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React Charts: Area Series

Area series are line series with the area under the line filled, placing more emphasis on the magnitude of the change. Area series additionally support stacking to show the total value and the way individual values relate to the whole.

Single Area Series

To create a simple area chart we need to use series type 'area'. We also have to provide the xKey and at least one yKey. A minimal 'area' series config would therefore look like this:

series: [{
    type: 'area',
    xKey: 'year',
    yKey: 'ie',
}]

In the snippet above we are using 'ie' as the only yKey, to show market share of just this internet browser. Using this simple series config produces the following chart:

Even though area series support markers, they are turned off by default for this series type, as this stylisation is the most common.

To enable area markers, all we need to do is add this to the series config:

marker: {
    enabled: true
}

When markers are enabled, the tooltips will be shown on hover. In this case the values shown are percentage values, however there is no % suffix because the series don't know about the nature of the data (as it is designed to work with all kinds of data). So for the purposes of this example we additionally provide a tooltipRenderer to add the % suffix. After this change, the tooltips will change like so:

Default Area Tooltip
Before
-->
Custom Area Tooltip
After

The final result can be seen in the example below.

Showing labels on top of data points is also an option with the label config. Labels can be enabled independently of series markers. For example, to show bold labels on top of each data point (and in this case a marker) we would use the following config:

series: [{
    ...
    label: {
        enabled: true,
        fontWeight: 'bold'
    }
}]

The above config is used in the example below. Feel free to open it in Pluker and experiment with other label options.

Multiple Area Series

It is possible to use more than one 'area' series in a single chart. For example, if we want one series to show the magnitude of change in market share of Internet Explorer and the other series the change in market share of Chrome, we could use the following series config:

series: [
    {
        type: 'area',
        xKey: 'year',
        yKey: 'ie'
    },
    {
        type: 'area',
        xKey: 'year',
        yKey: 'chrome'
    }
]

Since multiple area series can overlap, it is a good idea to make the fill translucent, for example using fillOpacity: 0.7.

Note that in the example below we also:

  • Use yName to control the text that the legend displays
  • Enable markers
  • Define custom fill and stroke
  • Make the fill translucent using the fillOpacity config

Stacked Area Series

The stacked: true property controls series stacking behaviour. For example, to have a stacked area chart that shows changes in market share for the most popular internet browsers we could use a config like this:

series: [
    { type: 'area', xKey: 'year', stacked: true, yKey: 'ie' },
    { type: 'area', xKey: 'year', stacked: true, yKey: 'firefox' },
    { type: 'area', xKey: 'year', stacked: true, yKey: 'safari' },
    { type: 'area', xKey: 'year', stacked: true, yKey: 'chrome' }
]

This produces the following chart:

Normalized Area Series

Going back to our stacked area series example, if we wanted to normalize the totals so that for any given year stack levels always added up to a certain value, for example 100%, we could add the following to our series config:

normalizedTo: 100

It's possible to use any non-zero value to normalize to.

API Reference

Properties available on the AgAreaSeriesOptions interface.

xKey *
string
The key to use to retrieve x-values from the data.
type
'area'
'area'
marker
AgCartesianSeriesMarker
Configuration for the markers used in the series.
marker: AgCartesianSeriesMarker;

interface AgCartesianSeriesMarker {
  // Function used to return formatting for individual markers, based on the supplied information. If the current marker is highlighted, the `highlighted` property will be set to `true`; make sure to check this if you want to differentiate between the highlighted and un-highlighted states. 
  formatter?: AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormatter;
  // Whether or not to show markers. 
  enabled?: boolean;
  // The shape to use for the markers. You can also supply a custom marker by providing a `Marker` subclass. 
  shape?: string | (new () => any);
  // The size in pixels of the markers. 
  size?: number;
  // For series where the size of the marker is determined by the data, this determines the largest size a marker can be in pixels. 
  maxSize?: number;
  // The colour to use for marker fills. If this is not specified, the markers will take their fill from the series. 
  fill?: string;
  // The colour to use for marker strokes. If this is not specified, the markers will take their stroke from the series. 
  stroke?: string;
  // The width in pixels of the marker stroke. If this is not specified, the markers will take their stroke width from the series. 
  strokeWidth?: number;
  // 
  fillOpacity?: number;
  // 
  strokeOpacity?: number;
}

type AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormatter = 
      (params: AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormatterParams) => AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormat 
    | undefined


interface AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormatterParams {
  xKey: string;
  yKey: string;
  datum: any;
  fill?: string;
  stroke?: string;
  strokeWidth: number;
  size: number;
  highlighted: boolean;
}

