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How to position dataLabels at the midpoint of an arearange chart in highcharts?

Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'arearange',
zoomType: 'x',
scrollablePlotArea: {
minWidth: 600,
scrollPositionX: 1
}
},
title: {
text: 'Temperature variation by day'
},
xAxis: {
//type: 'datetime',
accessibility: {
rangeDescription: 'Range: Jan 1st 2017 to Dec 31 2017.'
}
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: null
},
labels: {
enabled:true
}
},
plotOptions: {
arearange: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
yLow: 5,
verticalAlign: 'bottom',
inside: true,
color: 'black',
formatter: function(e) {
if((this.x==0) && (this.point.low==this.y))
return this.series.name
}
}
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: "AREA 1",
data: [
[0, 10],
[0, 10],
],
borderColor: 'black',
borderWidth: 0.2,
},
{
name: "AREA 2",
data: [
[20, 40],
[20, 40],
]
}]
});
Above is a sample piece of code that I have plotted using the arearange chart. The graph is plotted successfully just as I wanted it to be. But there seems to be a problem. I want the series name "AREA1" and "AREA2" to be shown in the midpoint of the respective y-axis values. ie "Area 1" should be shown at 5(midpoint of 0 and 10) and "Area 2" should be shown at 30(midpoint of 20 and 40). Is there any way to do that? I've tried with specifying yLow value in the plotOptions. But it didn't work for me since the series data is dynamic.
The chart I'm using is highcharts and version is 4.1.5
Please help!! Thanks in advance

You can add mocked scatter series with disabled markers and enabled data labels to show the series name in the proper place:
series: [..., {
linkedTo: 0,
dataLabels: {
format: 'AREA 1'
},
type: 'scatter',
data: [(area1Data[0][0] + area1Data[0][1]) / 2]
}, {
linkedTo: 1,
dataLabels: {
format: 'AREA 2'
},
type: 'scatter',
data: [(area2Data[0][0] + area2Data[0][1]) / 2]
}
]
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/d01e2ymx/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/series.scatter

Is it possible to show text on top of an Arearange chart

Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'arearange',
zoomType: 'x',
scrollablePlotArea: {
minWidth: 600,
scrollPositionX: 1
}
},
title: {
text: 'Temperature variation by day'
},
xAxis: {
//type: 'datetime',
accessibility: {
rangeDescription: 'Range: Jan 1st 2017 to Dec 31 2017.'
}
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: null
},
labels: {
enabled:true
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
//stacking: 'normal',
borderColor: '#303030',
color : '#cac9c9',
lineWidth: 1,
marker: {
lineWidth: 1,
lineColor: '#303030'
}
},
dataLabels: {
useHTML: true,
enabled: true,
inside: true,
align:'left',
allowDecimals: true,
formatter: function(){
return "SOME_TEXT_INSIDE_HTML_TAG";
}
},
},
series: [{
data: [
[0, 10],
[0, 10],
],
borderColor: 'black',
borderWidth: 0.2,
},
{
data: [
[20, 40],
[20, 40],
]
}]
});
Above is the code for an Area range chart. Couple of questions.
I just want to show some random text on top of each area. I tried with dataLabels but I doesn't seem to work. Isn't it possible to do so?
Yaxis seems to be shown in AreaRange chart when mouse is hovered over the chart. Can it be set to be displayed by default?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I tried to reproduce your code and here is an output: https://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/uqmyjsr9/
The dataLabels config needs to be nested in the series object.
plotOptions: {
series: {
//stacking: 'normal',
borderColor: '#303030',
color: '#cac9c9',
lineWidth: 1,
marker: {
lineWidth: 1,
lineColor: '#303030'
},
dataLabels: {
useHTML: true,
enabled: true,
inside: true,
align: 'left',
allowDecimals: true,
formatter: function() {
return "SOME_TEXT_INSIDE_HTML_TAG";
}
},
},
},
I am not sure here - the yAxis is displayed all the time, not only after hovering over the chart.

Highcharts polar wind rose chart with segments in trapezoid form

I am using extjs and highcharts to develop a wind rose chart. I need to display the data as trapezoids with straight edges, rather than the default display of the segments with arcs as delimiters. Here is an image of what I am trying to do
I have been able to integrate the highcharts object into my application using the wrapper provided by JoeKuan
However I am not seeing in the highcharts documentation how I can configure the polar chart columns into straight edged segments as seen in the image..
Here is a fiddle of the polar chart as it works currently.. Fiddle
Highcharts.chart('container', {
data: {
table: 'freq',
startRow: 1,
endRow: 17,
endColumn: 7
},
chart: {
polar: true,
type: 'column'
},
title: {
text: 'Wind rose for South Shore Met Station, Oregon'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: or.water.usgs.gov'
},
pane: {
size: '85%'
},
legend: {
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 100,
layout: 'vertical'
},
xAxis: {
tickmarkPlacement: 'on'
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
endOnTick: false,
showLastLabel: true,
title: {
text: 'Frequency (%)'
},
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return this.value + '%';
}
},
reversedStacks: false
},
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: '%'
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
stacking: 'normal',
shadow: false,
groupPadding: 0,
pointPlacement: 'on'
}
}
});
All help greatly appreciated
Lisa

