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Chart.js (chartjs-node-canvas) create date-based floating bar graph

I will attempt to explain my issue as clearly as possible while also avoid making this topic too long. I recently found the Chart.js library, which is excellent for what I need. Now, since I am using Node.js and need a png of the graph, I am utilizing the chartjs-node-canvas library. Having this information in mind, I will try to split my topic into multiple sections for a clearer understanding.
Ultimate Goal
Before getting into the problem itself, I would like to discuss my ultimate goal. This is to give a general idea on what I'm trying to do so the responses are fitted accordingly. To keep this short, I have data in the form of {awardedDate: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.22Z", badgeId: 1234567}, with awardedDate being a timestamp of when the badge was awarded, and the badgeId being the ID of the badge that was awarded (which is irrelevant to the graph, but it exists because it's part of the data). Now, I have a sample with around 2,787 of these objects, with all having different award dates and IDs, and with dates ranging from 2016 to 2022. My objective is to group these badges by month-year, and that month-year will have the amount of badges earned for that month during that year. With that data, I then want to make a waterfall graph which is based on the amount of badges earned that month of that year. As of right now, there isn't a specific structure on how this will look like, but it could range from an object that looks like {"02-2022": 10, "03-2022": 5} to anything else. I can of course restructure this format based on what is required for a waterfall graph.
Actual Questions
Now that you have a general idea of what my ultimate goal is, my actual question is how I'd be able to make a floating (we can leave the waterfall structure stuff for another topic) bar graph with that data. Since the data can have blank periods (it is possible for a dataset to have gaps that are months long), I cannot really utilize labels (unless I am saying something wrong), so an x-y relation works the best. I tried using the structure of {x: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.226Z", y: [10, 15]}, but that didn't really yield any results. As of right now, I am using a sample code to test how the graph reacts with the data, and of course I'll replace the test values with actual values once I have a finished product. Here is my code so far:
const config = {
type: "bar",
data: {
datasets: [{
label: "Badges",
data: [
{
x: "2022-06-22T12:41:17.226Z",
y: [10, 15]
}
],
borderColor: "rgb(75, 192, 192)",
borderSkipped: false
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
legend: {
display: false
},
title: {
display: true,
text: "Test",
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
scales: {
x: {
type: 'time',
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Time',
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.226Z",
max: "2022-06-22T14:21:17.226Z",
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
y: {
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Number of Badges',
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: 0,
max: 50,
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
}
}
},
plugins: [
{
id: 'custom_canvas_background_color',
beforeDraw: (chart) => {
const ctx = chart.ctx;
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = '#303030';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, chart.width, chart.height);
ctx.restore();
}
}
]
};
const imageBuffer = await canvasRenderService.renderToBuffer(config)
fs.writeFileSync("./chart2.png", imageBuffer)
And this is the graph that the code produces:
What is supposed to happen, of course, is that a float bar should be generated near the start that ranges from 5 to 10, but as seen above, nothing happens. If someone could assist me in my problem, that would be amazing. Thank you very much for your time and help, I greatly appreciate it.

Inspired by this answer, I came up with the following solution.
const baseData = [
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-22T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-18T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-06-15T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-05-20T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-05-10T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-16T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-09T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-03T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-04-01T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-02-18T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-02-12T12:21:17.22Z" },
{ awardedDate: "2022-01-17T12:21:17.22Z" }
];
const badgesPerMonth = baseData
.map(o => o.awardedDate)
.sort()
.map(v => moment(v))
.map(m => m.format('MMM YYYY'))
.reduce((acc, month) => {
const badges = acc[month] || 0;
acc[month] = badges + 1;
return acc;
}, {});
const months = Object.keys(badgesPerMonth);
const labels = months.concat('Total');
const data = [];
let total = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < months.length; i++) {
const vStart = total;
total += badgesPerMonth[months[i]];
data.push([vStart, total]);
}
data.push(total);
const backgroundColors = data
.map((o, i) => 'rgba(255, 99, 132, ' + (i + (11 - data.length)) * 0.1 + ')');
new Chart('badges', {
type: 'bar',
data: {
labels: labels,
datasets: [{
label: 'Badges',
data: data,
backgroundColor: backgroundColors,
barPercentage: 1,
categoryPercentage: 0.95
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
tooltip: {
callbacks: {
label: ctx => {
const v = data[ctx.dataIndex];
return Array.isArray(v) ? v[1] - v[0] : v;
}
}
}
},
scales: {
y: {
ticks: {
beginAtZero: true,
stepSize: 2
}
}
}
}
});
<script src="https://rawgit.com/moment/moment/2.2.1/min/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/3.8.0/chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="badges" height="95"></canvas>
If you also want to see the gaps, you would first have to initialize badgesPerMonth with following months between the earliest and latest date, each with value zero. Please take a look at this answer to get an idea about how this could be done.

