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Render chart only once with multiple events : Highcharts

So what I have is a chart in which I have events function which loads data for multiple sets.
suppose I have data of 3000 points. The first data set renders the first 1000 points and after that second data set renders 2000 points.
for which I am calling my 'events' function .
but the problem arises that after showing the first 1000 set of data. The chart starts from the begining.
I don't want that.
That's why I need a solution so that my Highchart's chart render only once and the event function loads continuously.
Here's a snip of my Highchart's js
Highcharts.chart("chartcontainer", { // make thsi chart load only once.
chart: {
type: 'line',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
//Load this event function as the data updates
events: {
load: function() {
var series = this.series[0],
chart = this;
setInterval(function() {
//some logic regarding the chart
//..
v = {
y: y,
x: x
};
console.log("V value", v);
series.addSeries(v, false, true);
counter++;
localcounter++;
} else
{
oldcounter=counter;
flagToreload=1;
}
}, 1000/130);
setInterval(function() {
chart.redraw(false);
}, 100);
}
}
},
time: {
useUTC: false
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'Value',
gridLineWidth: 1
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}],
gridLineWidth: 1
},
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{series.name}</b><br/>',
pointFormat: '{point.x:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}<br/>{point.y:.2f}'
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
animation: false,
name: 'Random data',
data: (function() {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = counter,
i;
for (i = -1000; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push([
counter,
null
]);
}
return data;
}())
}]
});

You can use:
addPoint method:
chart: {
events: {
load: function() {
var newData,
chart = this,
series = chart.series[0];
setInterval(function() {
newData = getRandomData();
newData.forEach(function(el) {
series.addPoint(el, false);
});
chart.redraw();
}, 2000);
}
}
}
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/2a8qswhf/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Series#addPoint
setData method:
chart: {
events: {
load: function() {
var newData,
chart = this,
combinedData,
series = chart.series[0];
setInterval(function() {
newData = getRandomData();
combinedData = series.userOptions.data.concat(newData);
series.setData(combinedData);
}, 2000);
}
}
}
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/Lmsk8yw9/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Series#setData

