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21 Dec 202224 minutes to read

Cell/customizations

You can customize the cell by using the cellSettings property.

Border

Change the width, color, and radius of the heat map cells by using the border property.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
  <e-heatmap-cellsettings border="ViewBag.border"></e-heatmap-cellsettings>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult Border()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         ViewBag.border = new { width = 1,radius = 4, color= "white" };
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Cell highlighting

Enable or disable the cell highlighting while hover over the heat map cells by using the enableCellHighlighting property.

NOTE

The cell highlighting only works in a SVG rendering mode.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
  <e-heatmap-cellsettings enableCellHighlighting="true"></e-heatmap-cellsettings>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult CellHighlight()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Margin

Set the margin for the heat map from its container by using the margin property.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-margin left="15" right="15" top="15" bottom="15"></e-heatmap-margin>
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult Margin()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Title

The title is used to provide a quick information about the data plotted in heat map. The text property is used to set the title for heat map. You can also customize text style of a title by using the textStyle property.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult Title()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Italic",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
        return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Data label

You can toggle the visibility of data labels by using the showLabel property. By default, the data label will be visible.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
  <e-heatmap-cellsettings showLabel="false"></e-heatmap-cellsettings>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult DataLabel()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Text style

You can customize the font family, font size, and color of the data label by using the textStyle in the cellSettings property.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource ">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
  <e-heatmap-cellsettings textStyle="ViewBag.cellTextStyle"></e-heatmap-cellsettings>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult TextStyle()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         ViewBag.cellTextStyle = new { fontStyle = "Italic",fontFamily = "Segoe UI"};
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Format

You can change the format of the data label, such as currency, decimal, percent etc. By using format property.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
  <e-heatmap-cellsettings  format="{value} $"></e-heatmap-cellsettings>
</ejs-heatmap>
public ActionResult Format()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }

Customize the cell value

In the HeatMap, you can customize the cell value using the cellRender client-side event.

<ejs-heatmap id='container' dataSource="ViewBag.dataSource" cellRender="window.onHeatmapCellRender">
  <e-heatmap-titlesettings text="Sales Revenue per Employee (in 1000 US$)" textStyle="ViewBag.textStyle">
  </e-heatmap-titlesettings>
  <e-heatmap-xaxis labels="ViewBag.xLabels">
  </e-heatmap-xaxis>
  <e-heatmap-yaxis labels="ViewBag.yLabels">
  </e-heatmap-yaxis>
</ejs-heatmap>

<script>
  window.onHeatmapCellRender = function (args) {
      args.displayText = (args.value) + '$';
  };
</script>
public ActionResult CellRender()
{
    ViewBag.textStyle = new
     {
         size= "15px",
         fontWeight= "500",
         fontStyle= "Normal",
         fontFamily= "Segoe UI"
         };
         string[] xlabels = new string[12] { "Nancy", "Andrew", "Janet", "Margaret", "Steven", "Michael", "Robert", "Laura", "Anne", "Paul", "Karin", "Mario" };
         ViewBag.xLabels = xlabels;
         string[] yLabels = new string[6] { "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thurs", "Fri", "Sat" };
         ViewBag.yLabels = yLabels;
         ViewBag.dataSource = GetDataSource();
         return View();
}

 private int[,] GetDataSource()
 {
     int[,] data = new int[,]
            {
                {73, 39, 26, 39, 94, 0},
                {93, 58, 53, 38, 26, 68},
                {99, 28, 22, 4, 66, 90},
                {14, 26, 97, 69, 69, 3},
                {7, 46, 47, 47, 88, 6},
                {41, 55, 73, 23, 3, 79},
                {56, 69, 21, 86, 3, 33},
                {45, 7, 53, 81, 95, 79},
                {60, 77, 74, 68, 88, 51},
                {25, 25, 10, 12, 78, 14},
                {25, 56, 55, 58, 12, 82},
                {74, 33, 88, 23, 86, 59}
            };
            return data;
 }