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Reversed bullet chart in Highcharts

I started working with highcharts. Now a problem I am facing is that the bulletcharts can’t be used for a dataset that is in descending order.
For example say we want to plot the ranking of a few companies. In this case the ranking is better the lower it gets. So a Rank 10 is better than a Rank 15 and so on.
In this case I want my graph to get reversed. The target would be lets say 10. The min value would start from say 100 to 0. So you can see how this isnt possible.
P.S: I know the
reverse: true/false
property. But that simply flips the graph and I don’t want that/need that.
Thanks world.

You can add a second y-axis with the same extremes as the first one, but reversed. Next, hide the first y-axis, calculate mocked y and target values and finally, set a custom formatter function for tooltip to show original values.
const MAX = 300;
const TARGET = 50;
const Y = 25;
Highcharts.chart('container1', {
chart: {
inverted: true,
type: 'bullet',
},
yAxis: [{
visible: false,
min: 0,
max: MAX
}, {
min: 0,
max: MAX,
reversed: true,
...
}],
tooltip: {
formatter: function(tooltip) {
const point = this.point;
return `<span style='color: ${this.color}'>●</span> ${this.series.name}: <b>${point.originalY}</b>. Target: <b>${point.originalTarget}</b><br/>`
}
},
series: [{
data: [{
y: MAX - Y,
target: MAX - TARGET,
originalY: Y,
originalTarget: TARGET
}]
}]
});
Live demo: https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/ve8hosd3/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/tooltip.formatter

How to show Y axis ticks for every point in the graph

I'm using chartjs to display some data but I'm in trouble with the Y axis visualization. I want at every point in the graph a value in the Y axis. Right now the Y axis display value in steps of 10.
This is my actual yAxis configuration:
yAxes: [{
position: "left",
ticks: {
source:"data",
}
}]
This is the actual chart. I would like to display in the Y axis only the actual value of the points displayed. In the X axis this configuration works, the time is aligned with the points.
Expected:

You have to use the Axis Callbacks (docs), especially afterBuildTicks.
In my linked example (jsbin) I push 0 to my data because you can't use beginAtZero: true and remove all the duplicates in the array.
data.push(0); //if 'beginAtZero' is wanted
let uniqueData = data.filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i);
In the options you define the min and max values and the ticks in afterBuildTicks.
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
autoSkip: false,
min: Math.min(...uniqueData),
max: Math.max(...uniqueData)
},
afterBuildTicks: function(scale) {
scale.ticks = uniqueData;
}
}]
}
}
You will have problems with overlapping ticks but I don't know a general way to prevent that and I don't know your specific use case.

