Plot Types

Plot refers to a line in a line chart, a column in a column chart, area in an area chart, etc.

FusionTime supports the following plot types:

• Line
• Column
• Area
• Spline
• Step Line
• Candlestick
• OHLC

By default, the chart renders with a line plot. However, you can specify the plot type in a chart, using the plotType property inside the yAxis object. Refer to the code below:

yaxis: {
    "plot": {
        "value": "Sales",
        "type": "column"  
    }
}COPY

In this article, we'll see different types of data plots to render a chart.

Line

Let’s create a time series chart using line as a data plot showcasing online sales of SuperStore in United States of America.

The time series chart is shown below:

To check out the detailed step to render the above chart, click here.

Column

To render a time series chart with column as data plot, set the value of type attribute to column.

The above time series chart, rendered with column plot is shown below:

Area

To render a time series chart with area as data plot, set the value of type attribute to area.

The above time series chart, rendered with area plot is shown below:

Spline

To render a time series chart with spline as data plot, set the value of type attribute to smooth-line.

Let's create a chart showcasing weather report. The time series chart looks like:

Step-line

To render a time series chart with step-line as data plot, set the value of type attribute to step-line.

Let's create a chart showcasing weather report. The time series chart looks like:

Candlestick

To render a time series chart with candlestick as data plot, set the value of type attribute to candlestick.

Let's create a chart showing Apple Inc. Stock Price. The time series chart looks like:

OHLC

To render a time series chart with ohlc as data plot, set the value of type attribute to ohlc.

Let's create a chart showing NASDAQ Composite Index. The time series chart looks like: