Create a chart in jQuery

FusionTime is a JavaScript charting library that helps you visualize, and explore time-series data. In FusionTime, you get lots of out-of-the-box interactivity, like, time navigator, date range selectors, tooltips with crosslines, interactive legend and more features which enhances the experience of exploring and understanding time series data.

We have built a simple jquery-fusioncharts plugin which provides bindings for FusionTime. The jquery-fusioncharts plugin allows you to easily add interactive time-series charts to any jQuery project.

In this page, we'll see how to install FusionTime and render an interactive time-series chart using the jquery-fusioncharts plugin.

Installation

Since FusionTime is distributed along with FusionCharts Suite, download/install the FusionCharts v13.3.3-sr.1 to get access to FusionTime. To install follow the steps below:

NPM
CDN
Local Files

To install fusiontime and the jquery-fusioncharts module via npm follow the steps below:

1. Install the jquery-fusioncharts module.


$ npm install jquery-fusioncharts --save

2. Install fusioncharts package


$ npm install fusioncharts --save

To install fusiontime and the jquery-fusioncharts module follow the steps below:

Include the jquery core library.
Include the jquery-fusioncharts module.
Include the FusionCharts JavaScript files from CDN.
Include the fusiontime file to render time-series charts.


<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/fusioncharts.timeseries.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://rawgit.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts-jquery-plugin/develop/dist/fusioncharts.jqueryplugin.min.js"></script>
</head>

To install fusiontime and the jquery-fusioncharts component follow the steps below:

Include the jQuery core library.
Include the jquery-fusioncharts module.
Include the FusionCharts JavaScript files locally.
Include the fusiontime file to render time-series charts.

The consolidated code is shown below:


<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.timeseries.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.jqueryplugin.min.js"></script>
</head>

Create your First Chart

Let's create a time-series chart using jquery-fusioncharts component showing Daily sales of a grocery store.

The chart will look as shown below:

Loading data for chart…

The data for the above chart is too big to be displayed here. The table below shows the sample data of the above chart:

Time	Sales
1/4/2011	16.448
1/5/2011	272.736
1/5/2011	11.784
1/5/2011	3.54
1/6/2011	19.536
1/7/2011	2573.82
1/7/2011	609.98

FusionTime accepts a DataTable as it's data source. DataTable is the tabular representation of data. To create the DataTable, you need to provide the following:

schema - which defines the properties of the columns.
data - values of each row and column of the DataTable.

For an instance of FusionTime, you can create n number of DataTables, but only 1 DataStore.

Now, let's learn how to prepare the schema and the data of the DataTable.

Create the `schema`

The schema outlines each column represented in the above table. The schema contains an array which has multiple objects created in it. Each object represents a column of the above table.

name and type are mandatory keys for each object. If the object type is time then format is also a mandatory key.

To define the schema, let's create a schema.json file and copy the following code:

It is not mandatory to create the schema in a different .json file. You can also define the schema within the .html file.

[{
    "name": "Time",
    "type": "date",
    "format": "%-m/%-d/%Y"
}, {
    "name": "Sales",
    "type": "number"
}]

In the above code:

schema is the variable in which the array is stored.
Each object of a schema maps to a column of the tabular representation of the data.
The JSON object has the following attributes:
- name - Specify the name of the column of the tabular representation of data
- type - Specify the type of the column.
- format - Specify the input format of the date as per your data. In this example, the format is %-m/%-d/%Y. To know more on date formats click here.

Now that we have the schema ready, let's work on the data.

Create `data`

Data can be provided either in JSON format or 2D array format. We will use the 2D array format.

Data for the above chart is too big to be shown here. A sample of it has been used in the data object defined below:

var data = [
    [
        "1/4/2011",
        16.448
    ],
    [
        "1/5/2011",
        272.736
    ],
    [
        "1/5/2011",
        11.784
    ],
    [
        "1/5/2011",
        3.54
    ],
    [
        "1/6/2011",
        19.536
    ],
    [
        "1/7/2011",
        2573.82
    ],
]

Create a new data.json file, and copy the above code there. Next, copy the entire data and replace it with the content of the data object in your 'data.json' file.

It is not mandatory to create a data.json file. You can also do the same in your HTML file.

In the above code:

data is the variable in which the data array is stored.
Each object in the data array corresponds to a row in the tabular representation of the data.
Each element in an object is represented by each object of the schema. The values in each object of the array represent the following:
- Time according to the format
- Total Sales amount

We are all set with our data to create the chart.

By default, FusionTime applies the average function to aggregate the data and display on the chart. You can change the aggregate function from average to any other numeric calculation. To know more click here.

Now, let's create the files to render the above chart.