Stop Highchart when end of the Array element reached

So What I am trying to Create is a Chart in which around 130 points data are flowing in a single second time. Now, Suppose I Have an array of 1000 elements which I want to render in Highchart.
I am able to render the Highchart with the 1000 elements of array, but the problem is that after the end of the array, the Highchart is not stopping. it keeps running.
I just want to stop the Highchart when it reaches end of the array.
Here is the Code that I have tried
var data = [7,10,8,6,8,2,5,2,2,2,3,4,4,10,6,10,5,10,0,2,9,5,7,0,5,0,5,7,8,7,5,1,9,1,5,7,10,3,7,0,2,10,8,8,1,1,0,7,6,3,1,10,0,8,3,5,5,10,3,8,4,0,3,5,8,7,0,0,0,8,7,3,2,1,0,6,7,7,3,7,5,0,1,0,0,4,9,4,4,3,0,2,10,9,0,2,7,6,5,9,0,6,7,9,0,6,2,7,1,6,5,1,3,1,0,5,0,4,2,7,2,0,7,0,3,10,6,3,4,9,9,10,10,9,5,9,8,5,3,2,5,9,5,10,10,7,8,3,8,9,5,3,9,0,1,2,6,4,1,9,0,5,0,5,6,4,1,1,3,8,2,0,7,6,4,0,6,5,5,6,4,6,6,3,3,5,5,8,7,3,4,7,5,6,1,4,2,4,7,9,8,4,0,3,8,6,2,6,10,8,10,1,10,8,6,8,8,3,8,7,8,6,7,10,9,10,0,7,7,8,1,10,1,4,7,10,7,0,9,6,3,3,3,1,4,3,4,5,0,5,9,0,6,1,8,5,1,8,9,4,0,4,5,4,3,8,2,10,5,9,4,9,5,3,6,5,7,2,2,7,1,1,9,7,4,1,7,5,2,10,6,4,3,5,7,2,4,5,7,3,2,0,8,5,5,7,8,2,9,5,9,1,2,0,7,8,10,5,6,9,2,5,1,9,4,0,7,4,4,7,10,0,8,6,0,6,4,4,8,3,9,1,3,0,0,4,4,2,5,3,3,6,1,4,6,6,4,9,7,0,2,2,1,2,2,6,2,0,2,5,7,8,8,1,7,3,9,0,0,0,9,4,9,8,9,7,10,8,2,0,5,10,10,0,1,7,5,9,2,8,10,10,4,6,6,6,10,10,5,1,5,2,1,9,3,2,5,3,1,3,10,7,1,3,5,3,0,6,7,5,1,10,5,9,0,9,2,3,0,10,0,6,9,8,3,8,7,0,10,4,2,2,5,6,7,0,10,10,9,9,8,6,10,5,9,0,6,4,8,5,0,4,4,4,1,8,3,0,9,3,3,9,1,5,0,10,1,1,3,10,6,5,8,0,6,5,2,7,10,4,2,0,10,1,7,6,2,0,1,6,10,10,6,6,10,1,4,7,5,6,5,4,1,5,6,9,1,8,4,7,2,8,5,9,7,3,9,2,2,8,10,6,10,10,7,8,7,2,6,8,7,4,6,1,5,9,2,0,5,4,4,0,4,5,7,2,3,8,9,1,0,8,6,10,8,3,7,3,3,6,7,2,7,6,6,2,8,6,9,6,8,5,4,8,4,6,7,9,8,7,8,5,8,2,0,8,5,0,5,2,8,4,7,0,7,1,4,8,10,8,2,5,10,9,1,9,3,0,6,9,2,10,5,1,4,0,4,9,1,1,3,5,0,5,5,2,5,1,1,7,0,2,6,8,10,7,9,3,0,9,4,2,4,6,2,2,9,2,7,3,6,6,9,2,2,0,2,9,1,5,7,10,10,1,8,5,9,9,4,1,7,1,0,0,6,7,7,7,2,9,9,2,10,5,4,2,3,10,9,9,7,1,1,6,8,4,9,6,7,4,9,4,2,7,6,2,6,0,1,5,5,8,9,5,1,7,8,7,3,2,3,1,1,2,5,6,4,10,8,10,3,3,1,0,6,7,0,7,4,8,4,7,6,0,7,1,2,3,10,4,1,10,7,9,4,7,7,10,10,10,6,8,9,7,3,10,9,0,3,6,2,10,5,3,6,8,5,0,2,3,1,6,9,10,9,10,7,5,8,7,4,4,3,10,2,3,4,3,10,8,5,9,8,5,6,2,4,9,1,5,0,7,1,1,4,4,10,4,7,8,8,9,7,1,9,5,5,4,3,0,0,9,5,6,3,3,4,6,1,2,6,2,8,4,10,0,9,1,10,2,7,3,6,3,9,2,3,5,7,8,1,1,9,3,4,6,7,6,2,2,8,0,10,3,3,5,7,4,1,3,9,5,4,3,3,2,9,8,7,8,7,6,8,7,7,1,2,10,10,2,9,3,2,3,2,9,9,0,3,0,4,9,6,0,1,6,9,5,8,7,9,5,6,8,3,5,3,4,9,8,0,3,4,8,6,9,4,7,1,9,8,0,4,8,1,0,7,3,3,1,6,9,9,5,4,3,8,8,9,10,4,9,0,7,8,6,9,8,4,10,4,1,2,5,4,0,6,4,1];
var json_array = data ;
var i = 0;
function next() {
return json_array[i++];
// i++;
}
Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
type: 'line',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function() {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0],
chart = this;
var count = 0 ;
setInterval(function() {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y =next();
console.log(y) ;
series.addPoint([x, y], false, true);
chart.redraw(false);
}, 1000/130);
}
}
},
time: {
useUTC: false
},
title: {
text: 'ECG Graph Plot From MySQl Data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
labels: {
enabled: false
},
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
//max: 1.5,
//min: -1.5,
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{series.name}</b><br/>',
pointFormat: '{point.x:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}<br/>{point.y:.2f}'
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
animation: false,
name: 'ECG Graph Plot From MySQl Data',
dataGrouping: {
enabled: false
},
data: (function() {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -1000 ; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push([
time + i * 10,
null
]);
}
return data;
}())
}]
});
I Have also created a Fiddle for it as you can see below.
https://jsfiddle.net/abnitchauhan/toqaxLj7/

Just clear Interval when it reached the last element of the array. check out following code.
var draw = setInterval(function() {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y =next();
console.log(y) ;
if (i == data.length) {
clearInterval(draw);
return;
}
series.addPoint([x, y], false, true);
chart.redraw(false);
}, 1000/130);
here is the fiddle code link.
https://jsfiddle.net/geekcode/8nL53x01/1/

