Actual Bar in JavaScript Bullet Chart control

12 May 2022 / 3 minutes to read

To display the primary data or the current value of the data being measured known as the Feature Measure that should be encoded as a bar. This is called as the Actual Bar or the Feature Bar in the Bullet Chart, and to display the actual bar the valueField should be mapped to the appropriate field from the data source.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { BulletChart, BulletTooltip } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
BulletChart.Inject(BulletTooltip);

let chart: BulletChart = new BulletChart({
      title: 'Sales Rate',
        dataSource: [
        { value: 55, target: 75, category: 'Year 1'  },
        ],
        animation: { enable: false },
        valueField: 'value',
        ranges: [ { end: 35 },
        { end: 50 },
        { end: 100 }
        ],
        minimum: 0, maximum: 100, interval: 20
}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Types of Actual Bar

The shape of the actual bar can be customized using the type property of the Bullet Chart. The actual bar contains Rect and Dot shapes. By default, the actual bar shape is Rect.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { BulletChart, BulletTooltip } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
BulletChart.Inject(BulletTooltip);

let chart: BulletChart = new BulletChart({
        title: 'Sales Rate',
        dataSource: [
        { value: 55, target: 75, category: 'Year 1'  },
        ],
        animation: { enable: false },
        valueField: 'value',
        ranges: [ { end: 35 },
        { end: 50 },
        { end: 100 }
        ],
        type: 'Dot',
        minimum: 0, maximum: 100, interval: 20
}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Actual Bar Customization

Border Customization

Using the valueBorder property of the bullet chart, you can customize the border color and width of the actual bar.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { BulletChart, BulletTooltip } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
BulletChart.Inject(BulletTooltip);

let chart: BulletChart = new BulletChart({
       title: 'Sales Rate',
        dataSource: [
        { value: 55, target: 75, category: 'Year 1'  },
        ],
        animation: { enable: false },
        valueField: 'value',
        ranges: [ { end: 35 },
        { end: 50 },
        { end: 100 }
        ],
        valueBorder: { color: 'red', width: 3 },
        minimum: 0, maximum: 100, interval: 20
}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Fill color and height Customization

Customize the fill color and height of the actual bar using the valueFill and valueHeight properties of the bullet chart.

Source

Preview

index.ts

index.html

import { BulletChart, BulletTooltip } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
BulletChart.Inject(BulletTooltip);

let chart: BulletChart = new BulletChart({
       title: 'Sales Rate',
        dataSource: [
        { value: 55, target: 75, category: 'Year 1'  },
        ],
        animation: { enable: false },
        valueField: 'value',
        ranges: [ { end: 35 },
        { end: 50 },
        { end: 100 }
        ],
        valueFill: 'blue',
        valueHeight: 15,
        minimum: 0, maximum: 100, interval: 20
}, '#element');

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Contents

Types of Actual Bar
Actual Bar Customization
Border Customization
Fill color and height Customization

Contents

Types of Actual Bar
Actual Bar Customization
Border Customization
Fill color and height Customization