C3 Bar Graph x-axis labels are too congested

I have created a Bar graph using C3 JS plugin, The graph is working fine but the problem is with the x-axis labels looks too congested like as shown below
Working JSFiddle
My Code is as given below
var chart = c3.generate({
bindto: "#chart",
data: {
x : 'x',
columns: [
['x', "2016-04-01","2016-04-08","2016-04-15","2016-04-22","2016-04-29","2016-05-06","2016-05-13","2016-05-20","2016-05-27","2016-06-03","2016-06-10","2016-06-17","2016-06-24","2016-07-09","2016-07-10","2016-07-11","2016-07-12","2016-07-13","2016-07-15","2016-07-16","2016-07-17","2016-07-18","2016-07-19","2016-07-20","2016-07-21","2016-07-22","2016-07-23","2016-07-24","2016-07-25","2016-07-26","2016-07-27","2016-07-28","2016-07-29","2016-07-30","2016-07-31","2016-08-01","2016-08-02","2016-08-03","2016-08-04","2016-08-05","2016-08-06","2016-08-07","2016-08-08","2016-08-09","2016-08-10","2016-08-11","2016-08-12","2016-08-13","2016-08-14","2016-08-15","2016-08-16","2016-08-17","2016-08-18","2016-08-19","2016-08-20","2016-08-21","2016-08-22","2016-08-23","2016-08-24","2016-08-25","2016-08-26","2016-08-27","2016-08-28","2016-08-29","2016-08-30","2016-08-31","2016-09-01","2016-09-02","2016-09-03","2016-09-04","2016-09-05","2016-09-06","2016-09-07","2016-09-08","2016-09-09","2016-09-10","2016-09-11","2016-09-12","2016-09-13","2016-09-14","2016-09-15","2016-09-16","2016-09-17","2016-09-18","2016-09-19","2016-09-20","2016-09-21","2016-09-22","2016-09-23","2016-09-24","2016-09-25","2016-09-26","2016-09-27","2016-09-28","2016-09-29","2016-09-30","2016-10-01","2016-10-02","2016-10-03","2016-10-04","2016-10-05","2016-10-06","2016-10-07","2016-10-08","2016-10-09","2016-10-10","2016-10-11","2016-10-12","2016-10-13","2016-10-14","2016-10-15","2016-10-16","2016-10-17","2016-10-18","2016-10-19","2016-10-20","2016-10-21","2016-10-22","2016-10-23","2016-10-24","2016-10-25","2016-10-26","2016-10-27","2016-10-28","2016-10-29","2016-10-30","2016-10-31","2016-11-01","2016-11-02","2016-11-03","2016-11-04","2016-11-09"],
['pv1', 2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2696,2748,2748,2694,2694,2694,2694,2694,2694,2694,2668,2668,2668,2668,2576,2572,2572,3043,3084,3084,3084,3084,3084,3156,3521,3521,3550,3542,3542,3573,3580,3629,3579,3584,3542,2757,2791,2696,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3415,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3414,3369,3376,3371,3373,3371,3379,3363,3373,3347,3348,3382,3402,3410,3434,2579,2579,2369],
['pv2', 1750,1750,1750,1750,1825,1850,1975,2150,2375,2425,2475,2500,2500,2087,2087,2087,2087,2091,2087,1767,1767,1767,1633,1498,1498,1642,1637,1633,1609,1841,1713,1702,1862,1888,1888,1888,1949,1976,1977,2014,2014,2014,1946,1966,1973,2224,2252,2318,2318,2318,2327,2373,2513,2535,2543,2534,2539,2823,2849,2990,3142,3142,3108,2513,2687,2678,2856,2860,2861,2862,2866,2869,2870,2875,2874,2874,2874,2879,2885,2886,2883,2889,2896,2895,2899,2903,2909,2911,2913,2913,2913,2916,2922,2933,2937,2943,2942,2943,2947,1811,1826,1837,1840,1840,1841,1843,1511,1854,1853,1851,1852,1853,1849,1852,1874,1857,1883,1886,1888,1904,1903,1924,1947,2060,2068,2068,2082,1582,1344,836,839,788]
],
type: 'bar'
},
axis: {
x: {
type: 'category',
tick: {
rotate: -60,
multiline: false
},
height: 130
}
}
});
Can anyone please tell me some solution for this
What I did to solve it
I have used timeseries type instead of category type, after that the label issue got resolved but the graph was been plottted with more white spaces for the month of march like as shown below
Working JSFiddle

You can use c3's tick count setting for this, so here we say 20 labels.
However there is an added gotcha in that ticks that now resolve to a fractional category value won't show - i.e. the 2nd equally spaced tick out of 20 may be the 2.6667th element in the x category axis - so you need to have a little format function that adjusts for this, otherwise you just get the end and start labels. (Or you could figure out a tick count that divides into your data count + 1 as a whole number.)
tick: {
format: function (x) {
var cats = this.api.categories();
return cats[Math.round(x)];
},
count: 20,
rotate: -60,
multiline: false
},
http://jsfiddle.net/fz0t10yb/7/

One of the possible solution could be to use x-axis labels at required indexes only & leaving others blank.
['x', "2016-04-01","","","","2016-04-29","","","",...]
['pv1', 2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,2500,...]
['pv2', 1750,1750,1750,1750,1825,1850,1975,2150,...]
You can position labels so that it would capture the date and at same time it looks good also.

