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How to plot a single value with line in line chart graph using charts.js?

I need to plot a single value in line chart. Currently i am using charts.JS library for line graph purpose.
The data will be varied some times i'll get the single data inside the data set at that time i need to plot the single value with line in the line chart.
I tried with the charts.js annotation plugin but it wasn't met my requirements. which is like it wis overlapping the plotted point in the graph area.
CODE WHICH I HAD TRIED
createLineChart() {
this.lineChart = new Chart(this.lineCanvas.nativeElement, {
type: "line",
data: {
labels:[],
datasets: [
{
fill: false,
backgroundColor: "#0168FF",
borderColor: "#0168FF",
pointBackgroundColor: "white", // wite point fill
pointBorderWidth: 1, // point border width
lineTension: 0,
pointBorderColor: "blue",
pointRadius: 4,
},
],
},
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [
{
ticks: {
padding: 20,
beginAtZero: true,
min: 0,
stepSize: 100,
},
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false,
},
},
],
xAxes: [
{
// offset: true,
ticks: {
display: false,
//beginAtZero: true,
min: 0,
},
gridLines: {
zeroLineColor: "transparent",
drawBorder: false,
display: false,
},
//offset:true,
},
],
legend: {
display: false,
},
tooltips: {
enabled: false,
},
},
drawTime: "afterDraw", // (default)
} as ChartOptions,
// plugins: [ChartAnnotation]
},
});
}
To generate dynamic data and plot in the graph area.
generateRandomDataSet(size) {
let yaxisArr = [];
let xaxisArr = [];
let random_data:any = this.getRandomData(size)
let maxYTickVal = Math.max.apply(Math, random_data.map((val) => {return val.yaxis}));
let maxVal = Math.ceil((maxYTickVal+1) / 10) * 10
for(let data of random_data) {
yaxisArr.push(data.yaxis)
xaxisArr.push(data.xaxis)
}
console.log("X-Axis array values : "+xaxisArr)
console.log("Y-Axis array values : "+yaxisArr)
this.lineChart.data.datasets[0].data = yaxisArr
this.lineChart.config.data.labels = []
this.lineChart.config.data.labels = xaxisArr
this.lineChart.config.options.scales.yAxes[0].ticks.max =maxVal
this.lineChart.config.options.scales.yAxes[0].ticks.stepSize = maxVal/2
this.lineChart.update()
}
getRandomData(arraySize) {
let data = []
for(var i=1; i<=arraySize; i++) {
let number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 200) + 1
data.push({'xaxis':i,'yaxis':number})
}
return data
}
with the above code i am getting like
what i need to have

You can define an animation.onComplete function as follows to draw the line in case a single data value is present.
animation: {
onComplete: e => {
var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
var data = chart.config.data.datasets[0].data;
if (data[0] == null) {
var xAxis = chart.scales['x-axis-0'];
var yAxis = chart.scales['y-axis-0'];
var y = yAxis.getPixelForValue(data[1]);
ctx.save();
ctx.globalCompositeOperation='destination-over';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue'
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xAxis.left, y);
ctx.lineTo(xAxis.right, y);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
}
},
This function expects the data array to be of format [null, <value>, null] in case a single value is present, otherwise it will be hard to horizontally center the data point (see this answer). It's up to you to change the generateRandomDataSet() function in a way that it provides such data.
Please have a look at your changed code below.
const chart = new Chart('line-chart', {
type: "line",
data: {
labels: ['', 'A', ''],
datasets: [{
data: [null, 120, null],
fill: false,
backgroundColor: "#0168FF",
borderColor: "#0168FF",
pointBackgroundColor: "white",
pointBorderWidth: 1,
lineTension: 0,
pointBorderColor: "blue",
pointRadius: 4,
}],
},
options: {
legend: {
display: false
},
tooltips: {
enabled: false
},
animation: {
onComplete: e => {
var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
var data = chart.config.data.datasets[0].data;
if (data[0] == null) {
var xAxis = chart.scales['x-axis-0'];
var yAxis = chart.scales['y-axis-0'];
var y = yAxis.getPixelForValue(data[1]);
ctx.save();
ctx.globalCompositeOperation='destination-over';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue'
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(xAxis.left, y);
ctx.lineTo(xAxis.right, y);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.restore();
}
}
},
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
padding: 20,
min: 0,
stepSize: 100
},
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
display: false
},
gridLines: {
zeroLineColor: "transparent",
drawBorder: false,
display: false
}
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="line-chart" height="80"></canvas>