After reading #uminder's reply, I was able to create the following code which solved my problem:
dateGroups = Object.fromEntries(
Object.entries(dateGroups).sort(([d1,],[d2,]) => {return (d1 < d2) ? -1 : ((d1 > d2) ? 1 : 0)})
)
const dateTimesConst = Object.keys(dateGroups)
const dateValuesConst = Object.values(dateGroups)
let dateTimes = []
let dateValues = []
let prevLength = 0
let mostBadgesPerMonth = 0
for (let i = 0; i < dateValuesConst.length; i++) {
const currentMonth = new Date(Date.parse(dateTimesConst[i]))
const previousMonth = new Date(Date.UTC(currentMonth.getUTCFullYear(), currentMonth.getUTCMonth() - 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).toISOString()
const nextMonth = new Date(Date.UTC(currentMonth.getUTCFullYear(), currentMonth.getUTCMonth() + 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)).toISOString()
// if (!dateTimesConst.includes(previousMonth)) prevLength = 0
const length = dateValuesConst[i].length
dateValues.push([prevLength, length])
dateTimes.push(dateTimesConst[i])
prevLength = length
if (length > mostBadgesPerMonth) mostBadgesPerMonth = length
// if (!dateTimesConst.includes(nextMonth) && i !== dateValuesConst.length - 1) {
// dateTimes.push(nextMonth)
// dateValues.push([length, 0])
// prevLength = 0
// }
}
function barColorCode() {
return (ctx) => {
const start = ctx.parsed._custom.start
const end = ctx.parsed._custom.end
return start <= end ? "rgba(50, 168, 82, 1)" : (start > end) ? "rgba(191, 27, 27, 1)" : "black"
}
}
const config = {
type: "bar",
data: {
labels: dateTimes,
datasets: [{
label: "Badges",
data: dateValues,
elements: {
bar: {
backgroundColor: barColorCode()
}
},
barPercentage: 1,
categoryPercentage: 0.95,
borderSkipped: false
}]
},
options: {
plugins: {
legend: {
display: false
},
title: {
display: true,
text: "Test",
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
scales: {
x: {
type: 'time',
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Date',
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
time: {
unit: "month",
round: "month"
},
min: dateTimesConst[0],
max: dateTimesConst[dateTimesConst.length - 1],
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
},
y: {
title: {
display: true,
text: 'Number of Badges',
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
min: 0,
max: mostBadgesPerMonth + 1,
grid: {
borderColor: "#FFFFFF",
color: "#FFFFFF"
},
ticks: {
color: "#FFFFFF"
}
}
}
},
plugins: [
{
id: 'custom_canvas_background_color',
beforeDraw: (chart) => {
const ctx = chart.ctx;
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = '#303030';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, chart.width, chart.height);
ctx.restore();
}
}
]
};
const imageBuffer = await canvasRenderService.renderToBuffer(config)
fs.writeFileSync("./chart2.png", imageBuffer)
Again, big thanks to #uminder for the inspiration.

Chart.js : How I change the x axes ticks labels alignment in any sizes?

How can I move my labels on my x axes in between another x axes label. Nothing seems to work and I was unable to find anything on the docs. Is there a workaround? I'm using line chart time series.
https://www.chartjs.org/samples/latest/scales/time/financial.html
Currently, with the code I have its generating the figure below:
var cfg = {
elements:{
point: {
radius: 4
}
},
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.red).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.red,
data: firstData,
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
},
{
label: 'de vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.blue).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.blue,
data: dataMaker(15),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}
],
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'time',
distribution: 'series',
offset: true,
time: {
unit: 'month',
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
ticks: {
autoSkip: true,
autoSkipPadding: 75,
sampleSize: 100
},
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index',
}
}
};
This is what I have now:
I want the labels on the x-axis to be on center instead of below the y axis grid line.
Thanks to uminder, with his comment it solves the issue but now I have a conflicting tooltip which lie on a same grid. When I hover to april line first point it shows me mar 30 which lies just above it and vice versa.
I fixed it by changing the mode to nearest but why is it activating the another point?

