How to Show a Data

[Alex]

I'm trying to show a line chart (date axis) that changes color. I realize the best way to do this is probably to have multiple series and each series a different color.

 

@model TimeLineChartViewModel

<div style="">


    @(Html.Kendo().Chart(Model.Data)
          .Name("chart123jjhj423")
          .Title("Probability of Failure")
          .Legend(false)
          .Series(series =>
          {

              foreach (var dataGroup in Model.Data.GroupBy(x => x.Color))
              {
                  series.Line(x => x.Value, x => x.DateTime)
                      .NoteTextField(Util.GetPropertyName<TimeLineChartDataPoint>(x => x.Note))
                      //.CategoryField("Color") // causes error (Cannot read property 'getTime' of undefined)
                      .Notes(notes => notes
                          .Label(label => label
                              .Position(ChartNoteLabelPosition.Outside))
                          .Position(ChartNotePosition.Bottom))
                      .Color(dataGroup.Key)
                      .Style(ChartLineStyle.Smooth)
                      .Markers(x => x.Visible(false));
              }



          })
          .CategoryAxis(axis => axis
              .Date()
              .BaseUnit(ChartAxisBaseUnit.Days)
              .RoundToBaseUnit(false)
              // .Title("time")
              .Labels(labels => labels.Rotation(310).Step(365 * 5).Format("yyyy"))
              .MajorGridLines(lines => lines.Visible(false))
              .MinorGridLines(lines => lines.Visible(false))
              .MajorTicks(lines => lines.Visible(true).Step(365 * 5).Size(15))
              .MinorTicks(lines => lines.Visible(false).Step(365))
          )
          .ValueAxis(axis => axis.Numeric()
              .Max(1.05)
              .Labels(labels =>
                  labels.Template("#= kendo.format('{0:P0}', value  ) #")
              //  labels.Visible(true)
              )
              .Title("Probability of Asset Failure")
              .MajorGridLines(lines => lines.Visible(false))
              //.MajorUnit(0.2)
              //.MinorUnit(0.5)
              .Visible(true)
          )
          //.Zoomable(zoomable => zoomable
          //    .Mousewheel(mousewheel => mousewheel.Lock(ChartAxisLock.Y))
          //    .Selection(selection => selection.Lock(ChartAxisLock.Y))
          //)
          .Tooltip(tooltip => tooltip
              .Visible(true)
              .Template("#= kendo.format('{0:p0}', value) # - #= kendo.toString(category, 'd') #")
          //.Template("#= kendo.toString(category, 'd')  # ")
          ))
</div>

 

public class TimeLineChartViewModel
{

    public List<TimeLineChartDataPoint> Data { get; set; }
    public bool Legend { get;  set; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string XAxisTitle { get; set; }

    public string YAxisTitle { get; set; }
}

public class TimeLineChartDataPoint
{
    public DateTime DateTime { get; set; }

    public double Value { get; set; }

    public string Note { get; set; }

    public string Color { get; set; }
}

 

 

When I try running the above, only one color shows for all data points? How do I get the line color to be different? Setting the Category field in the series generates an error:

 

jquery?v=iMGCS2tVV4GjIWlaD6Jt8YXksWeHsA8tUmaXpQPvHJw1:1 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getTime' of undefined
    at fu (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at wo (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at hi (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at init.roundToTotalStep (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at new init (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at initFields (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at init (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at i [as constructor] (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at new i (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)
    at i.createCategoryAxes (kendo?v=Ch_M82a2Ve1skh_-TT5n-noxLIMFwTpBlRrbN6I9v7c1:1)

Attached I have attached some sample data (sorry it's a screenshot).

 

 

 

[Tsvetina]

Hi Alex,

First, I want to make sure I understand the main requirement. Do you mean that you want a single line series to appear with multiple colors for different data points? This is not possible as the line series is a single path object and it can have a single color assigned. You can, however, bind the markers color to a field in the DataSource. You can see a client-side example that demonstrates the idea here:
https://dojo.telerik.com/eJuliKOQ

Let me know if you decide to use this approach and need help with translating it to the MVC Chart syntax.

As for the error that you are getting, it happens because your Chart declares a Date category axis by the series definition tries to bind the categories to the color instead of Date values:

.CategoryAxis(axis => axis
    .Date()
    .BaseUnit(ChartAxisBaseUnit.Days)
    .RoundToBaseUnit(false)
    // .Title("time")
    .Labels(labels => labels.Rotation(310).Step(365 * 5).Format("yyyy"))
    .MajorGridLines(lines => lines.Visible(false))
    .MinorGridLines(lines => lines.Visible(false))
    .MajorTicks(lines => lines.Visible(true).Step(365 * 5).Size(15))
    .MinorTicks(lines => lines.Visible(false).Step(365))
)

So, you need to set CategoryField("Date") instead in the series.

Regards,
Tsvetina
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