Chart displaying values outside the min and max ranges (Chart.js)

When I set a min and max value for my chart it still displays all the MIN values squished up to the left of my graph, but the max values disappear as they should.
HTML
<div id="graph">
<canvas id="line-chart" width="400" height="225"></canvas>
</div>
<button id="12hours">12 Hours</button>
<button id="24hours">24 Hours</button>
JS
function displayGraph(object)
{
timestamp = getDataForGraph(object, 'timestamp');
temp1 = getDataForGraph(object, 'temp1');
temp2 = getDataForGraph(object, 'temp2');
temp3 = getDataForGraph(object, 'temp3');
var mychart = new Chart(document.getElementById("line-chart"), {
type: 'line',
data: {
labels: timestamp,
datasets: [{
data: temp1,
label: "Temp 1",
borderColor: "#ff0000",
fill: false
}, {
data: temp2,
label: "Temp 2",
borderColor: "#3bff00",
fill: false
}, {
data: temp3,
label: "Temp 3",
borderColor: "#00edff",
fill: false
}
]
},
options: {responsive: true,
maintainAspectRatio: false,
scales: {
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
fontSize: 5
},
type: 'time',
time: {
unit: 'hour',
displayFormats: {
hour: 'HH:mm:ss'
}
}
}],
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
fontSize: 5
}
}]
}
}
});
$('#12hours').off().on('click', function () {
mychart.options.scales.xAxes[0].time.min = '2018-10-29 08:00:00';
mychart.options.scales.xAxes[0].time.max = '2018-10-29 20:00:00';
mychart.update();
});
$('#24hours').off().on('click', function () {
mychart.options.scales.xAxes[0].time.min = '2018-10-29 00:00:00';
mychart.options.scales.xAxes[0].time.max = '2018-10-29 23:59:59';
mychart.update();
});
}
Current output when using min and max values.
would like to get rid of all the values before 08:00 that are showing up on the left hand side of the axes.
What it looks like when max and min are placed
What it looks like with no max or min placed

Add Data Labels onto a bubble chart on chart.js

I have used a Bubble Chart on Chart.js to create sliders to show comparable performance and they currently look a bit like this:
What am I trying to do
I want to add data labels just above / in my 'bubbles' with my values in. Much like the '10' you can see on each bubble here.
What have I done to achieve this
This is not standard Chart.js functionality but I found this post which was discussing a similar issue for bar / line charts.
I've installed the plugin that post suggested but the data label it shows is for the radius of the bubble and I want to it to be the x-axis of the bubble.
I've also tried to use the code from some of the answers on that post, but with absolutely no luck.
My Code
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.7.0/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chartjs-plugin-datalabels"></script>
<div class="container" >
<h2>Chart.js — Line Chart Demo</h2>
<div>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
ctx.height = 1000;
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'Your Data',
data: [
{x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"}
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(153,255,51,0.6)"
},
{
label: 'Average',
data: [
{x: 100.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"} // The labe needs to be X. not R.
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,128,0.6)"
}
]
},
options: {
maintainAspectRatio: false,
scales: {
yAxes: [{
id: 'first-y-axis',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
min: 0,
max: 1,
stepSize: 1,
display: false
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
min: 50, // Controls where axis starts
max: 120 // Controls where axis finishes
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
lineWidth: 3 // Width of bottom line
}
}]
}
}
});
</script>
Thanks in advance

I've managed to find the answer to this question, basically by taking apart the bubble chart example from the chartjs-plugin-datalabels plugin.
Below is a working example. Pay attention to the section in options that says 'plugin'.
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.7.0/Chart.bundle.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chartjs-plugin-datalabels"></script>
<div class="container" >
<h2>Chart.js — Line Chart Demo</h2>
<div>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart').getContext('2d');
ctx.height = 1000;
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bubble',
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'Your Data',
data: [
{x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"}
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(153,255,51,0.6)"
},
{
label: 'Average',
data: [
{x: 100.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance"} // The labe needs to be
],
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,128,0.6)"
}
]
},
options: {
plugins: { // Look at this bit
datalabels: {
anchor: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? 'end' : 'center';
},
align: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? 'end' : 'center';
},
color: function(context) {
var value = context.dataset.data[context.dataIndex];
return value.x < 50 ? context.dataset.backgroundColor : 'white';
},
font: {
weight: 'bold'
},
formatter: function(value) {
return Math.round(value.x);
},
offset: 2,
padding: 0
}
},
maintainAspectRatio: false,
scales: {
yAxes: [{
id: 'first-y-axis',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
min: 0,
max: 1,
stepSize: 1,
display: false
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawBorder: false
}
}],
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
min: 50, // Controls where axis starts
max: 120 // Controls where axis finishes
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
lineWidth: 3 // Width of bottom line
}
}]
}
}
});
</script>

