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Other Types in JavaScript (ES5) Chart control

20 Apr 2021 / 9 minutes to read

To render a box and whisker chart, use seriestype as BoxAndWhisker and inject BoxAndWhiskerSeries module using Chart.Inject(BoxAndWhiskerSeries) method. The field y requires n number of data or it should contains minimum of five values to plot a segment.

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var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
        //Initializing Primary X Axis
        primaryXAxis: {
            valueType: 'Category',
            majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
            edgeLabelPlacement: 'Shift',
            labelIntersectAction: 'Trim'
        },
        //Initializing Primary Y Axis
        primaryYAxis:
        {
            minimum: 10,
            maximum: 60,
            interval: 10,
            majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 }
        },

        //Initializing Chart Series
        series: [
            {
                type: 'BoxAndWhisker',
                dataSource: [
                    { x: 'Development', y: [22, 22, 23, 25, 25, 25, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 32, 34, 36, 35, 38] },
                    { x: 'Testing', y: [22, 33, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 33, 32, 31, 50] },
                    { x: 'HR', y: [22, 24, 25, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41, 35, 36, 40, 56] },
                    { x: 'Finance', y: [26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 35, 37, 45] },
                    { x: 'R&D', y: [26, 27, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 58] },
                    { x: 'Sales', y: [27, 26, 28, 29, 29, 29, 32, 35, 32, 38, 53] },
                    { x: 'Inventory', y: [21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38] },
                    { x: 'Graphics', y: [26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 52] },
                    { x: 'Training', y: [28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36] }
                ],
                xName: 'x',
                yName: 'y',
                marker: {
                    visible: true,
                    width: 10,
                    height: 10
                },
                name: 'Department'
            }
        ],
        tooltip: {
            enable: true
        },
        legendSettings: {
            visible: false
        },
        //Initializing Chart title
        title: 'Employee Age Group in Various Department',
    }, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Customization of Waterfall Series

The negative changes of waterfall series is represented by using negativeFillColor and the summary changes are represented by using summaryFillColor properties.

By default, the negativeFillColor as ‘#E94649’ and the summaryFillColor as ‘#4E81BC’.

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var chartData = [
     { x: 'Income', y: 4711 }, { x: 'Sales', y: -1015 },
     { x: 'Development', y: -688 },
     { x: 'Revenue', y: 1030 }, {x: 'Balance'},
     { x: 'Administrative', y: -780 },
     { x: 'Expense', y: -361 }, { x: 'Tax', y: -695 },
     { x: 'Net Profit'}
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        majorGridLines: {width: 0},
    },
    primaryYAxis:
    {
        labelFormat: '${value}M',
        minimum: 0, maximum: 5500, interval: 500,
        majorGridLines: {width: 0},
        lineStyle: { width: 0},
        majorTickLines: { width: 0}
    },
    series:[
        {
            dataSource: chartData, width:2,
            xName: 'x', yName:'y', intermediateSumIndexes: [4], sumIndexes: [8],
            name: 'USA',columnWidth: 0.6,
            //Series type as Waterfall
            type: 'Waterfall', animation: { enable: true },
             marker: {
                dataLabel: { visible: true, position: 'Outer' }
            }, summaryFillColor:'#e56590', negativeFillColor:'#f8b883',
            connector: { color: '#5F6A6A', width: 1.5}
        }
    ],
    title: 'Company Revenue and Profit'
}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Histogram Series

Histogram type charts can provide a visual display of large amounts of data that are difficult to understand in a tabular or spreadsheet form. To render a histogram chart, use series type as Histogramand inject HistogramSeries module using Chart.Inject(HistogramSeries) method.