Render the chart

To render the chart, create a .js file and copy the following code:

NPM
CDN
Local Files


const $ = require('jquery');
const TimeSeries = require('fusioncharts/fusioncharts.timeseries');
const FusionCharts = require('fusioncharts');
const jQueryFusionCharts = require('jquery-fusioncharts');

TimeSeries(FusionCharts); // Resolve TimeSeries as dependency for FusionCharts.
jQueryFusionCharts(FusionCharts); // Resolve FusionCharts as dependency for jqueryFusionCharts.

var jsonify = res => res.json();
var dataFetch = fetch(
  'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/data/line-chart-with-time-axis-data.json'
).then(jsonify);
var schemaFetch = fetch(
  'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/schema/line-chart-with-time-axis-schema.json'
).then(jsonify);

Promise.all([dataFetch, schemaFetch]).then(res => {
  const data = res[0];
  const schema = res[1];
  // First we are creating a DataStore
  const fusionDataStore = new FusionCharts.DataStore();
  // After that we are creating a DataTable by passing our data and schema as arguments
  const fusionTable = fusionDataStore.createDataTable(data, schema);

  $('document').ready(function() {
    $('#chart-container').insertFusionCharts({
      type: 'timeseries',
      width: '600',
      height: '400',
      dataFormat: 'json',
      dataSource: {
        data: fusionTable,
        caption: {
          text: 'Sales Analysis'
        },
        subcaption: {
          text: 'Grocery'
        },
        yAxis: [
          {
            plot: {
              value: 'Grocery Sales Value',
              type: 'line'
            },
            format: {
              prefix: '$'
            },
            title: 'Sale Value'
          }
        ]
      }
    });
  });
});

Use a bundler browserify, to bundle the script. Click here to know more.


$ browserify script.js -o bundle.js


var jsonify = res => res.json();
var dataFetch = fetch(
    'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/data/line-chart-with-time-axis-data.json'
).then(jsonify);
var schemaFetch = fetch(
    'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/schema/line-chart-with-time-axis-schema.json'
).then(jsonify);

Promise.all([dataFetch, schemaFetch]).then(res => {
    const data = res[0];
    const schema = res[1];
    // First we are creating a DataStore
    const fusionDataStore = new FusionCharts.DataStore();
    // After that we are creating a DataTable by passing our data and schema as arguments
    const fusionTable = fusionDataStore.createDataTable(data, schema);

    $('document').ready(function() {
        $('#chart-container').insertFusionCharts({
            type: 'timeseries',
            width: '600',
            height: '400',
            dataFormat: 'json',
            dataSource: {
                data: fusionTable,
                caption: {
                    text: 'Sales Analysis'
                },
                subcaption: {
                    text: 'Grocery'
                },
                yAxis: [{
                    plot: {
                        value: 'Grocery Sales Value',
                        type: 'line'
                    },
                    format: {
                        prefix: '$'
                    },
                    title: 'Sale Value'
                }]
            }
        });
    });
});


var jsonify = res => res.json();
var dataFetch = fetch(
    'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/data/line-chart-with-time-axis-data.json'
).then(jsonify);
var schemaFetch = fetch(
    'https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/fusion.store/ft/schema/line-chart-with-time-axis-schema.json'
).then(jsonify);

Promise.all([dataFetch, schemaFetch]).then(res => {
    const data = res[0];
    const schema = res[1];
    // First we are creating a DataStore
    const fusionDataStore = new FusionCharts.DataStore();
    // After that we are creating a DataTable by passing our data and schema as arguments
    const fusionTable = fusionDataStore.createDataTable(data, schema);

    $('document').ready(function() {
        $('#chart-container').insertFusionCharts({
            type: 'timeseries',
            width: '700',
            height: '400',
            dataFormat: 'json',
            dataSource: {
                data: fusionTable,
                caption: {
                    text: 'Sales Analysis'
                },
                subcaption: {
                    text: 'Grocery'
                },
                yAxis: [{
                    plot: {
                        value: 'Grocery Sales Value',
                        type: 'line'
                    },
                    format: {
                        prefix: '$'
                    },
                    title: 'Sale Value'
                }]
            }
        });
    });
});

In the above code:

A DataStore is created by declaring a new constant fusionDataStore.
Define the chart configuration in the FusionCharts constructor:
- Set the type as timeseries.
- Set the chart container as container using the renderAt property.
- Set the width and height (in pixels).
- Set the name of the DataTable as the value of the data property of dataSource.
- Set the data to create the chart.
- Specify the caption of the chart using text attribute in the caption object.

Also, include the following code in your .html file:

NPM
CDN
Local Files


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    <title>Jquery FusionTime</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart-container">FusionCharts will render here...</div>
    <script src="./bundle.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery FusionCharts Plugin Sample</title>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://unpkg.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/fusioncharts.timeseries.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://rawgit.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts-jquery-plugin/develop/dist/fusioncharts.jqueryplugin.min.js"
    ></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart-container">FusionCharts will render here...</div>

    <script src="./index.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jQuery FusionCharts Plugin Sample</title>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://unpkg.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/fusioncharts.timeseries.js"
    ></script>
    <script
      type="text/javascript"
      src="https://rawgit.com/fusioncharts/fusioncharts-jquery-plugin/develop/dist/fusioncharts.jqueryplugin.min.js"
    ></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="chart-container">FusionCharts will render here...</div>

    <script src="./index.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

That's it! Your first chart in jQuery using FusionTime is ready.

Create a chart in jQuery

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