If all you want to do is changing the label, there is an easier solution. From the docs of chartjs-plugin-datalabels:
Data values are converted to string ('' + value). If value is an object, the following rules apply first:
value = value.label if defined and not null
else value = value.r if defined and not null
else value = 'key[0]: value[key[0]], key[1]: value[key[1]], ...'
Therefore, it is sufficient to specify a label in your data points:
data: [{ x: 78.7, y: 0, r: 10, name: "Performance", label: `${Math.round(x)}` }],

ChartJS, Primeng, Gap first and end of line chart

I am using primeng chart component which uses chartjs. We are using chartjs 2.5.0 alongside primeng 4.0 and angular 4.
I created a dynamic chart and I put the data into chart after it came to us through some services. The problem is, after a while chartjs will put a gap at first and end of the chart.
Here is our options for chartjs:
this.options = {
responsive: true,
tooltips: {
mode: 'index',
intersect: false, // all points in chart to show tooltip
callbacks: { // adding labels as title in tooltip
title: function(tooltipItems, data) {
let date = tooltipItems[0].xLabel;
return me._rhDatePipe.transform(date, 'time');
}
}
},
hover : {
mode: 'index',
intersect: false
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'time',
display: false, // preventing labels from being displayed
max: 20
}],
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
maxTicksLimit: 3
}
}]
}
}
and here is our first data settings:
this.data = {
labels: this.labels, // current time as label
datasets: [
{
label: me._messageService.translate('chart-label-buy'),
data: this.buyingData,
fill: false,
borderColor: "#2453db",
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 1.5,
radius: 0 // removing dot points on chart
},
{
label: me._messageService.translate('chart-label-sale'),
data: this.sellingData,
fill: false,
borderColor: "#f44336",
borderWidth: 1.5,
lineTension: 0,
radius: 0 // removing dot points on chart
},
{
label: me._messageService.translate('chart-label-last-trade'),
data: this.lastPriceData,
fill: false,
borderColor: "#000000",
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 1.5,
radius: 0 // removing dot points on chart
}
]
}
and here is the loop which will update the chart:
if(sortedKeysList != null) {
for(let key in sortedKeysList) {
let currentTime: number = sortedKeysList[key];
// just add new points
if(!this.currentTimes.includes(currentTime)) {
let date = new Date(currentTime);
this.labels.push(date);
this.currentTimes.push(currentTime);
this.buyingData.push(this.bestLimitsChart[currentTime].buy);
this.sellingData.push(this.bestLimitsChart[currentTime].sale);
if(this.bestLimitsChart[currentTime].price != 0)
this.lastPriceData.push(this.bestLimitsChart[currentTime].price);
else
this.lastPriceData.push(null);
this.updateChart();
}
}
}
and the picture of chart:
I do not know what is going on. Any helps will greatly appreciated.

I finally found the problem,
for other people facing this issue, you can add unit to your axis:
xAxes: [{
type: 'time',
time: {
displayFormats: {
minute: 'h:mm', // formatting data in labels
},
unit: 'minute' // destroy first and end gaps
},
display: false, // preventing labels from being displayed
}],
similar issue on github:
https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/issues/2277#issuecomment-314662961

Chart.js stacked and grouped horizontalBar chart

I've been trying to display somewhat complex data on my webpage and chose chart.js to do so.
Therefor I need to group multiple stacked bars horizontally.
I already found this fiddle for "normal" bars but couldn't quite change it to work with horizontalBar yet.
Stackoverflow question: Chart.js stacked and grouped bar chart
The original Fiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/2xjwoLq0/) has
Chart.defaults.groupableBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.bar);
And I just replaced the .bar everywhere in the code with .horizontalBar (well knowing that this won't make the cut).
Chart.defaults.groupableBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.horizontalBar);
Since that didn't quite work, I tried adding the second stacked modifier as suggested for horizontal bars here:
Horizontal stacked bar chart with chart.js and flipped the functions for X and Y calculation (calculateBarY/calculateBarX)
Which quite work either because the stacks won't get merged onto each other correctly.
http://jsfiddle.net/2xjwoLq0/3/
I would appreciate if anyone could help me out on this one.