The option you're looking for is offsetGridLines.
If true, grid lines will be shifted to be between labels.
xAxes: [{
...
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
In most cases, this produces the expected result. Unfortunately it doesn't work for time axes as documented in Chart.js issue #403. Thanks to Antti Hukkanen, there exists a workaround.
Please have a look at below runnable code snippet to see how it works.
function generateData() {
var unit = 'day';
function randomNumber(min, max) {
return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}
function randomPoint(date, lastClose) {
var open = randomNumber(lastClose * 0.95, lastClose * 1.05).toFixed(2);
var close = randomNumber(open * 0.95, open * 1.05).toFixed(2);
return {
t: date.valueOf(),
y: close
};
}
var date = moment().subtract(1, 'years');
var now = moment();
var data = [];
for (; data.length < 600 && date.isBefore(now); date = date.clone().add(1, unit).startOf(unit)) {
data.push(randomPoint(date, data.length > 0 ? data[data.length - 1].y : 30));
}
return data;
}
var TimeCenterScale = Chart.scaleService.getScaleConstructor('time').extend({
getPixelForTick: function(index) {
var ticks = this.getTicks();
if (index < 0 || index >= ticks.length) {
return null;
}
// Get the pixel value for the current tick.
var px = this.getPixelForOffset(ticks[index].value);
// Get the next tick's pixel value.
var nextPx = this.right;
var nextTick = ticks[index + 1];
if (nextTick) {
nextPx = this.getPixelForOffset(nextTick.value);
}
// Align the labels in the middle of the current and next tick.
return px + (nextPx - px) / 2;
},
});
// Register the scale type
var defaults = Chart.scaleService.getScaleDefaults('time');
Chart.scaleService.registerScaleType('timecenter', TimeCenterScale, defaults);
var cfg = {
data: {
datasets: [{
label: 'CHRT - Chart.js Corporation',
backgroundColor: 'red',
borderColor: 'red',
data: generateData(),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 0,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}]
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'timecenter',
time: {
unit: 'month',
stepSize: 1,
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index'
}
}
};
var chart = new Chart('chart1', cfg);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.18.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="chart1" height="90"></canvas>

For chartJs v3 you can use offset property:
scales: {
x: {
grid: {
offset: true
}
},
...
}

ChartJs Bubble chart - on hover bubble becomes too big

I created a bubble chart using ChartJs and populating data dynamically using Json.
See the code below.
for (var i = 0; i < response.data.length; i++) {
var point_data = [];
point_data.push({
x: response.data[i]['return_tickets'].toString(),
y: Math.round(response.data[i]['return_percentage']).toString(),
r: Math.round((response.data[i]['return_percentage'])).toString()
});
data.push({ label: response.data[i]['staff_name'], data: point_data, backgroundColor: getRandomColor(), hoverRadius:4 });
}
new Chart(document.getElementById("bubbleChart"), {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: data
},
options: {
title: {
display: true,
text: ''
}, scales: {
yAxes: [{
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: "Return Tickets %"
}
}],
xAxes: [{
scaleLabel: {
display: true,
labelString: "Return Tickets"
}
}]
}
}
});
It generates the desired chart as below
The problem is when I hover over any bubble the size of the bubble increases exponentially.
How to keep the size same ?
I'm setting the hoverRadius property of the dataset but it does nothing for me.

