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Highcharts plotOptions.pie.dataLabels.formatter gets called multiple times for same data

Requirement and strategy :
I'm using Highcharts to create a 3d donut for one of my requirement. I have a requirement in which I need to add the percentage of all the values lesser than a year.
I'm using the plotOptions.pie.dataLabels.formatter function of Highcharts to get the percentage and then do the total within the function.
Code :
Below is the code I'm using
var usageInAYear = 0;
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
height: 300,
type: 'pie',
options3d: {
enabled: true,
alpha: 45,
beta: 0
}
},
title: {
text: 'OUIWEBTEMPLATE'
},
accessibility: {
point: {
valueSuffix: '%'
}
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
},
plotOptions: {
pie: {
allowPointSelect: true,
cursor: 'pointer',
depth: 35,
innerSize: 50,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function() {
if (this.point.name !== '> 1 year' && this.point.name !==
'NOT USED') {
usageInAYear += this.percentage;
}
console.log(this.percentage);
return Highcharts.numberFormat(this.percentage, 0) +
'%';
},
},
showInLegend: true,
colors: ['#50B432',
'#F5B041',
'#CB4335'
]
}
},
series: [{
type: 'pie',
name: 'Browser Usage',
data: [{
"name": "< 3 months",
"y": 2004,
"color": "#64E572"
}, {
"name": "3-6 months",
"y": 18,
"color": "#F2C60E"
}, {
"name": "6-12 months",
"y": 30,
"color": "#24CBE5"
}, {
"name": "> 1 year",
"y": 136,
"color": "#2A2383"
}, {
"name": "NOT USED",
"y": 1111,
"color": "#F44336"
}]
}]
});
document.getElementById("usage").innerHTML = Highcharts.numberFormat(usageInAYear, 0) + '%'
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-3d.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>
<p>
Usage in a year =
<span id="usage"></span>
</p>
<figure class="highcharts-figure">
<div id="container"></div>
</figure>
Problem Statement :
Now the problem I'm facing is that the formatter function gets called multiple times for the same pie slice. Because of which same label percentage is added again and again to the final number.
If I remove the return statement from the formatter function, then it gets called only once, but then the percentage labels are not visible, which I need to show as part of the chart.
I know there are other ways to get the required result, but I am confused why this one is not working. Can anybody please help me. What is wrong here.
JSFiddle link having the same code.

As you rightly noticed the formatter function may be called multiple times for the same pie slice. That is normal Highcharts behavior and it is sometimes needed for calculating position and anti-colision logic. As a solution, you can calculate the required value after chart creation, for example:
var usageInAYear = 0;
var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
...,
plotOptions: {
pie: {
...,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function() {
this.point.percentage = this.percentage;
return Highcharts.numberFormat(this.percentage, 0) +
'%';
},
}
}
}
});
chart.series[0].points.forEach(function(point) {
if (point.name !== '> 1 year' && point.name !==
'NOT USED') {
usageInAYear += point.percentage;
}
});
document.getElementById("usage").innerHTML = Highcharts.numberFormat(usageInAYear, 0) + '%'
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/4xwj3s2y/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/series.pie.dataLabels.formatter

How can I get the yAxis of Highcharts to display categories instead of number values?

I have this fiddle JSfiddle
Here is the reproduced code:
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'bar'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Heroku', 'Ruby','Lisp','Javascript','Python','PHP']
},
yAxis: {
categories: ['low','medium','high'],
title: {
text: 'expertise',
align: 'high'
},
labels: {
overflow: 'justify'
}
},
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' millions'
},
plotOptions: {
bar: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true
}
}
},
series: [{
data: ['low','high','low','medium','medium']
}]
});
});
If you look at the fiddle the yAxis does not render and has a value of for every x category. I've been looking at the highcharts api, but I can't seem to get this right. The code makes sense to me but I'm obviously doing something wrong. Can someone point out why the YAxis is not displaying correctly?

As mentioned in my comment, you need to supply the numeric value of the category, not the category name.
In the case of categories, the numeric value is the array index.
Also, in your case, the way you are trying to plot the values, I would add an empty category at the beginning, otherwise your first category of low gets plotted as 0, which doesn't seem right.
So,
categories: ['low','medium','high']
Becomes
categories: ['','low','medium','high'],
And
data: ['low','high','low','medium','medium']
Becomes
data: [1,3,1,2,2]
Updated fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/k64boexd/3/