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var chartData = [];
     var points = [5.250, 7.750, 0, 8.275, 9.750, 7.750, 8.275, 6.250, 5.750,
        5.250, 23.000, 26.500, 27.750, 25.025, 26.500, 26.500, 28.025, 29.250, 26.750, 27.250,
        26.250, 25.250, 34.500, 25.625, 25.500, 26.625, 36.275, 36.250, 26.875, 40.000, 43.000,
        46.500, 47.750, 45.025, 56.500, 56.500, 58.025, 59.250, 56.750, 57.250,
        46.250, 55.250, 44.500, 45.525, 55.500, 46.625, 46.275, 56.250, 46.875, 43.000,
        46.250, 55.250, 44.500, 45.425, 55.500, 56.625, 46.275, 56.250, 46.875, 43.000,
        46.250, 55.250, 44.500, 45.425, 55.500, 46.625, 56.275, 46.250, 56.875, 41.000, 63.000,
        66.500, 67.750, 65.025, 66.500, 76.500, 78.025, 79.250, 76.750, 77.250,
        66.250, 75.250, 74.500, 65.625, 75.500, 76.625, 76.275, 66.250, 66.875, 80.000, 85.250,
        87.750, 89.000, 88.275, 89.750, 97.750, 98.275, 96.250, 95.750, 95.250
    ];
    points.map(function (value) {
       chartData.push({
            y: value
        });
    });
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
        primaryXAxis: {
                  minimum: 0, maximum: 100
        },
        legendSettings: { visible: false },
        primaryYAxis: {
            minimum: 0, maximum: 50, interval: 10,
        },
        series: [
            {
                type: 'Histogram', width: 2, yName: 'y', name: 'Score',
                dataSource: chartData, binInterval: 20,
                showNormalDistribution: true, columnWidth: 0.99
            }
        ],
     
}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Error Bar Chart

Error bars are graphical representations of the variability of data and used on graphs to indicate the error or uncertainty in a reported measurement. To render the error bar for the series, set visible as true and inject ErrorBar module using Chart.Inject(ErrorBar) method.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 10.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 10.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Error Bar Type

To change the error bar rendering type using type option of error bar. To change the error bar line length you can use verticalError property.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 10.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 10.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
            type: 'Percentage',
            verticalError:4
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Custom Error Bar

To customize the error bar type, set error bar type as Custom and then change the horizontal/vertical positive and negative error of error bar.

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var chartData: any[] = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 5.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 8.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
            type: 'Custom',
            mode:'Both'
            verticalPostiveError:3,
            horizontalPositiveError:2,
            verticalNegativeError:3,
            horizontalNegativeError:2
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Changing Error Bar Mode

Error bar mode is used to define whether the error bar line has to be drawn horizontally, vertically or in both side. To change the error bar mode use mode option.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 5.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 8.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
            mode: 'Horizontal'
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Changing Error Bar Direction

To change the error bar direction to plus, minus or both side using direction option.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 10.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 10.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
           mode:'Vertical',
           direction:'Minus'
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Customizing Error Bar Cap

To customize the error bar cap length, width and fill color, you can use errorBarCap option.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 2006, y: 7.8 }, { x: 2007, y: 7.2 },
    { x: 2008, y: 6.8 }, { x: 2009, y: 10.7 },
    { x: 2010, y: 10.8 }, { x: 2011, y: 9.8 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        minimum: 2005, maximum: 2012, interval: 1,
        title: 'Year'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 3, maximum: 12,
        interval: 1, title: 'Percentage',
        labelFormat: '{value}%'
    },
    series: [{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        errorBar: {
            visible: true,
        errorBarCap:{
            length:10,
            width:10,
            color:'#0000ff'
        }
        }, marker: {
            visible: true,
        }, animation: { enable: false },
        name: 'India',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    title: 'Unemployment rate (%)',

}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

Vertical chart

In EJ2 chart, you can draw a chart in vertical manner by changing orientation of the axis. All series types support this feature. You can use isTransposed property in chart to render a chart in vertical manner.

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var chartData = [
    { x: 'Jan', y: -1 }, { x: 'Feb', y: -1 }, { x: 'Mar', y: 2 },
    { x: 'Apr', y: 8 }, { x: 'May', y: 13 }, { x: 'Jun', y: 18 },
    { x: 'Jul', y: 21 }, { x: 'Aug', y: 20 }, { x: 'Sep', y: 16 },
    { x: 'Oct', y: 10 }, { x: 'Nov', y: 4 }, { x: 'Dec', y: 0 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        title: 'Month',
        valueType: 'Category'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: -5, maximum: 25, interval: 10,
        labelFormat: '{value}˚C',
        majorGridLines: { width : 0}
    }
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData, width:2,
        xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
        name: 'London',
        // Series type as spline series
        type: 'Spline',
        marker: { visible: true}
    }],
    isTransposed: true,
    title: 'Climate Graph-2012'
}, '#element');
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<!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/dist/ej2.min.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>

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