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Dynamically added Highcharts series with min and max

I currently have a Highcharts chart that has several tabs that allow the user to show various data on the graph/chart. So I am dynamically adding series for each of those data points. This all works great.
However, I would like to set the min and max (instead of Highcharts just automatically determining the min and max) for the yAxis for two of those data points, so that when comparing their data on the graph they line up with each other. However, I can't seem to find a way to set the min and max of the yAxis for the added series.
Below is what I have currently:
window["chart"].addAxis({
id: 'Data',
title: {
text: 'Graph',
enabled: true
},
lineWidth: 0,
lineColor: '#000000'
});
window["chart"].addSeries({
data: groupingData,
name: 'Graph',
type: 'line',
color: '#000000',
yAxis: 'Data'
});
How would I force the certain min and max for yAxis when dynamically adding this series?

You can use setExtrimes() for this:
https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/xAxis.events.setExtremes
https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/yAxis.events.setExtremes
chart.yAxis[0].setExtremes();

If anyone else is looking for the answer, I found out that you can just set min and max when addAxis is called:
window["chart"].addAxis({
id: 'Data',
title: {
text: 'Graph',
enabled: true
},
lineWidth: 0,
lineColor: '#000000',
min: minNumber,
max: maxNumber
)}

How to use major tick marks in chart.js 2.9.3?

I use latest Chart.js 2.9.3. I've tried the following code with major ticks:
var ctx = document.getElementById('chart').getContext('2d');
var chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'horizontalBar',
data: {
datasets: [{
barPercentage: 0.2,
borderColor: 'black',
borderWidth: 2,
borderSkipped: false,
backgroundColor: 'transparent',
data: [[0, 8000]]
}]
},
options: {
legend: false,
tooltips: false,
animation: false,
title: {
display: true,
fontSize: '26',
text: 'AT1G24460'
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
position: 'top',
offset: true,
ticks: {
major: {
enabled: true,
fontColor: 'red'
}
},
gridLines: {
drawOnChartArea: false
}
}],
yAxes: [{
display: false
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.bundle.min.js"></script>
<div class="text-center">
<canvas id="chart"></canvas>
</div>
The result is the following (major ticks are not displayed at all). So how to make major tick marks work in chart.js?
P.S. My final goal is to have top axis like this:
What axis styling is possible without direct canvas painting (ticks below axis baseline, first and last ticks are enlarged, two labels for first and last ticks, no labels except fof first and last tick, etc.)
Thank you in advance.

Official answer:
Major ticks are only supported on the time scale in 2.9. In 3.0 they
are also being added to the log scale. They're not in the linear scale
yet. But major ticks are most useful for deciding which ticks not to
skip in the autoSkipper. 3.0 will also add better support for tick
styling via scriptable tick options (#7337), which will allow you to
make ticks that you want bolder, bigger, different colors, etc. and
you don't need major tick support for that. I'd recommend trying 3.0

How to display x and y axis values of where the crosshair line intersects in series using Highcharts?

I have been working on a project that uses highchart to draw multiple line charts. With that, I have already achieved some configuration (eg. x-axis crosshair, fixed tooltip, zooming) for my chart in accordance to the business requirements. As such, one requirement is that when x-axis crosshair moves from left to right (or vice versa) within the plotted chart, the selected values on y-axis and dates and time on x-axis will be displayed in the fixed tooltip.
Example:
Series CDT158 has a value of 100.46 (as shown in Chart 1) on 27 Apr 2017 20:49:48 pm. When I move the x-axis crosshair to the right, it jumps directly to the next point which has a value of 103.47 (as shown in Chart 2) on 27 Apr 2017 20:50:38 pm.
Is it possible when the crosshair passes through the series (from one point to the next point), the y-axis values between 100.46 and 103.47 as well the datetime values on x-axis will be rendered in the fixed tooltip? I also want to display the CDEP158 y-axis values simultaneously in the fixed tooltip. How can I achieve this?
[Chart 1]
[Chart 2]
This is the Highchart initialization.
myChart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'line',
zoomType: 'xy',
panning: true,
panKey: 'shift',
plotBorderWidth: 1
},
title: {
text: ''
},
legend: {
layout: 'horizontal',
align: 'left',
itemDistance: 10,
borderWidth: 0,
itemMarginTop: 0,
itemMarginBottom: 0,
padding: 20
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
states: {
hover: {
enabled: false
}
},
dataLabels: {
enabled: false,
format: '{y}'
},
allowPointSelect: false
}
},
xAxis: {
type: 'datetime',
labels: {
rotation: -65,
style: {
fontSize: '9px',
fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
}
},
crosshair: true,
dateTimeLabelFormats: {
second: '%d %b %Y <br/> %H:%M:%S %P',
}
},
yAxis: {
gridLineColor: '#DDDDDD',
gridLineWidth: 0.5
},
tooltip: {
positioner: function () {
return {
x: this.chart.plotLeft,
y: this.chart.plotTop
}
},
useHTML: true,
formatter: function (tooltip) {
var formattedDate = Highcharts.dateFormat('%d %b %Y <br/> %H:%M:%S %P', new Date(this.x));
const header = `<span style="font-size: 8px">${formattedDate}</span><br/>`;
let body = this.points.reduce((body, p) => body + `<small><font color="${p.series.color}"><strong>${p.series.name}</strong></font>: <strong>${p.y}</strong></small><br/>`, '');
return header + body;
},
shared: true,
valueDecimals: 2,
//followPointer: true,
shadow: false,
borderWidth: 0,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)'
},
series: [{
name: 'CDT158',
data: [
[1493326164493, 87.54],
[1493326174018, 97.09],
[1493326188245, 100.46],
[1493326238635, 103.47],
[1493326284930, 106.12]
]
},{
name: 'CDEP158',
data: [
[1493326165993, 94.34],
[1493326174772, 88.87],
[1493326188895, 98.25],
[1493326272411, 96.48],
[1493326299520, 100.13]
]
}]
});
I'm pretty sure that this can be achieved through Highcharts but, my limited knowledge and experience in Highchart stops me to figure it out.
I have posted a sample fiddle that illustrate the above scenario.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

HIghcharts Heatmap Overload with Too Much Data?