Looking for something similar, I took a look on example you gave, and decide to write something.
Rather than trying to fix the code or reusing the 'groupableBar', I get Chart.js code from Chart.controllers.horizontalBar and rewrite some part in functions calculateBarY, calculateBarHeight.
Just reused the getBarCount function from your example.
Chart.defaults.groupableHBar = Chart.helpers.clone(Chart.defaults.horizontalBar);
Chart.controllers.groupableHBar = Chart.controllers.horizontalBar.extend({
calculateBarY: function(index, datasetIndex, ruler) {
var me = this;
var meta = me.getMeta();
var yScale = me.getScaleForId(meta.yAxisID);
var barIndex = me.getBarIndex(datasetIndex);
var topTick = yScale.getPixelForValue(null, index, datasetIndex, me.chart.isCombo);
topTick -= me.chart.isCombo ? (ruler.tickHeight / 2) : 0;
var stackIndex = this.getMeta().stackIndex;
if (yScale.options.stacked) {
if(ruler.datasetCount>1) {
var spBar=ruler.categorySpacing/ruler.datasetCount;
var h=me.calculateBarHeight(ruler);
return topTick + (((ruler.categoryHeight - h) / 2)+ruler.categorySpacing-spBar/2)+(h+spBar)*stackIndex;
}
return topTick + (ruler.categoryHeight / 2) + ruler.categorySpacing;
}
return topTick +
(ruler.barHeight / 2) +
ruler.categorySpacing +
(ruler.barHeight * barIndex) +
(ruler.barSpacing / 2) +
(ruler.barSpacing * barIndex);
},
calculateBarHeight: function(ruler) {
var returned=0;
var me = this;
var yScale = me.getScaleForId(me.getMeta().yAxisID);
if (yScale.options.barThickness) {
returned = yScale.options.barThickness;
}
else {
returned= yScale.options.stacked ? ruler.categoryHeight : ruler.barHeight;
}
if(ruler.datasetCount>1) {
returned=returned/ruler.datasetCount;
}
return returned;
},
getBarCount: function () {
var stacks = [];
// put the stack index in the dataset meta
Chart.helpers.each(this.chart.data.datasets, function (dataset, datasetIndex) {
var meta = this.chart.getDatasetMeta(datasetIndex);
if (meta.bar && this.chart.isDatasetVisible(datasetIndex)) {
var stackIndex = stacks.indexOf(dataset.stack);
if (stackIndex === -1) {
stackIndex = stacks.length;
stacks.push(dataset.stack);
}
meta.stackIndex = stackIndex;
}
}, this);
this.getMeta().stacks = stacks;
return stacks.length;
}
});
var data = {
labels: ["January", "February", "March"],
datasets: [
{
label: "Dogs",
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,0,0,0.2)",
data: [20, 10, 25],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: "Cats",
backgroundColor: "rgba(255,255,0,0.2)",
data: [70, 85, 65],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: "Birds",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,255,255,0.2)",
data: [10, 5, 10],
stack: 1,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-0',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-)",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,255,0,0.2)",
data: [20, 10, 30],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-|",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,255,0.2)",
data: [40, 50, 20],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
{
label: ":-(",
backgroundColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.2)",
data: [60, 20, 20],
stack: 2,
xAxisID: 'x-axis-1',
yAxisID: 'y-axis-0'
},
]
};
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'groupableHBar',
data: data,
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
stacked: true,
type: 'category',
id: 'y-axis-0'
}],
xAxes: [{
stacked: true,
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true
},
gridLines: {
display: false,
drawTicks: true,
},
id: 'x-axis-0'
},
{
stacked: true,
position: 'top',
type: 'linear',
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true
},
id: 'x-axis-1',
gridLines: {
display: true,
drawTicks: true,
},
display: false
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.4.0/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
Also put example on jsfiddle here: https://jsfiddle.net/b7gnron7/4/
Code is not strongly tested, you might found some bugs especially if you try to display only one stacked group (use horizontalBar instead in this case).
Your post is a little bit old... not sure that you still need a solution, but it could be useful for others ^_^