how to make the vAxis and hAxis number in integer

Here is my code:
var rawdata='".$performances."';
var mydata=jQuery.parseJSON(rawdata);
if(mydata){
var realData=[];
realData=[
['Activities', 'Performance'],
];
for (x in mydata)
{
var a=parseFloat(mydata[x]['activities']);
var b=parseFloat(mydata[x]['performance']);
realData[x]=[a,b];
}
var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(realData);
var options = {
title: 'Overall Performance',
legend: { position: 'top', maxLines: 3 },
hAxis: {title: 'Activities'},
vAxis: {title: 'Performance'}
};
var chart = new google.visualization.LineChart(document.getElementById('chart_div_line'));
chart.draw(data, options);
And the output is:
I want to change the current x axis value to be integer: 1,2,3,4,...., how can I do it?
Thanks in advance.

There are a couple different approaches you can take to fix this. The first is to set the axis range and gridline count so that the chart defaults to showing integer values, eg:
vAxis: {
viewWindow: {
min: 0,
max: 2
},
gridlines: {
count: 3
}
}
Generally, if min and max are integers and (max - min) / (count - 1) is an integer, then the gridlines (and hence axis labels) will fall on integer values. This approach works best with the y-axis when you know the range of valid values for your chart; you can use it for the x-axis too, but I don't see it used very often.
The other approach is to use the h/vAxis.ticks option to specify the locations of gridlines and labels. The ticks option takes an array of values or objects. Values specify the location of a gridline. Objects have v and f properties; the v property specifies the location of the gridline and the f property specifies the label to use. Any values or objects without a specified f property will generate an axis label according to the axis format option.
hAxis: {
ticks: [1, 2, 3, 4]
}
or:
hAxis: {
ticks: [{v: 1, f: 'one'}, {v: 2, f: 'two'}, {v: 3, f: 'three'}, {v: 4, f: 'four'}]
}
You can mix and match objects and values in the array however you like. This approach works equally well with both the x and y axes.
You can take one approach with one axis and the other approach with the other axis, but if you mix them on the same axis, be aware that the ticks option overrides gridlines.count, and if you place a tick mark outside the range of the viewWindow settings, you will not see it.

Try:
var a=parseFloat(mydata[x]['activities'].toFixed());
var b=parseFloat(mydata[x]['performance'].toFixed());
toFixed() will convert your number to a string; you are using parseFloat(), so the string would be converted back to a number.

Highcharts blank chart with x and y axis

I want to use highcharts creating a blank chart with no datas but x and y axis.
How to do it?
var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container'
},
yAxis: {
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return this.value +' km';
}
}
},
series: [{
data: []
}]
});
it returns
But I want to display y-axis with label.

You can put in your min/max values for the xAxis and yAxis and use null for all data.
Forked from #ZaheerAhmed's response above as I figure it deserves a spot as an alternative solution without needing to hide the data after the fact.
i.e.
yAxis: {
min: 1,
max:
} ,
xAxis: {
min: 1,
max: 50
},
series: {
data:[null,null]
}

You can put data and hide the series after setting property
ignoreHiddenSeries : false
Here is Working Demo If you hide the series Y-Axis will still be visible.

FWIW, it seems that highcharts has this functionality built in yAxis.showEmpty
Unfortunately, the fiddle listed in the documentation doesn't work, and there is a related open highcharts issue on the matter:
no hide y axis

Setting min and max for xAxis and yAxis is not a good solution! Because if the data is loaded later (When it's resolved), then you won't have auto calculated min and max. In Highcharts API, it's said:
If null, the max value is automatically calculated
So you should set min and max back to null when the data is loaded. But in my case setting it to null or even deleting the option, didn't result in automatic calculating (Seems strange).
What I did instead was setting charts.showAxes to true! That's it. Take a look at the demo provided by Highcharts
Important: You of course need to set series to something like this:
series: [
{
data: [null, null, null]
},
{
data: [null, null, null]
}
]
Note: Make sure xAxis.showEmpty and yAxis.showEmpty are set true (which is true by default).