$(function() {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'heatmap',
marginTop: 40,
marginBottom: 80,
plotBorderWidth: 0.5
},
title: {
text: 'Number'
},
xAxis: {
categories: [ .......... ]
},
yAxis: {
categories: [ .......... ],
title: null
},
colorAxis: {
min: 0,
minColor: '#FFFFFF',
maxColor: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[0]
},
legend: {
align: 'right',
layout: 'vertical',
margin: 0,
verticalAlign: 'top',
y: 25,
symbolHeight: 280
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return '' +
this.series.xAxis.categories[this.point.x] +
'<br>' +
this.series.yAxis.categories[this.point.y] +
'<br>' + this.point.value;
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Sales per employee',
borderWidth: 1,
data: [ .......... ],
http://jsfiddle.net/Slate_Shannon/0mvgmhLb/6/
This is a heatmap chart. The chart looks okay as-is, but should have more data. However, if I add any additional data, the chart breaks.
Note that a large part of the data is commented out. This starts with the data that begins with
[50,0,null],
[50,1,8380],
[50,2,37430],
(note that I removed the axis labels and the data in the code shown above.)
If you change the position of the beginning of the comment tag to so that the "50" data gets charted, then the chart fails.
Is this just too much data, or is there a way to create a heatmap that needs to be approx 20 x 90 cells?

Set turboThreshold to 0, from the Highcharts API:
When a series contains a data array that is longer than this, only one dimensional arrays of numbers, or two dimensional arrays with x and y values are allowed. Also, only the first point is tested, and the rest are assumed to be the same format. This saves expensive data checking and indexing in long series. Set it to 0 disable. Defaults to 1000.
http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/plotOptions.heatmap.turboThreshold
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/0mvgmhLb/7/
series: [{
name: 'Sales per employee',
borderWidth: 1,
turboThreshold: 0,
...

Try loading the Highcharts Boost module.
The boost.js module is a module to allow quick loading of hundred
thousands of data points in Highcharts.
Instead of relying solely on SVG to display the graph, this module does the following to boost performance:
... drawing the graph on a canvas, then copying over the contents to
an image tag inside the SVG, using a data URL.
Link to official blog post.
Just load the module after highcharts.js (lib/modules/boost.js).

This can be solved by providing the colorAxis with a min and max value. Highcharts has issues with calculating the max value with extremely large data sets.

Highcharts X-Axis New Values

I am using highcharts to draw a column chart as following:
var chart;
var count = 0;
$(function () {
$(document).ready(function() {
chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'graph',
type: 'column',
margin: [ 50, 50, 100, 80]
},
title: {
text: 'Random Data'
},
xAxis: {
categories: [
'T1',
'T2'
],
startOnTick: true,
endOnTick: true,
labels: {
rotation: -45,
align: 'right',
style: {
fontSize: '13px',
fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
}
}
},
yAxis: {
min: 0,
title: {
text: 'Y-Axis'
}
},
legend: {
enabled: false
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return '<b>'+ this.x +'</b><br/>'+
'Tip is: '+ Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y, 1);
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Population',
data: [34.4, 21.8],
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
rotation: -90,
color: '#FFFFFF',
align: 'right',
x: 4,
y: 10,
style: {
fontSize: '13px',
fontFamily: 'Verdana, sans-serif'
}
}
}]
});
});
});
I added the following function in order to add new points to the chart
function addPoints(name,acc)
{
var series = chart.series[0];
series.addPoint(acc, false, true);
categories = chart.xAxis[0].categories;
categories.push(name+count);
count++;
chart.xAxis[0].setCategories(categories, false);
chart.redraw();
}
The problem is that everytime I add a new point, one column shifts out of the chart. I would like to keep all columns in the chart view, so when I add a new point the chart just zooms out.
Check it on JSFiddle
Thanks in Advance ....

addPoint (Object options, [Boolean redraw], [Boolean shift], [Mixed animation])
Add a point to the series after render time.
Parameters
options: Number|Array|Object
The point options. If options isa single number, a point with that y value is appended to the series.If it is an array, it will be interpreted as x and y values respectively, or inthe case of OHLC or candlestick, as [x, open, high, low, close]. If it is an object, advanced options as outlined under series.data are applied.
redraw: Boolean
Defaults to true. Whether to redraw the chart after the point is added. When adding more thanone point, it is highly recommended that the redraw option beset to false, and instead chart.redraw() is explicitly calledafter the adding of points is finished.
shift: Boolean
Defaults to false. When shift is true, one point is shifted off the start of the series as one is appended to the end. Use this option for live charts monitoring a value over time.
animation: Mixed
Defaults to true. When true, the graph will be animated with default animationoptions. The animation can also be a configuration object with properties durationand easing.
series.addPoint(acc, false, true);
/\ here's the problem, it should be false
Reference
http://api.highcharts.com/highstock#Series
Updated demo