Logarithmic Axis in React Chart component

25 Oct 2021 / 4 minutes to read

Logarithmic axis uses logarithmic scale and it is very useful in visualizing data, when it has numeric values in both lower order of magnitude (eg: 10^-6) and higher order of magnitude (eg: 10⁶).

To get start quickly with React Logarithmic Axis, you can check out this video:

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index.tsx

index.jsx

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, AxesDirective, AxisDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject,
ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, Zoom, Crosshair, LineSeries, Selection}
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  public primaryxAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
  public primaryyAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit' };

  render() {
    return <ChartComponent id='charts'
      primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis}
      primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis}
      title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]} />
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>
  }

};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject, ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, LineSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.primaryxAxis = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
        this.primaryyAxis = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit' };
    }
    render() {
        return <ChartComponent id='charts' primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis} title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]}/>
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>;
    }
}
;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Note: To use log axis, we need to inject Logarithmic module into the services and set the valueType of axis to Logarithmic.

Range

Range of an axis, will be calculated automatically based on the provided data, you can also customize the range of the axis using minimum, maximum and interval property of the axis.

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index.tsx

index.jsx

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, AxesDirective, AxisDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject,
ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, Zoom, Crosshair, LineSeries, Selection}
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {

  public primaryxAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
  public primaryyAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000 };

  render() {
    return <ChartComponent id='charts'
      primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis}
      primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis}
      title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]} />
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>
  }

};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject, ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, LineSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.primaryxAxis = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
        this.primaryyAxis = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000 };
    }
    render() {
        return <ChartComponent id='charts' primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis} title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]}/>
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>;
    }
}
;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Logarithmic Base

Logarithmic base can be customized by using the logBase property of the axis. For example when the logBase is 5, the axis values follows 5^-2, 5^-1, 5⁰, 5¹, 5² etc.

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index.tsx

index.jsx

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, AxesDirective, AxisDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject,
ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, Zoom, Crosshair, LineSeries, Selection}
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {

  public primaryxAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
  public primaryyAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000, logBase: 2 };

  render() {
    return <ChartComponent id='charts'
      primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis}
      primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis}
      title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]} />
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>
  }

};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject, ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, LineSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.primaryxAxis = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
        this.primaryyAxis = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000, logBase: 2 };
    }
    render() {
        return <ChartComponent id='charts' primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis} title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
      <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]}/>
      <SeriesCollectionDirective>
        <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
        </SeriesDirective>
      </SeriesCollectionDirective>
    </ChartComponent>;
    }
}
;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Logarithmic Interval

Logarithmic axis interval can be customized by using the interval property of the axis. When the logarithmic base is 10 and logarithmic interval is 2, then the axis labels are placed at an interval of 10². The default value of the interval is 1.

Source

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index.tsx

index.jsx

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, AxesDirective, AxisDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject,
ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, Zoom, Crosshair, LineSeries, Selection}
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';

class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {

  public primaryxAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
  public primaryyAxis: AxisModel = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000, interval: 2 };

  render() {
return <ChartComponent id='charts'
  primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis}
  primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis}
  title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
  <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]} />
  <SeriesCollectionDirective>
    <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
    </SeriesDirective>
  </SeriesCollectionDirective>
</ChartComponent>
  }

};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, SeriesDirective, Inject, ColumnSeries, Legend, DateTime, Logarithmic, Tooltip, DataLabel, LineSeries } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { logData } from 'datasource.ts';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.primaryxAxis = { valueType: 'DateTime', title: 'Years', labelFormat: 'y' };
        this.primaryyAxis = { valueType: 'Logarithmic', title: 'Profit', minimum: 100, maximum: 10000, interval: 2 };
    }
    render() {
        return <ChartComponent id='charts' primaryXAxis={this.primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={this.primaryyAxis} title='Product X Growth [1995-2005]'>
  <Inject services={[ColumnSeries, Legend, Tooltip, DataLabel, Logarithmic, LineSeries, DateTime]}/>
  <SeriesCollectionDirective>
    <SeriesDirective dataSource={logData} xName='x' yName='y' name='Product X' type='Line'>
    </SeriesDirective>
  </SeriesCollectionDirective>
</ChartComponent>;
    }
}
;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Contents

Range
Logarithmic Base
Logarithmic Interval

Contents

Range
Logarithmic Base
Logarithmic Interval