Problem is with your this line of code:
{ label: response.data[i]['staff_name'], data: point_data, backgroundColor: getRandomColor(), hoverRadius:4 }
This is not a valid JSON. Values must be either strings or arrays. Most probably issue is at label: response.data[i]['staff_name'] or in point_data (I can see you are making x, y and r values .toString() that maybe not required). Check it again. Create a valid JSON and then try by setting hoverRadius: 0, it will work.
Setting hoverRadius: 0 working fine for me. Bubble size will not change on mouse over if you set hoverRadius: 0.
Below is working example:
var chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: [{
label: 'Bubble',
data: [{
x: 5,
y: 55,
r: 27.5
}],
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 119, 290, 0.6)',
hoverRadius: 0
}]
},
options: {
tooltips: {
callbacks: {
label: function(t, d) {
return d.datasets[t.datasetIndex].label +
': (Day:' + t.xLabel + ', Total:' + t.yLabel + ')';
}
}
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.7.2/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="ctx"></canvas>
Checkout official documentation for more info : https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/charts/bubble.html#dataset-properties

I have already faced the same issue also fixed it by typecasting for every x,y & z. I just convert it to float
'x' => (float) $x_axis_value,
'y' => (float) $y_axis_value,
'r' => (float) $radious_value,

Add Data Labels onto a bubble chart on chart.js

I have used a Bubble Chart on Chart.js to create sliders to show comparable performance and they currently look a bit like this:
What am I trying to do
I want to add data labels just above / in my 'bubbles' with my values in. Much like the '10' you can see on each bubble here.
What have I done to achieve this
This is not standard Chart.js functionality but I found this post which was discussing a similar issue for bar / line charts.
I've installed the plugin that post suggested but the data label it shows is for the radius of the bubble and I want to it to be the x-axis of the bubble.
I've also tried to use the code from some of the answers on that post, but with absolutely no luck.
My Code
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.7.0/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chartjs-plugin-datalabels"></script>
<div class="container" >
<h2>Chart.js — Line Chart Demo</h2>
<div>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
ctx.height = 1000;
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'Your Data',
data: [
{x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"}
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(153,255,51,0.6)"
},
{
label: 'Average',
data: [
{x: 100.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"} // The labe needs to be X. not R.
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,128,0.6)"
}
]
},
options: {
maintainAspectRatio: false,
scales: {
yAxes: [{
id: 'first-y-axis',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
min: 0,
max: 1,
stepSize: 1,
display: false
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
min: 50, // Controls where axis starts
max: 120 // Controls where axis finishes
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
lineWidth: 3 // Width of bottom line
}
}]
}
}
});
</script>
Thanks in advance

I've managed to find the answer to this question, basically by taking apart the bubble chart example from the chartjs-plugin-datalabels plugin.
Below is a working example. Pay attention to the section in options that says 'plugin'.
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.7.0/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chartjs-plugin-datalabels"></script>
<div class="container" >
<h2>Chart.js — Line Chart Demo</h2>
<div>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
ctx.height = 1000;
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'Your Data',
data: [
{x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"}
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(153,255,51,0.6)"
},
{
label: 'Average',
data: [
{x: 100.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"} // The labe needs to be
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,128,0.6)"
}
]
},
options: {
plugins: { // Look at this bit
datalabels: {
anchor: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? 'end' : 'center';
},
align: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? 'end' : 'center';
},
color: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? context.dataset.backgroundColor : 'white';
},
font: {
weight: 'bold'
},
formatter: function(value) {
return Math.round(value.x);
},
offset: 2,
padding: 0
}
},
maintainAspectRatio: false,
scales: {
yAxes: [{
id: 'first-y-axis',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
min: 0,
max: 1,
stepSize: 1,
display: false
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
min: 50, // Controls where axis starts
max: 120 // Controls where axis finishes
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
lineWidth: 3 // Width of bottom line
}
}]
}
}
});
</script>

If all you want to do is changing the label, there is an easier solution. From the docs of chartjs-plugin-datalabels:
Data values are converted to string ('' + value). If value is an object, the following rules apply first:
value = value.label if defined and not null
else value = value.r if defined and not null
else value = 'key[0]: value[key[0]], key[1]: value[key[1]], ...'
Therefore, it is sufficient to specify a label in your data points:
data: [{ x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance", label: `${Math.round(x)}` }],

Chart.js stacked and grouped horizontalBar chart

I've been trying to display somewhat complex data on my webpage and chose chart.js to do so.
Therefor I need to group multiple stacked bars horizontally.
I already found this fiddle for "normal" bars but couldn't quite change it to work with horizontalBar yet.
Stackoverflow question: Chart.js stacked and grouped bar chart
The original Fiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/2xjwoLq0/) has
Chart.defaults.groupableBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.bar);
And I just replaced the .bar everywhere in the code with .horizontalBar (well knowing that this won't make the cut).
Chart.defaults.groupableBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.horizontalBar);
Since that didn't quite work, I tried adding the second stacked modifier as suggested for horizontal bars here:
Horizontal stacked bar chart with chart.js and flipped the functions for X and Y calculation (calculateBarY/calculateBarX)
Which quite work either because the stacks won't get merged onto each other correctly.
http://jsfiddle.net/2xjwoLq0/3/
I would appreciate if anyone could help me out on this one.

