Getting Started with the Vue Chart Component in Vue 2

25 Apr 202524 minutes to read

This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI and integrating the Syncfusion® Vue Chart component.

To get start quickly with Vue Charts, you can check on this video:

Prerequisites

System requirements for Syncfusion® Vue UI components

Dependencies

Below is the list of minimum dependencies required to use the chart component.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-pdf-export
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-file-utils
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-compression
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-charts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-svg-base

Setting up the Vue 2 project

To generate a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI, use the vue create command. Follow these steps to install Vue CLI and create a new project:

npm install -g @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
npm run serve

or

yarn global add @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
yarn run serve

When creating a new project, choose the option Default ([Vue 2] babel, eslint) from the menu.

Vue 2 project

Once the quickstart project is set up with default settings, proceed to add Syncfusion® components to the project.

Add Syncfusion® Vue packages

Syncfusion® packages are available at npmjs.com. To use Vue components, install the required npm package.

This article uses the Vue Charts component as an example. Install the @syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts package by running the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts --save

or

yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts

The –save will instruct NPM to include the chart package inside of the dependencies section of the package.json.

Add Syncfusion® Vue component

Follow the below steps to add the Vue Chart component:

1. First, import and register the Chart component in the script section of the src/App.vue file.

<script>
import { ChartComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts';

export default {
  components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent
  }
}
</script>

2. In the template section, define the Chart component.

<template>
  <div id="app">
      <ejs-chart id="container"> </ejs-chart>
  </div>
</template>

Here is the summarized code for the above steps in the src/App.vue file:

<template>
  <div id="app">
      <ejs-chart id="container"> </ejs-chart>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts';

export default {
name: "App",
components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent
  },
  data () {
    return {
    }
  }
}
</script>
<style>
 #container{
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

Run the project

To run the project, use the following command:

npm run serve

or

yarn run serve

Module Injection

Chart component are segregated into individual feature-wise modules. In order to use a particular feature,
you need to inject its feature service in the AppModule. In the current application, we are
going to modify the above basic chart to visualize sales data for a particular year.
For this application we are going to use line series, tooltip, data label, category axis and legend
feature of the chart. Please find relevant
feature service name and description as follows.

  • LineSeries - Inject this provider to use line series.
  • Legend - Inject this provider to use legend feature.
  • Tooltip - Inject this provider to use tooltip feature.
  • DataLabel - Inject this provider to use datalabel feature.
  • Category - Inject this provider to use category feature.

These modules should be injected to the provide section as follows,

import { ChartComponent, LineSeries } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
  components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries]
  }
};
</script>

Populate Chart with Data

This section explains how to plot below JSON data to the chart.

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
      ]
    };
  }
};
  • Add a series object to the chart by using series property. Now map the field names month and sales in the JSON data to the xName and
    yName properties of the series, then set the JSON data to dataSource property.

Since the JSON contains category data, set the valueTypefor horizontal axis to Category. By default, the axis valueType is Numeric.

<template>
    <div id="app">
         <ejs-chart id="container" :primaryXAxis='primaryXAxis'>
            <e-series-collection>
                <e-series :dataSource='seriesData' type='Line' xName='month' yName='sales' name='Sales'> </e-series>
            </e-series-collection>
        </ejs-chart>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent, SeriesCollectionDirective, SeriesDirective, LineSeries, Category } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
name: "App",
components: {

    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent,
    'e-series-collection': SeriesCollectionDirective,
    'e-series': SeriesDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
              ],
        primaryXAxis: {
           valueType: 'Category'
        }
    };
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries, Category]
  }
};
</script>
<style>
#container {
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

  • The sales data are in thousands, so format the vertical axis label by adding $ as a prefix and K as a suffix to each label. This can be achieved by setting the ${value}K to the labelFormat property of axis. Here, {value} act as a placeholder for each axis label.

Add Chart Title

You can add a title using title property to the chart to provide quick information to the user about the data plotted in the chart.

