Plotbands by date instead of number

[Tonih]

Hi,
I have a chart that uses a date axis and i wanted to plot recession shading based on its exact dates on the categoryaxis. I figured I use plotbands for this but I see that the "to" and "from" only takes numbers. Is there a workaround for using dates?

Thanks,
Tonih

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello Tonih,

Please take a look at this example which demonstrates how to set plotBands using dates. 

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik

[Tonih]

Hi Iliana,

Your example works exactly how I need, however, my chart is set up like this demo and plotbands does not appear to work.

Thanks,
Tonih

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello Tonih,

I am not quite sure why it is not possible to set plotBands in the particular example, however I forwarded the issue to our developers for further investigation. I will write you back as soon as I have any information on the subject. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello again Tonih,

It appears the observed behaviour is due to a bug in the current version of Kendo UI Chart, however we will do our best to address it as soon as possible. Once again I apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik

[Tonih]

Hi Iliana,

Thank you for the response, I will sit tightly.

Regards,
Tonih

[Tonih]

Hi Iliana,

I was wondering if this was ever resolved?

Thanks,
Tonih

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello Tonih,

I am afraid this issue is still not addressed and there is no an exact time-frame I can provide. Once again I apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik

[Tonih]

Hi Iliana,

It's a bit strange because if I change the linetype to column, I can then see the plotbands. When I change the linetype back to line, the plotbands disappear.

Tonih

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello Tonih,

Thank you for sharing this observation. Could you please try setting the categoryAxis.justified option to false?

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik

[Tonih]

Hi Iliana,

That works, I can now see the plotbands with the line chart. I can't seem to get it to work in the navigator though. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Tonih

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hello Tonih,

It appears there is an issue in the current version of Kendo UI StockChart and setting plotBands to the navigator is not supported. I logged the issue in our internal system - we will do our best to address it as it as soon as possible. Please excuse us for the inconvenience caused.

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik