Es5 getting started in EJ2 JavaScript Sparkline control

3 Nov 202316 minutes to read

The Essential JS 2 for JavaScript (global script) is an ES5 formatted pure JavaScript framework which can be directly used in latest web browsers.

Dependencies

The following list of minimum dependencies are required to use the sparkline:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-charts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-svg-base

Control Initialization

The Essential JS 2 JavaScript controls can be initialized by using either of the following ways.

Using local script references in a HTML page.
Using CDN link for script reference.

Using local script references in a HTML page

Step 1: Create an app folder quickstart for getting started.

Step 2: You can get the global scripts from the Essential Studio JavaScript (Essential JS 2) build installed location.

Syntax:

Dependency Script: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\{DEPENDENCY_PACKAGE_NAME}\dist\global\{DEPENDENCY_PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Control Script: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\{PACKAGE_NAME}\dist\global\{PACKAGE_NAME}.min.js

Example:

Dependency Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\16.3.0.17\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2-base\dist\global\ej2-base.min.js

Control Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\16.3.0.17\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2-charts\dist\global\ej2-charts.min.js

The below located script file contains all Syncfusion JavaScript (ES5) UI control resources in a single file.

Scripts: **(installed location)**\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\JavaScript - EJ2\{RELEASE_VERSION}\Web (Essential JS 2)\JavaScript\ej2\dist\ej2.min.js

The Custom Resource Generator (CRG) is an online web tool, which can be used to generate the custom script for a set of specific controls. This web tool is useful to combine the required control scripts in a single file.

Step 3: Create a folder ~/quickstart/resources and copy/paste the global scripts from the above installed location to ~/quickstart/resources/package corresponding package location.

Step 4: Create a HTML page (index.html) in ~/quickstart/index.html and add the Essentials JS 2 script references.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <title>Essential JS 2</title>

        <!-- Essential JS 2 Base's global script (Dependency Script) -->
        <script src="resources/base/ej2-base.min.js" 
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="resources/data/ej2-data.min.js" 
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="resources/svg-base/ej2-svg-base.min.js" 
        type="text/javascript"></script>
        
        <!-- Essential JS 2 charts's global script (Control Script) -->
        <script src="resources/charts/ej2-charts.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>

Step 5: Now, add the Charts element and initiate the Syncfusion JavaScript (ES5) Charts control in the ~/quickstart/index.html by using following code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <title>Essential JS 2</title>

        <!-- Essential JS 2 Base's global script (Dependency Script) -->
        <script src="resources/base/ej2-base.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
        <!-- Essential JS 2 sparkline's global script (Control Script) -->
        <script src="resources/charts/ej2-charts.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <!-- Add the HTML <sparkline> element  -->
        <sparkline id="element">Sparkline</sparkline>
        <script>
            // initialize sparkline control
            var sparkline = new ej.charts.Sparkline();
            // Render initialized sparkline.
            sparkline.appendTo('#element');
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Step 6: Now, run the index.html in web browser, it will render the Syncfusion JavaScript Sparkline control.

Bind data source to sparkline

The [dataSource] property is used for binding data source to the sparkline. This property takes the collection value as input. For example, a list of objects can be provided as input.

index.js
index.html
//Initialize Sparkline component
var sparklineInstance = new ej.charts.Sparkline({
    height: '100px',
    width: '50%',
    dataSource: [
            { x: 0, xval: '2005', yval: 20090440 },
            { x: 1, xval: '2006', yval: 20264080 },
            { x: 2, xval: '2007', yval: 20434180 },
            { x: 3, xval: '2008', yval: 21007310 },
            { x: 4, xval: '2009', yval: 21262640 },
            { x: 5, xval: '2010', yval: 21515750 },
            { x: 6, xval: '2011', yval: 21766710 },
            { x: 7, xval: '2012', yval: 22015580 },
            { x: 8, xval: '2013', yval: 22262500 },
            { x: 9, xval: '2014', yval: 22507620 },
        ],
    // Assign the dataSource values to series of Sparkline 'xName and yName'
    xName: 'xval', yName: 'yval'
});
//Render initialized Sparkline
sparklineInstance.appendTo("#element");
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 for Sparkline </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for Sparkline UI Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-charts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/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" style="margin-top: 15%;">
            <div id="element" align="center"></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>

Change the type of sparkline

You can change the sparkline type by setting the [type] property to [Line], [Column], [WinLoss], [Pie], or [Area]. Here, the sparkline type has been set to [area].

index.js
index.html
//Initialize Sparkline component
var sparklineInstance = new ej.charts.Sparkline({
    height: '100px',
    width: '50%',
    dataSource: [
            { x: 0, xval: '2005', yval: 20090440 },
            { x: 1, xval: '2006', yval: 20264080 },
            { x: 2, xval: '2007', yval: 20434180 },
            { x: 3, xval: '2008', yval: 21007310 },
            { x: 4, xval: '2009', yval: 21262640 },
            { x: 5, xval: '2010', yval: 21515750 },
            { x: 6, xval: '2011', yval: 21766710 },
            { x: 7, xval: '2012', yval: 22015580 },
            { x: 8, xval: '2013', yval: 22262500 },
            { x: 9, xval: '2014', yval: 22507620 },
        ],
    // Assign the dataSource values to series of Sparkline 'xName and yName'
    xName: 'xval', yName: 'yval',
    // Assign the 'area' as type of Sparkline
    type:'Area'
});
//Render initialized Sparkline
sparklineInstance.appendTo("#element");
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 for Sparkline </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for Sparkline UI Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-charts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/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" style="margin-top: 15%;">
            <div id="element" align="center"></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>

The sparkline displays additional information through tooltip when the mouse is hovered over the sparkline. You can enable tooltip by setting the [visible] property to true in [tooltipSettings] and injecting SparklineTooltip module using the Sparkline.Inject(SparklineTooltip ) method.

index.js
index.html
//Initialize Sparkline component
var sparklineInstance = new ej.charts.Sparkline({
    height: '100px',
    width: '50%',
    dataSource: [
            { x: 0, xval: '2005', yval: 20090440 },
            { x: 1, xval: '2006', yval: 20264080 },
            { x: 2, xval: '2007', yval: 20434180 },
            { x: 3, xval: '2008', yval: 21007310 },
            { x: 4, xval: '2009', yval: 21262640 },
            { x: 5, xval: '2010', yval: 21515750 },
            { x: 6, xval: '2011', yval: 21766710 },
            { x: 7, xval: '2012', yval: 22015580 },
            { x: 8, xval: '2013', yval: 22262500 },
            { x: 9, xval: '2014', yval: 22507620 },
        ],
    // Assign the dataSource values to series of Sparkline 'xName and yName'
    xName: 'xval', yName: 'yval',
    type:'Area',
    // To enable the tooltip for Sparkline
    tooltipSettings: {
        visible: true,
        format: '${xval} : ${yval}'
    }
});
//Render initialized Sparkline
sparklineInstance.appendTo("#element");
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 for Sparkline </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for Sparkline UI Control">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-charts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/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" style="margin-top: 15%;">
            <div id="element" align="center"></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>