Check this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/navjot227/k64boexd/2/
Trick is to utilize the formatter function. You can use a similar formatter function on y-axis labels too if that's desired. Though it seems like you need it for data labels for this problem.
$(function() {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'bar'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Heroku', 'Ruby', 'Lisp', 'Javascript', 'Python', 'PHP']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'expertise',
align: 'high'
},
labels: {
overflow: 'justify',
}
},
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' millions'
},
plotOptions: {
bar: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function() {
if (this.y == 0) {
return 'low'
} else if (this.y == 1) {
return 'medium'
} else {
console.log(this.y);
return 'high'
}
}
}
}
},
series: [{
data: [0, 2, 0, 1, 1]
}]
});
});

In my opinion, it is kinda unlikely for a line graph to have a y-axis category, since it speaks more of amount or value. In your case, "low, medium, and high" speaks of ranges, with which a certain value can be assigned to any of it.
Thus, Highcharts accepts series data in numeric form. But you can work around it by setting ['low', 'medium', 'high'] in the category attribute of yAxis, then setting series data as an array of number corresponding to the index of the category, i.e. [0,1,1,2,...] and tweaking the tooltip to display the category instead of the y value using formatter attribute.
Here is the code:
$(function() {
yCategories = ['low', 'medium', 'high'];
$('#container').highcharts({
title: {
text: 'Chart with category axes'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Heroku', 'Ruby','Lisp','Javascript','Python','PHP']
},
yAxis: {
categories: yCategories
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return this.point.category + ': ' + yCategories[this.y];
}
},
series: [{
data: [0, 1, 2, 2, 1]
}]
});
});
Here is a working example : JSFiddle

how to create a column char with highcharts where each column has a different color

I´ve a chart using highcharts, the only problem is that each column has the same column.
What should I do so each column has a different column.
Here is my code:
var charts = [];
$containers = $('#container1');
var datasets = [
{
name: 'Tokyo',
data: [49, 57]
}];
var cat = ['A', 'B'];
console.log(datasets);
$.each(datasets, function(i, dataset) {
console.log(dataset);
charts.push(new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: $containers[i],
type: 'column',
marginLeft: i === 0 ? 100 : 10
},
title: {
text: dataset.name,
align: 'left',
x: i === 0 ? 90 : 0
},
credits: {
enabled: false
},
xAxis: {
categories: cat,
labels: {
enabled: i === 0
}
},
yAxis: {
allowDecimals: false,
title: {
text: null
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
series: [dataset]
}));
});
Thanks in advance.

To have each column be a different color, all you have to do is set the colorByPoint property to true.
Reference:
http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts#plotOptions.column.colorByPoint
Alternatively you can make each column a separate series, which gives you additional levels of control.
OTOH, in the majority of cases, having each column a separate color serves no purpose except to clutter and confuse the data, and make the user work harder cognitively to interpret the chart.
If you want to highlight a single column for a particular reason, you can do that by adding the fillColor property to the data array:
Something like:
data:[2,4,5,{y:9,fillColor:'rgba(204,0,0,.75)',note:'Wow, look at this one'},4,5,6]

I finally found a way to show more than 1 color for each column:
var charts1 = [];
var $containers1 = $('#container1');
var datasets1 = [{
name: 'Dalias',
data: [29]
},
{
name: 'Lilas',
data: [1]
},
{
name: 'Tulipanes',
data: [15]
}];
$('#container1').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'column',
backgroundColor: 'transparent'
},
title: {
text: 'Montos pedidos por división'
},
tooltip: {
pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color};" />{series.name} </span>:<b>{point.y}</b>',
useHTML: true
},
plotOptions: {
column: {
pointPadding: 0.2,
borderWidth: 0
},
series : {
cursor: 'pointer',
point: {
events: {
/*click: function() {
verDetalle("Especialidades,"+ this.series.name);
}*/
}
}
}
},
credits:{
enabled: false
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
title: {
text: ''
}
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['División']
},
series: datasets1
});

How do I make a Tornado Chart using Highcharts

I am trying to prepare a Tornado Chart using the column chart in Highcharts. Here is my fiddle.
My current code is:
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'columnrange',
inverted: true
},
title: {
text: 'Net Sales'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'MM $'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Annual Revenue', 'Number of Years', 'Annual Costs']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'MM $'
}
},
plotOptions: {
columnrange: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function () {
return this.y;
}
}
},
scatter:{
marker:{
symbol:'line',
lineWidth:11,
radius:8,
lineColor:'#f00'
}
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Temperatures',
data: [
[12.15, 46.86],
[15.45, 42.28],
[27.77, 31.24]
]
},
{
name:'Base',type: 'scatter',data:[120],
}]
});
The problem is that the last series (Annual Costs) does not show, as it is in reversed order. Also, I'd like the Tornado Chart to look more like this:
Note that the labels in this chart are different from the actual values plotted. Also note that the bar in the center - in the example code, there would be a vertical line at 29.5. I would also like to support a combined uncertainty bar like the one at the bottom. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Your last bat is not showing, because first number is lower than second, see: http://jsfiddle.net/kErPt/1/
If you want to display another values at labels, then add that info first. Example:
data: [{
low: 12,
high: 15,
lowLabel: 35,
highLabel: 46
}, {
low: 2,
high: 35,
lowLabel: 15,
highLabel: 26
} ... ]
And then use dataLabels.formatter for series.
To add vertical line use plotLines.
I'm not sure what is the last bar called 'combined uncertainty'.