<template>
    <div id="app">
         <ejs-chart id="container" :title='title' :primaryXAxis='primaryXAxis' :primaryYAxis='primaryYAxis'>
            <e-series-collection>
                <e-series :dataSource='seriesData' type='Line' xName='month' yName='sales' name='Sales'> </e-series>
            </e-series-collection>
        </ejs-chart>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent, SeriesDirective, SeriesCollectionDirective, LineSeries, Category } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
name: "App",
components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent,
    'e-series-collection': SeriesCollectionDirective,
    'e-series': SeriesDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
              ],
        primaryXAxis: {
           valueType: 'Category'
        },
        primaryYAxis:{
            labelFormat: '${value}K'
        },
      title: "Sales Analysis"
    };
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries, Category]
  }
};
</script>
<style>
 #container{
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

Enable Legend

You can use legend for the chart by setting the visible property to true in legendSettings object and by injecting the Legend into the provide.

<template>
    <div id="app">
         <ejs-chart id="container" :title='title' :primaryXAxis='primaryXAxis' :primaryYAxis='primaryYAxis' :legendSettings='legendSettings'>
            <e-series-collection>
                <e-series :dataSource='seriesData' type='Line' xName='month' yName='sales' name='Sales'> </e-series>
            </e-series-collection>
        </ejs-chart>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent, SeriesDirective, SeriesCollectionDirective, LineSeries, Category, Legend } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
name: "App",
components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent,
    'e-series-collection': SeriesCollectionDirective,
    'e-series': SeriesDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
              ],
        primaryXAxis: {
           valueType: 'Category'
        },
        primaryYAxis:{
            labelFormat: '${value}K'
        },
        legendSettings: {
            visible: true
        },
      title: "Sales Analysis"
    };
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries, Category, Legend]
  }
};
</script>
<style>
 #container {
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

Add Data Label

You can add data labels to improve the readability of the chart. This can be achieved by setting the visible property to true in the dataLabel object and by injecting DataLabel into the provide.

<template>
    <div id="app">
         <ejs-chart id="container" :title='title' :primaryXAxis='primaryXAxis' :primaryYAxis='primaryYAxis' :legendSettings='legendSettings'>
            <e-series-collection>
                <e-series :dataSource='seriesData' type='Line' xName='month' yName='sales' name='Sales' :marker='marker'> </e-series>
            </e-series-collection>
        </ejs-chart>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent, SeriesDirective, SeriesCollectionDirective, LineSeries, Category, DataLabel, Legend } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
name: "App",
components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent,
    'e-series-collection': SeriesCollectionDirective,
    'e-series': SeriesDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
              ],
        primaryXAxis: {
           valueType: 'Category'
        },
        primaryYAxis:{
            labelFormat: '${value}K'
        },
        legendSettings: {
            visible: true
        },
        marker: {
        dataLabel:{
                visible: true
            }
        },
      title: "Sales Analysis"
    };
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries, Category, DataLabel, Legend]
  }
};
</script>
<style>
 #container {
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

Enable Tooltip

The tooltip is useful when you cannot display information by using the data labels due to space constraints. You can enable tooltip by setting the enable property as true in tooltip object and by injecting Tooltip into the provide.

<template>
    <div id="app">
         <ejs-chart id="container" :title='title' :primaryXAxis='primaryXAxis' :primaryYAxis='primaryYAxis' :tooltip='tooltip'>
            <e-series-collection>
                <e-series :dataSource='seriesData' type='Line' xName='month' yName='sales' name='Sales' :marker='marker'> </e-series>
            </e-series-collection>
        </ejs-chart>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
import { ChartComponent, SeriesDirective, SeriesCollectionDirective, LineSeries, Category, DataLabel, Tooltip } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-charts";

export default {
name: "App",
components: {
    'ejs-chart': ChartComponent,
    'e-series-collection': SeriesCollectionDirective,
    'e-series': SeriesDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      seriesData: [
            { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
            { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
            { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
            { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
            { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
              ],
        primaryXAxis: {
           valueType: 'Category'
        },
        primaryYAxis:{
            labelFormat: '${value}K'
        },
        marker: {
          dataLabel:{
                visible: true
          }
        },
        tooltip:{ enable: true },
      title: "Sales Analysis"
    };
  },
  provide: {
    chart: [LineSeries, Category, DataLabel, Tooltip]
  }
};
</script>
<style>
 #container {
   height: 350px;
 }
</style>

You can refer to our Vue Charts feature tour page for its groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our Vue Charts example that shows various chart types and how to represent time-dependent data, showing trends in data at equal intervals.