Creating Charts Using the FusionCharts VueJS Component
The following examples use the vue-fusioncharts component to create and configure charts in VueJS application.
This article talks about how you can:
Create a simple chart using the vue-fusioncharts component
To create charts, the vue-fusioncharts component can be passed as a part of another VueJs component.
Take a look at the column 2D chart shown below:
The chart data will be passed as shown below:
var myDataSource = {
chart: {
caption: "Harry's SuperMart",
subCaption: "Top 5 stores in last month by revenue",
numberPrefix: "$",
theme: "fint"
},
data: [{
label: "Bakersfield Central",
value: "880000"
}, {
label: "Garden Groove harbour",
value: "730000"
}, {
label: "Los Angeles Topanga",
value: "590000"
}, {
label: "Compton-Rancho Dom",
value: "520000"
}, {
label: "Daly City Serramonte",
value: "330000"
}]
}To render a chart by passing VueJS component, copy the following code:
Vue.use(VueFusionCharts);
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
type: 'column2d',
width: '600',
height: '400',
dataFormat: 'json',
dataSource: myDataSource
}
});The HTML template for the above sample is:
<div id="app">
<fusioncharts
:type="type"
:width="width"
:height="height"
:dataFormat="dataFormat"
:dataSource="dataSource">
</fusioncharts>
</div>Provide chart attributes using separate objects
An alternate way to create charts using the Vue-FusionCharts component is by creating separate objects for the chart, categories, and dataset configurations. Separate objects are useful when we want to create a chart using more than one dataset, which can be a multi-series or a combination chart.
Take a look at the combination chart shown below:
The code to render the above chart, is given below:
var myDataSource = {
"chart": {
"caption": "Actual Revenues, Targeted Revenues & Profits",
"subcaption": "Last year",
"xaxisname": "Month",
"yaxisname": "Amount (In USD)",
"numberprefix": "$",
"theme": "ocean"
},
"categories": [{
"category": [{
"label": "Jan"
},
{
"label": "Feb"
},
{
"label": "Mar"
},
{
"label": "Apr"
},
{
"label": "May"
},
{
"label": "Jun"
},
{
"label": "Jul"
},
{
"label": "Aug"
},
{
"label": "Sep"
},
{
"label": "Oct"
},
{
"label": "Nov"
},
{
"label": "Dec"
}
]
}],
"dataset": [{
"seriesname": "Actual Revenue",
"data": [{
"value": "16000"
},
{
"value": "20000"
},
{
"value": "18000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "15000"
},
{
"value": "21000"
},
{
"value": "16000"
},
{
"value": "20000"
},
{
"value": "17000"
},
{
"value": "25000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "23000"
}
]
},
{
"seriesname": "Projected Revenue",
"renderas": "line",
"showvalues": "0",
"data": [{
"value": "15000"
},
{
"value": "16000"
},
{
"value": "17000"
},
{
"value": "18000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "19000"
},
{
"value": "20000"
},
{
"value": "21000"
},
{
"value": "22000"
},
{
"value": "23000"
}
]
},
{
"seriesname": "Profit",
"renderas": "area",
"showvalues": "0",
"data": [{
"value": "4000"
},
{
"value": "5000"
},
{
"value": "3000"
},
{
"value": "4000"
},
{
"value": "1000"
},
{
"value": "7000"
},
{
"value": "1000"
},
{
"value": "4000"
},
{
"value": "1000"
},
{
"value": "8000"
},
{
"value": "2000"
},
{
"value": "7000"
}
]
}
]
}
Vue.use(VueFusionCharts);
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
type: 'mscombi2d',
width: 600,
height: 400,
dataFormat: 'json',
dataSource: myDataSource
}
});The HTML template for the above sample is:
<div id="app">
<fusioncharts
:type="type"
:width="width"
:height="height"
:dataFormat="dataFormat"
:dataSource="dataSource">
</fusioncharts>
</div>To know how a combination chart can be created using the conventional JSON code, click here .
Fetch chart data from an external file
The FusionCharts component can be used to fetch chart data stored in an external .json or .xml file. To do this, specify the relative path to the external source file in the HTML code for the chart.
The attributes used to specify the type and URL of the external file are:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
dataformat |
Specifies the type of data (JSON or XML) that will be fetched to render the chart. If JSON data is used, set this attribute to jsonurl. If XML data is used, set it to xmlurl. |
datasource |
Specifies the relative path of the source file, from which chart data will be fetched. |
The code to render a chart from an external .json file is given below:
Vue.use(VueFusionCharts);
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
type: 'mscombi2d',
width: 600,
height: 400,
dataFormat: 'jsonurl',
dataSource: 'data.json'
}
});The HTML template for the above sample is:
<div id="app">
<fusioncharts
:type="type"
:width="width"
:height="height"
:dataFormat="dataFormat"
:dataSource="dataSource">
</fusioncharts>
</div>