Bubble in Angular Chart component

19 Sep 202424 minutes to read

Bubble

To render a bubble series in your chart, you need to follow a few steps to configure it correctly. Here’s a concise guide on how to do this:

  1. Set the series type: Define the series type as Bubble in your chart configuration. This indicates that the data should be displayed as a bubble series in the chart.

  2. Inject the BubbleSeries module: Use the @NgModule.providers method to inject the BubbleSeriesService module into your chart. This step is essential, as it ensures that the necessary functionalities for rendering the bubble series are available in your chart.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

Binding data with series

You can bind data to the chart using the dataSource property within the series configuration. This allows you to connect a JSON dataset or remote data to your chart. To display the data correctly, map the fields from the data to the chart series xName and yName properties.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }
];

Series customization

The following properties can be used to customize the bubble series.

Fill

The fill property determines the color applied to the series.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound' fill='blue'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

Opacity

The opacity property specifies the transparency level of the fill. Adjusting this property allows you to control how opaque or transparent the fill color of the series appears.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound' opacity='0.5'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

Size mapping

Use the size property to map the size of each bubble to the value specified in the data source.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

Empty points

Data points with null or undefined values are considered empty. Empty data points are ignored and not plotted on the chart.

Mode

Use the mode property to define how empty or missing data points are handled in the series. The default mode for empty points is Gap.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound' [emptyPointSettings]='emptyPointSettings'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    public emptyPointSettings?: object;
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.emptyPointSettings= {
        mode: 'Zero'
    }
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] = [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8,  size: 1.347 },
        { x: 74,   y: 6.5,  size: 1.241 },
        { x: 90.4, y: null,  size: 0.238 },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2,  size: 0.312 },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3,  size: 0.197 },
        { x: 99,   y: 0.7,  size: 0.0818 },
        { x: 72,   y: 2.0,  size: 0.0826 },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4,  size: 0.143 },
        { x: 99,   y: undefined,  size: 0.128 },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0,  size: 0.115 },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6,  size: 0.096 },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162 }
    ];

Fill

Use the fill property to customize the fill color of empty points in the series.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound' [emptyPointSettings]='emptyPointSettings'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    public emptyPointSettings?: object;
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.emptyPointSettings= {
        mode: 'Average',
        fill: 'red'
    }
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] = [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8,  size: 1.347 },
        { x: 74,   y: 6.5,  size: 1.241 },
        { x: 90.4, y: null,  size: 0.238 },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2,  size: 0.312 },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3,  size: 0.197 },
        { x: 99,   y: 0.7,  size: 0.0818 },
        { x: 72,   y: 2.0,  size: 0.0826 },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4,  size: 0.143 },
        { x: 99,   y: undefined,  size: 0.128 },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0,  size: 0.115 },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6,  size: 0.096 },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162 }
    ];

Border

Use the border property to customize the width and color of the border for empty points.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound' [emptyPointSettings]='emptyPointSettings'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    public emptyPointSettings?: object;
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.emptyPointSettings= {
        mode: 'Zero',
        fill: 'red', border: {width: 2, color: 'green'}
    }
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] = [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8,  size: 1.347 },
        { x: 74,   y: 6.5,  size: 1.241 },
        { x: 90.4, y: null,  size: 0.238 },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2,  size: 0.312 },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3,  size: 0.197 },
        { x: 99,   y: 0.7,  size: 0.0818 },
        { x: 72,   y: 2.0,  size: 0.0826 },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4,  size: 0.143 },
        { x: 99,   y: undefined,  size: 0.128 },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0,  size: 0.115 },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6,  size: 0.096 },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162 }
    ];

Events

Series render

The seriesRender event allows you to customize series properties, such as data, fill, and name, before they are rendered on the chart.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { ISeriesRenderEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' (seriesRender)='seriesRender($event)' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
    public seriesRender(args: ISeriesRenderEventArgs){
        args.fill = '#ff6347';
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

Point render

The pointRender event allows you to customize each data point before it is rendered on the chart.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { BubbleSeriesService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { IPointRenderEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { bubbleData } from './datasource';
@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule
    ],

providers: [ BubbleSeriesService],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: ` <ejs-chart style='display:block;' (pointRender)='pointRender($event)' id='chart-container' [primaryXAxis]='primaryXAxis' [primaryYAxis]='primaryYAxis'
                [title]='title' >
                <e-series-collection>
                    <e-series [dataSource]='data' type='Bubble' xName='x' yName='y' size='size' name='pound'> </e-series>
                </e-series-collection>
     </ejs-chart>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public title?: string;
    public data?: Object[];
    primaryXAxis: any;
    primaryYAxis: any;
    ngOnInit(): void {
    this.data = bubbleData;
    this.title = 'GDP vs Literacy Rate';
    }
    public pointRender(args: IPointRenderEventArgs){
        if (args.point.maximum < 38) {
            args.fill = '#ff6347';
        } else {
            args.fill = '#009cb8';
        }
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
export let bubbleData: Object[] =  [
        { x: 92.2, y: 7.8, size: 1.347, text: 'China' },
        { x: 74, y: 6.5, size: 1.241, text: 'India' },
        { x: 90.4, y: 6.0, size: 0.238, text: 'Indonesia' },
        { x: 99.4, y: 2.2, size: 0.312, text: 'US' },
        { x: 88.6, y: 1.3, size: 0.197, text: 'Brazil' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.7, size: 0.0818, text: 'Germany' },
        { x: 72, y: 2.0, size: 0.0826, text: 'Egypt' },
        { x: 99.6, y: 3.4, size: 0.143, text: 'Russia' },
        { x: 99, y: 0.2, size: 0.128, text: 'Japan' },
        { x: 86.1, y: 4.0, size: 0.115, text: 'Mexico' },
        { x: 92.6, y: 6.6, size: 0.096, text: 'Philippines' },
        { x: 61.3, y: 14.5, size: 0.162, text: 'Nigeria' }];

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