Looking for something similar, I took a look on example you gave, and decide to write something.
Rather than trying to fix the code or reusing the 'groupableBar', I get Chart.js code from Chart.controllers.horizontalBar and rewrite some part in functions calculateBarY, calculateBarHeight.
Just reused the getBarCount function from your example.
Chart.defaults.groupableHBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.horizontalBar);
Chart.controllers.groupableHBar = Chart.controllers.horizontalBar.extend({
calculateBarY: function(index, datasetIndex, ruler) {
var me = this;
var meta = me.getMeta();
var yScale = me.getScaleForId(meta.yAxisID);
var barIndex = me.getBarIndex(datasetIndex);
var topTick = yScale.getPixelForValue(null, index, datasetIndex, me.chart.isCombo);
topTick -= me.chart.isCombo ? (ruler.tickHeight / 2) : 0;
var stackIndex = this.getMeta().stackIndex;
if (yScale.options.stacked) {
if(ruler.datasetCount>1) {
var spBar=ruler.categorySpacing/ruler.datasetCount;
var h=me.calculateBarHeight(ruler);
return topTick + (((ruler.categoryHeight - h) / 2)+ruler.categorySpacing-spBar/2)+(h+spBar)*stackIndex;
}
return topTick + (ruler.categoryHeight / 2) + ruler.categorySpacing;
}
return topTick +
(ruler.barHeight / 2) +
ruler.categorySpacing +
(ruler.barHeight * barIndex) +
(ruler.barSpacing / 2) +
(ruler.barSpacing * barIndex);
},
calculateBarHeight: function(ruler) {
var returned=0;
var me = this;
var yScale = me.getScaleForId(me.getMeta().yAxisID);
if (yScale.options.barThickness) {
returned = yScale.options.barThickness;
}
else {
returned= yScale.options.stacked ? ruler.categoryHeight : ruler.barHeight;
}
if(ruler.datasetCount>1) {
returned=returned/ruler.datasetCount;
}
return returned;
},
getBarCount: function () {
var stacks = [];
// put the stack index in the dataset meta
Chart.helpers.each(this.chart.data.datasets, function (dataset, datasetIndex) {
var meta = this.chart.getDatasetMeta(datasetIndex);
if (meta.bar && this.chart.isDatasetVisible(datasetIndex)) {
var stackIndex = stacks.indexOf(dataset.stack);
if (stackIndex === -1) {
stackIndex = stacks.length;
stacks.push(dataset.stack);
}
meta.stackIndex = stackIndex;
}
}, this);
this.getMeta().stacks = stacks;
return stacks.length;
}
});
var data = {
labels: ["January", "February", "March"],
datasets: [
{
label: "Dogs",
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,0,0.2)",
data: [20, 10, 25],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: "Cats",
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,255,0,0.2)",
data: [70, 85, 65],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: "Birds",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,255,255,0.2)",
data: [10, 5, 10],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-)",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,255,0,0.2)",
data: [20, 10, 30],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-|",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,255,0.2)",
data: [40, 50, 20],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-(",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.2)",
data: [60, 20, 20],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
]
};
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'groupableHBar',
data: data,
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
stacked: true,
type: 'category',
id: 'y-axis-0'
}],
xAxes: [{
stacked: true,
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawTicks: true,
},
id: 'x-axis-0'
},
{
stacked: true,
position: 'top',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true
},
id: 'x-axis-1',
gridLines: {
display: true,
drawTicks: true,
},
display: false
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.4.0/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
Also put example on jsfiddle here: https://jsfiddle.net/b7gnron7/4/
Code is not strongly tested, you might found some bugs especially if you try to display only one stacked group (use horizontalBar instead in this case).
Your post is a little bit old... not sure that you still need a solution, but it could be useful for others ^_^