interface AgCartesianSeriesMarkerFormat {
  fill?: string;
  stroke?: string;
  strokeWidth?: number;
  size?: number;
}
normalizedTo
number
The number to normalise the area stacks to. For example, if normalizedTo is set to 100, the stacks will all be scaled proportionally so that their total height is always 100.
yKey
string
The key to use to retrieve y-values from the data.
xName
string
A human-readable description of the x-values. If supplied, this will be shown in the default tooltip and passed to the tooltip renderer as one of the parameters.
yName
string
string
fill
string
The colour to use for the fill of the area.
stroke
string
The colours to use for the stroke of the areas.
strokeWidth
number
The width in pixels of the stroke for the areas.
Default: 1
fillOpacity
number
The opacity of the fill for the area.
Default: 1
strokeOpacity
number
The opacity of the stroke for the areas.
Default: 1
lineDash
number[]
Defines how the area strokes are rendered. Every number in the array specifies the length in pixels of alternating dashes and gaps. For example, [6, 3] means dashes with a length of 6 pixels with gaps between of 3 pixels.
lineDashOffset
number
The initial offset of the dashed line in pixels.
Default: 0
shadow
AgDropShadowOptions
Configuration for the shadow used behind the chart series.
shadow: AgDropShadowOptions;

interface AgDropShadowOptions {
  // Whether or not the shadow is visible. 
  enabled?: boolean;
  // The colour of the shadow. 
  color?: string;
  // The horizontal offset in pixels for the shadow. 
  xOffset?: number;
  // The vertical offset in pixels for the shadow. 
  yOffset?: number;
  // The radius of the shadow's blur, given in pixels. 
  blur?: number;
}
label
AgAreaSeriesLabelOptions
Configuration for the labels shown on top of data points.
label: AgAreaSeriesLabelOptions;

interface AgAreaSeriesLabelOptions {
  // Function used to turn 'yKey' values into text to be displayed by a label. Be default the values are simply stringified. 
  formatter?: (params: { value: any; }) => string;
  // Whether or not the labels should be shown. 
  enabled?: boolean;
  // The font style to use for the labels. 
  fontStyle?: FontStyle;
  // The font weight to use for the labels. 
  fontWeight?: FontWeight;
  // The font size in pixels to use for the labels. 
  fontSize?: number;
  // The font family to use for the labels. 
  fontFamily?: string;
  // The colour to use for the labels. 
  color?: string;
}

type FontStyle = 
      'normal' 
    | 'italic' 
    | 'oblique'


type FontWeight = 
      'normal' 
    | 'bold' 
    | 'bolder' 
    | 'lighter' 
    | '100' 
    | '200' 
    | '300' 
    | '400' 
    | '500' 
    | '600' 
    | '700' 
    | '800' 
    | '900'
tooltip
AgAreaSeriesTooltip
Series-specific tooltip configuration.
tooltip: AgAreaSeriesTooltip;

interface AgAreaSeriesTooltip {
  renderer?: (params: AgCartesianSeriesTooltipRendererParams) => string | AgTooltipRendererResult;
  format?: string;
  // Whether or not to show tooltips when the series are hovered over. 
  enabled?: boolean;
}

interface AgCartesianSeriesTooltipRendererParams {
  xKey: string;
  xValue?: any;
  xName?: string;
  yKey: string;
  yValue?: any;
  yName?: string;
  datum: any;
  title?: string;
  color?: string;
}

interface AgTooltipRendererResult {
  title?: string;
  content?: string;
}
stacked
boolean
boolean
data
any[]
The data to use when rendering the series. If this is not supplied, data must be set on the chart instead.
visible
boolean
Whether or not to display the series.
showInLegend
boolean
Whether or not to include the series in the legend.
cursor
string
The cursor to use for hovered area markers. This config is identical to the CSS cursor property.
listeners
AgBaseSeriesListeners | {[key: string]: Function}
A map of event names to event listeners.
listeners: AgBaseSeriesListeners | {[key: string]: Function};

interface AgBaseSeriesListeners {
  // The listener to call when a node (marker, column, bar, tile or a pie slice) in the series is clicked. 
  nodeClick: (params: { type: 'nodeClick'; series: any; datum: any; xKey: string; yKey: string; }) => any;
}
highlightStyle
AgSeriesHighlightStyle
Configuration for series markers and series line highlighting when a marker / data point or a legend item is hovered over.
highlightStyle: AgSeriesHighlightStyle;

interface AgSeriesHighlightStyle {
  // Highlight style used for an individual marker when tapped or hovered over. 
  item?: AgSeriesHighlightMarkerStyle;
  // Highlight style used for whole series when one of its markers is tapped or hovered over. 
  series?: AgSeriesHighlightSeriesStyle;
}

interface AgSeriesHighlightMarkerStyle {
  // The fill colour of a marker when tapped or hovered over. Use `undefined` for no highlight. 
  fill?: string;
  // The stroke colour of a marker when tapped or hovered over. Use `undefined` for no highlight. 
  stroke?: string;
  // The stroke width of a marker when tapped or hovered over. Use `undefined` for no highlight. 
  strokeWidth?: number;
}

interface AgSeriesHighlightSeriesStyle {
  enabled?: boolean;
  // The opacity of the whole series (area line, area fill, labels and markers, if any) when another chart series or another stack level in the same area series is highlighted by hovering a data point or a legend item. Use `undefined` or `1` for no dimming. 
  dimOpacity?: number;
  // The stroke width of the area line when one of the markers is tapped or hovered over, or when a tooltip is shown for a data point, even when series markers are disabled. Use `undefined` for no highlight. 
  strokeWidth?: number;
}

Next Up

Continue to the next section to learn about scatter and bubble series.