You want type: 'area' to achieve that visualization.
Highcharts.chart('container', {
data: {
table: 'freq',
startRow: 1,
endRow: 17,
endColumn: 7
},
chart: {
polar: true,
type: 'area'
},
http://jsfiddle.net/0mb1s1jd/1/

Convert the y-axis values to Millions in dual axis high charts

I am using dual-axis highcharts. In the y-axis the values are too big to read. I wold like to convert them to shortcuts like 1K for 1000 and 1.0L for 100000 and 1.0M for 1000000 and 35.8M for 35869982 and 3.5M for 3550977.
This is my FIDDLE
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
zoomType: 'xy'
},
title: {
text: 'Average Monthly Temperature and Rainfall in Tokyo'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com'
},
xAxis: [{
categories: ['MAR-2014', 'APR-2014', 'MAY-2014', 'JUN-2014',
'JUL-2014', 'AUG-2014', 'SEP-2014', 'OCT-2014', 'NOV-2014', 'DEC-2014'],
crosshair: true
}],
yAxis: [{ // Primary yAxis
labels: {
format: '{value}',
style: {
color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
}
},
title: {
text: 'VOLUME',
style: {
color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
}
}
}, { // Secondary yAxis
title: {
text: 'REVENUE',
style: {
color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]
}
},
labels: {
format: '{value}',
style: {
color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]
}
},
opposite: true
}],
tooltip: {
shared: true
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'left',
x: 120,
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 100,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'
},
series: [{
name: 'Revenue',
type: 'column',
yAxis: 1,
data: [35869982, 26090976, 26595718, 33914250, 25999278, 36579864, 35843674, 28008920, 27718356, 29014230],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' '
}
}, {
name: 'volume',
type: 'spline',
data: [3379865, 2373769, 2401815, 3222316, 2459713, 5864469, 5139453, 3341922, 3229963, 3550977],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ''
}
}]
});
});
Here I have rounded up where I want to make changes in the below figure

You need to make a use of formatter:
formatter: function(){
return this.value/1000000 + "M";
}
Fiddle

To utilize the built in "shortening" functionality you can just remove your yAxis.label.format. You have currently set it to {value}, which is the default, but manually setting it seems to prevent the metric prefixes from being applied.
Look at this JSFiddle example, where all I've changed is removing the following line from both of your y-axis labels:
format: '{value}'
With this automatic shortening the following metric prefixes may be applied:
[ "k" , "M" , "G" , "T" , "P" , "E"]
You can set your own values with the lang.numericSymbols option (API).

