800000,501.56739811912],[1372600800000,544.20062695925],[1375279200000,536.05015673981],[1377957600000,175],[1380549600000,435],[1383224400000,261.25],[1385816400000,822.5],[1388494800000,123.75],[1391173200000,472.89719626168],[1393592400000,714.95327102804],[1396270800000,351.40186915888],[1398866400000,621.4953271028],[1401544800000,82.866043613707],[1404136800000,349.22118380062],[1406815200000,628.57142857143],[1409493600000,182.60869565217],[1412085600000,354.03726708075],[1414760400000,300],[1417352400000,427.6397515528],[1420030800000,219.19504643963],[1422709200000,341.79566563467],[1425128400000,143.65325077399],[1427806800000,265.6346749226],[1430402400000,99.071207430341],[1433080800000,161.60990712074],[1435672800000,90.740740740741],[1438351200000,344.44444444444],[1441029600000,88.271604938272],[1443621600000,111.11111111111],[1446296400000,351.85185185185],[1448888400000,360.92307692308],[1451566800000,373.84615384615],[1454245200000,254.15384615385],[1456750800000,283.07692307692],[1459429200000,62.461538461538],[1462024800000,120],[1464703200000,98.159509202454],[1467295200000,106.74846625767],[1469973600000,38.650306748466],[1472652000000,57.055214723926],[1475244000000,23.926380368098],[1477918800000,156.26911314985],[1480510800000,316.81957186544],[1483189200000,220.18348623853],[1485867600000,116.20795107034],[1488286800000,85.626911314985],[1490965200000,73.394495412844],[1493560800000,256.09756097561],[1496239200000,471.64634146341],[1498831200000,155.48780487805],[1501509600000,414.63414634146],[1504188000000,207.92682926829],[1506780000000,164.13373860182],[1509454800000,95.744680851064],[1512046800000,156.83890577508],[1514725200000,55.927051671733],[1517403600000,200],[1519822800000,48.632218844985],[1522501200000,93.939393939394],[1525096800000,81.818181818182],[1527775200000,30.909090909091],[1530367200000,0],[1533045600000,28.484848484848],[1535724000000,57.401812688822],[1538316000000,18.126888217523],[1540990800000,54.380664652568],[1543582800000,82.477341389728],[1546261200000,9.0634441087613],[1548939600000,0],[1551358800000,56.024096385542],[1554037200000,54.21686746988],[1556632800000,10.843373493976],[1559311200000,78.614457831325],[1561903200000,12.650602409639],[1564581600000,0]] }
]
});
...

Highcharts - Can't change line colors

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type: "",
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formatter: function () {
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