Updating highcharts live data not working

I have some UV Sensors (currently running on Thingspeak) - but I need to have multiple series on the same chart, so I made a sample .php page on my website.
I have the basic chart working nicely, but I have not been able to get it to do live updates - my coding skills are very lacking & I would appreciate any help I can get!
The sample chart is here: http://www.sesupply.co.nz/test.php
I have the code on JSFiddle here: https://jsfiddle.net/SESupply/9xn65qrL/9/
// variables for the first series
var series_1_channel_id = 43330;
var series_1_field_number = 4;
var series_1_read_api_key = '7ZPHNX2SXPM0CA1K';
var series_1_results = 480;
var series_1_color = '#d62020';
var series_1_name = 'Zims Sensor';
// variables for the second series
var series_2_channel_id = 45473;
var series_2_field_number = 2;
var series_2_read_api_key = 'N12T3CWQB5IWJAU9';
var series_2_results = 480;
var series_2_color = '#00aaff';
var series_2_name = 'UVM30A';
// chart title
var chart_title = 'UV Sensors Zim / UVM30A';
// y axis title
var y_axis_title = 'UV Index';
// user's timezone offset
var my_offset = new Date().getTimezoneOffset();
// chart variable
var my_chart;
// when the document is ready
$(document).on('ready', function () {
// add a blank chart
addChart();
// add the first series
addSeries(series_1_channel_id, series_1_field_number, series_1_read_api_key, series_1_results, series_1_color, series_1_name);
// add the second series
addSeries(series_2_channel_id, series_2_field_number, series_2_read_api_key, series_2_results, series_2_color, series_2_name);
});
// add the base chart
function addChart() {
// variable for the local date in milliseconds
var localDate;
// specify the chart options
var chartOptions = {
chart: {
renderTo: 'chart-container',
defaultSeriesType: 'spline',
zoomType: 'x', // added here
panning: true,
panKey: 'shift',
backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
events: {
load: addSeries
}
},
title: {
text: chart_title
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Click and drag to zoom in. Hold down shift key to pan.'
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
marker: {
radius: 2
},
animation: true,
step: false,
borderWidth: 0,
turboThreshold: 0
}
},
scrollbar: {
enabled: true
// barBackgroundColor: 'gray',
// barBorderRadius: 7,
// barBorderWidth: 0,
// buttonBackgroundColor: 'gray',
// buttonBorderWidth: 0,
// buttonArrowColor: 'yellow',
// buttonBorderRadius: 7,
// rifleColor: 'yellow',
// trackBackgroundColor: 'white',
// trackBorderWidth: 1,
// trackBorderColor: 'silver',
// trackBorderRadius: 7
},
tooltip: {
// reformat the tooltips so that local times are displayed
formatter: function () {
var d = new Date(this.x + (my_offset * 60000));
var n = (this.point.name === undefined) ? '' : '<br>' + this.point.name;
return this.series.name + ':<b>' + this.y + '</b>' + n + '<br>' + d.toDateString() + '<br>' + d.toTimeString().replace(/\(.*\)/, "");
}
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
title: {
text: 'Date'
}
},
rangeSelector: {
enabled: true,
buttons: [{
type: 'minute',
count: 60,
text: 'Hour'
}, {
type: 'day',
count: 1,
text: 'Day'
}, {
type: 'week',
count: 1,
text: 'Week'
}, {
type: 'all',
text: 'All'
}]
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: y_axis_title
}
},
exporting: {
enabled: true
},
legend: {
enabled: true
},
credits: {
text: 'ThingSpeak.com',
href: 'https://thingspeak.com/',
style: {
color: '#D62020'
}
}
};
// draw the chart
my_chart = new Highcharts.Chart(chartOptions);
}
// add a series to the chart
function addSeries(channel_id, field_number, api_key, results, color, name) {
var field_name = 'field' + field_number;
// get the data with a webservice call
$.getJSON('https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/' + channel_id + '/fields/' + field_number + '.json?offset=0&round=2&results=' + results + '&api_key=' + api_key, function (data) {
// blank array for holding chart data
var chart_data = [];
// iterate through each feed
$.each(data.feeds, function () {
var point = new Highcharts.Point();
// set the proper values
var value = this[field_name];
point.x = getChartDate(this.created_at);
point.y = parseFloat(value);
// add location if possible
if (this.location) {
point.name = this.location;
}
// if a numerical value exists add it
if (!isNaN(parseInt(value))) {
chart_data.push(point);
}
});
// add the chart data
my_chart.addSeries({
data: chart_data,
name: name,
color: color
});
});
setTimeout(addSeries, 1000);
}
cache: false;
// converts date format from JSON
function getChartDate(d) {
// offset in minutes is converted to milliseconds and subtracted so that chart's x-axis is correct
return Date.parse(d) - (my_offset * 60000);
}
I have tried following the livedata example but seem to be failing miserably. The sensors update about every 60 seconds (only during the day - as there is no UV at night, I put the sensors into "sleep" mode to save battery power)

