Value bar in EJ2 JavaScript Bullet chart control

29 Dec 202311 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.

var chart = new ej.charts.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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</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.

var chart = new ej.charts.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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</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.

var chart = new ej.charts.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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</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. Also, you can bind the color for the actual bar from dataSource for the bullet chart using valueFill property.

var chart = new ej.charts.BulletChart({
        title: 'Sales Rate',
        dataSource: [
                { value: 55, target: 75, category: 'Year 1', color: 'blue' },
        ],
        animation: { enable: false },
        valueField: 'value',
        ranges: [
                { end: 35 },
                { end: 50 },
                { end: 100 }
        ],
        valueFill: 'color',
        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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/28.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>