Column width in Highcharts when combined with spline

I have this annoying thing in Highcharts that I cannot figure out. I have graphs that are dynamically generated and can contain multiple columns and splines. In the example the spline is a temperature measurement and contains lots of data points. The two columns are grouped by day and therefore contain only one value per day.
When I use this combination the column width becomes almost invisible:
http://jsfiddle.net/FXRj2/
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
zoomType: 'xy'
},
title: {
text: 'Test'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Me'
},
xAxis: [{
type: 'datetime'
}],
yAxis: [{ // Primary yAxis
labels: {
format: '{value}°C',
style: {
color: '#89A54E'
}
},
title: {
text: 'Temperature',
style: {
color: '#89A54E'
}
}
}, { // Secondary yAxis
title: {
text: 'Rainfall 2',
style: {
color: '#4572A7'
}
},
labels: {
format: '{value} mm',
style: {
color: '#4572A7'
}
},
opposite: true
}, { // Tertiary yAxis
title: {
text: 'Rainfall 2',
style: {
color: '#red'
}
},
labels: {
format: '{value} mm',
style: {
color: '#4red'
}
},
opposite: true
}],
tooltip: {
shared: true
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'left',
x: 120,
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 100,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
},
series: [{
name: 'Rainfall 1',
color: '#4572A7',
type: 'column',
yAxis: 1,
data: [[1374105600000,1461.77],[1374192000000,1473.67],[1374278400000,1122.47],[1374364800000,1170.16],[1374451200000,1436.88],[1374537600000,1383.57],[1374624000000,9.73]],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' mm'
}
}, {
name: 'Rainfall 2',
color: '#red',
type: 'column',
yAxis: 2,
data: [
[1374105600000,3.28],[1374192000000,2.95],[1374278400000,3.12],[1374364800000,3.8],[1374451200000,3.61],[1374537600000,0.39]],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: ' mm'
}
}, {
name: 'Temperature',
color: '#89A54E',
type: 'spline',
data: [[1374105600000,21.9],[1374109200000,21.6],[1374112800000,21.2],[1374116400000,20.8],[1374120000000,20.5],[1374123600000,20],[1374127200000,19.7],[1374130800000,19.6],[1374134400000,19.9],[1374138000000,20.3],[1374141600000,20.9],[1374145200000,21.4],[1374148800000,21.9],[1374152400000,22.5],[1374156000000,23.1],[1374159600000,23.5],[1374163200000,23.9],[1374166800000,23.7],[1374170400000,23.8],[1374174000000,23.3],[1374177600000,23.1],[1374181200000,22.4],[1374184800000,21.9],[1374188400000,21.4],[1374192000000,21],[1374195600000,20.4],[1374199200000,20.1],[1374202800000,19.7],[1374206400000,19.3],[1374210000000,19],[1374213600000,18.7],[1374217200000,18.9],[1374220800000,19.3],[1374224400000,19.8],[1374228000000,20.6],[1374231600000,21.4],[1374235200000,22.1],[1374238800000,22.6],[1374242400000,23.2],[1374246000000,23.5],[1374249600000,23.5],[1374253200000,23.5],[1374256800000,23.1],[1374260400000,23],[1374264000000,22.4],[1374267600000,22],[1374271200000,21.4],[1374274800000,21.2],[1374278400000,20.6],[1374282000000,20.2],[1374285600000,20.3],[1374289200000,20.2],[1374292800000,20],[1374296400000,19.7],[1374300000000,19.3],[1374303600000,19],[1374307200000,18.9],[1374310800000,19],[1374314400000,19.2],[1374318000000,19],[1374321600000,19.7],[1374325200000,19.8],[1374328800000,20.2],[1374332400000,20.6],[1374336000000,21],[1374339600000,21.6],[1374343200000,21.8],[1374346800000,22.1],[1374350400000,22.3],[1374354000000,22.1],[1374357600000,21.5],[1374361200000,21.1],[1374364800000,20.6],[1374368400000,20.1],[1374372000000,19.7],[1374375600000,19.4],[1374379200000,19],[1374382800000,18.6],[1374386400000,18.2],[1374390000000,18.2],[1374393600000,18.6],[1374397200000,19.4],[1374400800000,20.4],[1374404400000,21.6],[1374408000000,22.9],[1374411600000,24.2],[1374415200000,25.4],[1374418800000,26.5],[1374422400000,27.2],[1374426000000,27.8],[1374429600000,28.3],[1374433200000,28.5],[1374436800000,28.4],[1374440400000,27.8],[1374444000000,27.1],[1374447600000,26.2],[1374451200000,25.7],[1374454800000,25],[1374458400000,24.3],[1374462000000,23.8],[1374465600000,23.1],[1374469200000,22.5],[1374472800000,22.1],[1374476400000,22.2],[1374480000000,22.5],[1374483600000,23.1],[1374487200000,23.9],[1374490800000,24.9],[1374494400000,26.1],[1374498000000,27],[1374501600000,27.8],[1374505200000,28.4],[1374508800000,28.9],[1374512400000,29.1],[1374516000000,29.2],[1374519600000,29],[1374523200000,28.7],[1374526800000,28.5],[1374530400000,27.7],[1374534000000,27.3],[1374537600000,26.8],[1374541200000,26.5],[1374544800000,25.9],[1374548400000,25.4],[1374552000000,24.8],[1374555600000,24.1],[1374559200000,23.6],[1374562800000,23.5],[1374566400000,23.8],[1374570000000,24.3],[1374573600000,24.9],[1374577200000,25.5],[1374580800000,25.7],[1374584400000,26.3],[1374588000000,27.3],[1374591600000,28.1],[1374595200000,28.5],[1374598800000,28.9],[1374602400000,29],[1374606000000,29.4],[1374609600000,29.1],[1374613200000,28.9],[1374616800000,28.2],[1374620400000,27.6],[1374624000000,26.9],[1374627600000,26.2],[1374631200000,25.6],[1374634800000,25.1],[1374638400000,24.6],[1374642000000,24.3],[1374645600000,23.7],[1374649200000,23.6],[1374652800000,23.5],[1374656400000,23.9],[1374660000000,24.4],[1374663600000,24.4],[1374667200000,24.3],[1374670800000,24.9],[1374674400000,25.9],[1374678000000,26.3]],
tooltip: {
valueSuffix: '°C'
}
}]
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 400px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
I have been searching for ways to dynamically control the width of columns by using pointWidth but this gets me into a hole new area of issues, as I am not always sure if there is a combination of columns and splines and what the date range is.
Is there a trick to solve this? I hope I have missed something simple.

I was reading through the API description of Highcharts when I noticed an option to have multiple x axis. Since my problem seemed to be related to scaling on the x axis I decided to give it a go...
I created a new x axis for the line data and it works like a charm. Of course we do not want to see multiple x axis, so a little fiddling with the settings hides it again.
My x axis definition now looks like this:
xAxis: [{
type: 'datetime',
},{
type: 'datetime',
lineWidth: 0,
minorGridLineWidth: 0,
lineColor: 'transparent',
opposite: true,
labels: {
enabled: false
},
minorTickLength: 0,
tickLength: 0
}],
On the data series that has 'too many' points I simply added 'xAxis: 1'.
Fiddle here : http://jsfiddle.net/AM4vx/