Javascript,Highcharts : Avoiding parallel function calls

I am developing a dashboard, where there are 5 buttons, and on click of each button, corresponding chart is displayed in the same div.
The structure of my code is as follows :
$(document).ready(function(){
$("button").click(function(){
function requestData() {
$.ajax({
url : ....,
success : function(){
.....
//Real Time Plotting of Data
chart.series[0].addPoint(eval(point), true, shift);
setTimeout(requestData, 2000);
}
});
}
chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'chart',
defaultSeriesType: 'spline'
},
....
....
});
});
});
The Problem : On every click of the button, a parallel requestData() starts, multiple parallel threads run at the same time. This leads in random addPoint and increase in memory consumed.
Also, when checked with Highcharts.Chart in the console, after every click, a undefined objects adds up.
How do I restructure the code for optimum performance ?

Refer the code below, your high chart implement can be like this
$(function () {
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'spline',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function () {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function () {
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y = Math.random();
series.addPoint([x, y], true, true);
}, 1000);
}
}
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function () {
return '<b>' + this.series.name + '</b><br/>' +
Highcharts.dateFormat('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', this.x) + '<br/>' +
Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y, 2);
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -19; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push({
x: time + i * 1000,
y: Math.random()
});
}
return data;
}())
}]
});
});
});
Basically, you do not need to make your arrangement to live plotting, high chart has this option UPDATE
Refer live fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/anilk/3u0ng35s/
Replace below data option to your ajax call
data: (function () {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -19; i <= 0; i += 1) {
data.push({
x: time + i * 1000,
y: Math.random()
});
}
return data;
}

Adding series dynamically in highcharts

(function($){
$(function () {
$(document).ready(function() {
Highcharts.setOptions({
global: {
useUTC: false
}
});
var i=0;
var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
type: 'spline',
renderTo: 'container',
animation: Highcharts.svg, // don't animate in old IE
marginRight: 10,
events: {
load: function() {
// set up the updating of the chart each second
var series = this.series[0];
setInterval(function() {
var Name = new Array();
Name[0] = "Random data";
Name[1] = "Volvo";
var length=chart.series.length;
var flag=0;
var index=0;
var x = (new Date()).getTime(), // current time
y = Math.random();
for (var k=0;k<Name.length;k++) {
for(var j=0;j<chart.series.length;j++) {
if(chart.series[j].name==Name[k]) {
flag=1;
index=j;
x = (new Date()).getTime();
y = Math.random();
break;
}
}
if(flag==1) {
chart.series[index].addPoint([x, y], true, true);
flag=0;
} else {
chart.addSeries({name: '' + Name[k] + '', data: [] });
chart.series[length].addPoint([x, y+1], true);
length=length+1;
}
}
}, 1000);
}
}
},
title: {
text: 'Live random data'
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
tickPixelInterval: 150
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
},
plotLines: [{
value: 0,
width: 1,
color: '#808080'
}]
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return '<b>'+ this.series.name +'</b><br/>'+
Highcharts.dateFormat('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', this.x) +'<br/>'+
Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y, 2);
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'Random data',
data: (function() {
// generate an array of random data
var data = [],
time = (new Date()).getTime(),
i;
for (i = -19; i <= 0; i++) {
data.push({
x: time + i * 1000,
y: Math.random()
});
}
return data;
})()
}]
});
});
});
})(jQuery);
I am able to add series and add point in charts but the series that I add after initialization, which is "volvo", is not drawing lines between its points. What might be the problem?
And is there any other way of comparing arrays and adding points without a for-loop? Because I can get millions of series at times and I don't want to be looping over arrays to check if it exists or not. So is there any efficient way of finding wheteher a list already exists, and if it does what is its index?
here is its fiddle: www.jsfiddle.net/2jYLz/

It is related with fact that you have enabled shifting in addPoint() when you add new serie. In other words, shifting remove first point and add new in the end of serie. So when you have one point it caused your scenario. So you need to disable shipfing, and when lenght of series.data achieve i.e 10 points, shifting should be enabled.