Special Events using Plain JS

FusionCharts Suite XT API offers a wide range of events that you can use to trigger actions for different stages in the life cycle of a chart or when you interact with a chart. For example, events can be used to trigger action(s) when a chart renders successfully, when data completes loading, when a data plot is clicked, when the mouse pointer is hovered over a data plot, and so on.

This article focuses on how you can dynamically drag the column and see modified value as text.

A drag-able column chart is shown below:

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{ "chart": { "caption": "Android and iOS Devices Sales Projections", "subCaption": "Drag the top of columns to adjust projections for 2017 & 2018", "numberPrefix": "$", "numberSuffix": "M", "yaxismaxvalue": "200", "theme": "fusion", "plotToolText": "$label
$seriesName: $dataValue" }, "categories": [ { "category": [ { "label": "2014", "fontItalic": "0" }, { "label": "2015", "fontItalic": "0" }, { "label": "2016", "fontItalic": "0" }, { "label": "2017 (Projected)" }, { "label": "2018 (Projected)" } ] } ], "dataset": [ { "seriesname": "Android Devices", "data": [ { "value": "73", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "80", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "97", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "110", "toolText": "$label
$seriesName: $dataValue" }, { "value": "180", "toolText": "$label
$seriesName: $dataValue" } ] }, { "seriesname": "iOS Devices", "data": [ { "value": "63.2", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "68", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "82", "alpha": "100", "allowDrag": "0" }, { "value": "99", "toolText": "$label
$seriesName: $dataValue" }, { "value": "150", "toolText": "$label
$seriesName: $dataValue" } ] } ] } 
{
    "chart": {
        "caption": "Android and iOS Devices Sales Projections",
        "subCaption": "Drag the top of columns to adjust projections for 2017 & 2018",
        "numberPrefix": "$",
        "numberSuffix": "M",
        "yaxismaxvalue": "200",
        "theme": "fusion",
        "plotToolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
    },
    "categories": [
        {
            "category": [
                {
                    "label": "2014",
                    "fontItalic": "0"
                },
                {
                    "label": "2015",
                    "fontItalic": "0"
                },
                {
                    "label": "2016",
                    "fontItalic": "0"
                },
                {
                    "label": "2017 (Projected)"
                },
                {
                    "label": "2018 (Projected)"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "dataset": [
        {
            "seriesname": "Android Devices",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "73",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "80",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "97",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "110",
                    "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
                },
                {
                    "value": "180",
                    "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "seriesname": "iOS Devices",
            "data": [
                {
                    "value": "63.2",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "68",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "82",
                    "alpha": "100",
                    "allowDrag": "0"
                },
                {
                    "value": "99",
                    "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
                },
                {
                    "value": "150",
                    "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The full code of the above sample is given below:

import FusionCharts from 'fusioncharts';
import Charts from 'fusioncharts/fusioncharts.charts';
import FusionTheme from 'fusioncharts/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion';

// Add the chart and theme as dependency
FusionCharts.addDep(Charts);
FusionCharts.addDep(FusionTheme);

// Create an Instance with chart options
var chartInstance = new FusionCharts({
    type: 'dragcolumn2d',
    height: '400',
    width: '700',
    dataFormat: 'json',
    renderAt: 'chart-container',
    dataSource: {
        "chart": {
            "caption": "Android and iOS Devices Sales Projections",
            "subCaption": "Drag the top of columns to adjust projections for 2017 & 2018",
            "numberPrefix": "$",
            "numberSuffix": "M",
            "yaxismaxvalue": "200",
            "theme": "fusion",
            "plotToolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
        },
        "categories": [{
            "category": [{
                "label": "2014",
                "fontItalic": "0"
            }, {
                "label": "2015",
                "fontItalic": "0"
            }, {
                "label": "2016",
                "fontItalic": "0"
            }, {
                "label": "2017 (Projected)"
            }, {
                "label": "2018 (Projected)"
            }]
        }],
        "dataset": [{
            "seriesname": "Android Devices",
            "data": [{
                "value": "73",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "80",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "97",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "110",
                "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
            }, {
                "value": "180",
                "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
            }]
        }, {
            "seriesname": "iOS Devices",
            "data": [{
                "value": "63.2",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "68",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "82",
                "alpha": "100",
                "allowDrag": "0"
            }, {
                "value": "99",
                "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
            }, {
                "value": "150",
                "toolText": "<b>$label</b><br>$seriesName: <b>$dataValue</b>"
            }]
        }]
    },
    "events": {
        "beforeRender": function(e, d) {
            var message = "Drag any column for years 2017 or 2018 to see updated value along with the label";
            var customDiv = document.createElement('p');
            customDiv.innerText = message;
            customDiv.style.padding = "10px";
            customDiv.style.background = "rgb(245, 242, 240)";
            customDiv.style.textAlign = "center";
            customDiv.style.fontFamily = ""
            e.data.container.appendChild(customDiv);

            e.sender.addEventListener("dataplotdragend", function(event, args) {
                var prev = FusionCharts.formatNumber(args.startValue.toFixed(2));
                var curr = FusionCharts.formatNumber(args.endValue.toFixed(2));
                var label = event.sender.args.dataSource.categories[0].category[args.dataIndex].label;
                var eventMessage = '<b>' + args.datasetName + '</b> dataset, its previous value was <b>' + prev + '</b> and its current value is <b>' + curr + '</b> for year ' +
                    '<b>' + label + '</b>';
                customDiv.innerHTML = eventMessage;
            });
        }
    }
});// Render
chartInstance.render();

The above chart has been rendered using the following steps:

  1. Include the necessary libraries and components using import. For example, fusioncharts library, etc.

  2. Add the chart and theme as dependency.

  3. Store the chart configuration in a JSON object. In the JSON object:

    • Set the chart type as column2d. Find the complete list of chart types with their respective alias here .
    • Set the width and height of the chart in pixels.
    • Set the dataFormat as JSON.
    • Embed the json data as the value of dataSource.

  4. Set the message which gets displayed with the rendering of the chart.

  5. In the above sample:

    • Use an event listener for dataPlotDragEnd event.
    • Use the dragPlotDragEnd event to show a message with the dataset, initial value and final value of the dragged column.

  6. Create <div> element to display the message.

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