I've used Highcharts with separate series (thanks jlbriggs) to create a Tornado Chart: http://jsfiddle.net/uRjBp/
var baseValue = 29.5;
var outputTitle = "Net Sales";
var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo:'container',
//type:'column'
//type:'area'
//type:'scatter'
//type:'bubble'
},
credits: {},
exporting: {},
legend: {},
title: {
text: outputTitle
},
subtitle: {
text: "MM $"
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
var msg = "";
var index = this.series.chart.xAxis[0].categories.indexOf(this.x);
var low = round(this.series.chart.series[0].data[index].y+baseValue);
var high = round(this.series.chart.series[1].data[index].y+baseValue);
if (this.x === "Combined Uncertainty") {
msg = "Combined Uncertainty in "+outputTitle+": "+low+" to "+high;
} else {
var lowLabel = this.series.chart.series[0].data[index].label;
var highLabel = this.series.chart.series[1].data[index].label;
msg = '<b>'+outputTitle+'</b> goes from '+ low +' to '+ high+'<br/> when '+this.x +
' goes from <br/> '+lowLabel+" to "+highLabel;
}
return msg;
}
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function () {
var index = this.series.chart.xAxis[0].categories.indexOf(this.x);
if (this.series.userOptions.labels === undefined) {
return this.y+baseValue;
}
return this.key === "Combined Uncertainty" ? "":this.series.userOptions.labels[index];
}
}
}
},
xAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Factor'
},
allowDecimals:false,
categories: ['Annual Revenue', 'Number of Years', 'Annual Costs', 'Combined Uncertainty']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'MM $'
},
labels: {
formatter:function() {
return this.value+baseValue;
}
}
},
series:[{
name: 'Low',
grouping:false,
type:'bar',
data:[{y:12.15-baseValue, label:10},{y:15.45-baseValue, label:1},{y:31.25-baseValue, label:2},{y:12.15-baseValue, color:'#99CCFF', label: ""}],
labels:[10,1,2,]
},{
name: 'High',
grouping:false,
type:'bar',
data:[{y:46.86-baseValue, label:30},{y:42.28-baseValue, label:3},{y:27.77-baseValue, label:4},{y:46.86-baseValue, color:'#99CCFF', label:""}],
labels:[30,3,4,]
},
{
name: 'Median',
type: 'scatter',
data: [null,null, null,27-baseValue],
marker: {
lineWidth: 2,
lineColor: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[3],
fillColor: 'white'
}
}]
});
function round(num) {
return Math.round(num*100)/100;
}

usually, this kind of chart is done using a separate series for the left and right portions
One way to do this is by setting one set of data as negative numbers, and then using the formatters to make the axis labels, datalabels, and tooltips display the absolute values
example:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/yPLVP/68/
UPDATE:
to show a line as in your original chart, you can extend the marker symbols to include a line type, and use a scatter series to draw that point:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/yPLVP/69/
If you don't want to have the extra code for the line marker type, you could use any of the other existing marker symbols for the scatter series.

Remove scrolled part of highcharts

Can the highlighted "green" part be removed?
code:
chart = new Highcharts.StockChart({
chart: {
renderTo: renderTo,
},
title: {
text: 'test - ' + title
},
zoomType: false,
subtitle: {
text: 'some text'
},
rangeSelector: {
selected: 4
},
yAxis: {
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return (this.value / 1000000) + "mil";
}
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 2,
color: 'silver'
}]
},
credits: {
enabled:false
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
marker : {
enabled : true,
radius : 3
}
}
},
},
series: seriesOptions
});

Documentation is your friend.
Highstock Demo Gallery - Disabled navigator
http://www.highcharts.com/stock/demo/navigator-disabled
Necessary code:
navigator : {
enabled : false
},
Working Example: http://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/jquery/1.7.2/highslide-software/highcharts.com/tree/master/samples/stock/demo/navigator-disabled/

err...
quick and dirty
<div id="highchart">
highchart code here
</div>
<div style="background:white;display:block;position:relative;width:400px;margin-top:-150px;">
the rest of your site/content here
</div>
witht he limited amount of info you've provided this is all I can think of.