Getting Started with the Kendo UI for Angular Charts

This guide provides the information you need to start using the Kendo UI for Angular Charts—it includes instructions about the available installation approaches, the required dependencies, the code for running the project, and links to additional resources.

After the completion of this guide, you will be able to achieve an end result as demonstrated in the following example.

Setting Up Your Angular Project

Before you start with the installation of any Kendo UI for Angular control, ensure that you have a running Angular project. The prerequisites to accomplish the installation of the components are always the same regardless of the Kendo UI for Angular package you want to use, and are fully described in the section on setting up your Angular project.

Installing the Components

You can choose either of the following two approaches for installing the Kendo UI for Angular package and the styles you want to apply:

• Quick setup with Angular CLI
• Manual setup

Quick Setup with Angular CLI

The quick setup presents an automatic approach for adding packages with Angular CLI through the ng-add command. It is suitable for saving time and efforts as ng-add executes in a single step a set of otherwise individually needed commands.

To add the Kendo UI for Angular Charts package, run the following command:

Copy Codeng add @progress/kendo-angular-charts

As a result, the ng-add command will perform the following actions:

• Add the @progress/kendo-angular-charts package as a dependency to the package.json file.
• Import the ChartsModule in the current application's main module (only if the application uses NgModules).

  If your application uses standalone components, you must import the ChartsModule manually.

• Register the Kendo UI Default theme in the angular.json file.
• Add all required peer dependencies to the package.json file.
• Trigger npm install to install the theme and all peer packages that are added.

Manual Setup

The manual setup provides greater visibility and better control over the files and references installed in your Angular application. You can install the required peer dependencies and a Kendo UI theme by running separate commands for each step and import the desired component modules in your NgModule.

1. Install the Charts package together with its dependencies by running the following command:

   Copy Code  npm install --save @progress/kendo-angular-charts @progress/kendo-angular-common @progress/kendo-angular-intl @progress/kendo-angular-l10n @progress/kendo-angular-navigation @progress/kendo-angular-popup @progress/kendo-drawing hammerjs @progress/kendo-licensing

2. If you need all Charts components in your application, import all Charts at once by using the ChartsModule. Otherwise import the specific components by adding their individual modules.

   The Charts package exports the following individual modules for its components:

   Module	Component
   ChartModule	Chart
   SparklineModule	Sparkline
   StockChartModule	StockChart
   SankeyModule	Sankey

   Depending on your Angular application, import the Charts either into your NgModule or standalone component:

   • Using Modules

     • To add all Charts components, import the ChartsModule in your NgModule.

       Copy Code    import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
           import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
           import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
           import { ChartsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-charts';
           import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
       
           import 'hammerjs';
       
           @NgModule({
               bootstrap:    [AppComponent],
               declarations: [AppComponent],
               imports:      [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, ChartsModule]
           })
           export class AppModule {
           }

     • To add individual Charts components, import only the modules you need in your NgModule.

       Copy Code    import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
           import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
           import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
       
           // Imports the Chart module
           import { ChartModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-charts';
       
           // Imports the Sparkline module
           import { SparklineModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-charts';
       
           @NgModule({
               bootstrap: [AppComponent],
               imports:   [
                   BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule,
                   ChartModule, SparklineModule
               ]
           })
           export class AppModule {
           }

   • Using Standalone Components

     • To add all Charts components, import ChartsModule in your standalone component.

       Copy Codeimport { Component } from '@angular/core';
       import { ChartsModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-charts';
       import 'hammerjs';
       
       @Component({
           standalone: true,
           selector: 'my-app',
           imports: [ChartsModule],
           template: `
               <kendo-chart>...</kendo-chart>
           `
       })

     • To add individual Charts components, import only the modules you need in your standalone component.

       Copy Codeimport { Component } from '@angular/core';
       import { SparklineModule } from '@progress/kendo-angular-charts';
       import 'hammerjs';
       
       @Component({
           standalone: true,
           selector: 'my-app',
           imports: [SparklineModule],
           template: `
               <kendo-sparkline>...</kendo-sparkline>
           `
       })

3. The next step is to style the components by installing one of the available Kendo UI themes—Kendo UI Default, Kendo UI Material, or Kendo UI Bootstrap.

   3.1 To start using a theme, install its package through NPM.

   • Default theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-default

   • Bootstrap theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap

   • Material theme

     Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-material

   3.2 After the theme package is installed, reference it in your project. You can include a Kendo UI theme in your project in one of the following ways:

   • By using an external (CDN) link.
   • By using a precompiled CSS file.
   • By compiling the theme from the SCSS source files.

Using the Components

1. After successfully installing the Charts package and importing the desired modules, add the corresponding tags of the component you need in the app.component.html. For example, if you need the Chart component, add the following code:

   Copy Code<kendo-chart>
       <kendo-chart-series>
           <kendo-chart-series-item [data]="[1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 8]"> </kendo-chart-series-item>
       </kendo-chart-series>
   </kendo-chart>

2. Build and serve the application by running the following command in the root folder.

   Copy Codeng serve

3. Point your browser to http://localhost:4200 to see the Kendo UI for Angular Chart component on the page.

Activating Your License Key

As of December 2020, using any of the UI components from the Kendo UI for Angular library requires either a commercial license key or an active trial license key. If your application does not contain a Kendo UI license file, activate your license key.

Next Steps

• Chart Overview
• StockChart Overview
• Sparkline Overview
• Sankey Chart Overview
• Charts API Documentation

Dependencies

The following table lists the specific functionalities that are provided by each of the Charts dependencies as per package:

Learning Resources

• Angular Charts Homepage
• Charts Overview
• Angular Charts Building Elements
• Angular Chart Types
• API Reference of the Angular Charts
• Get Started with Kendo UI for Angular
• Using Kendo UI for Angular with Angular CLI
• Styling Overview
• Theme Builder
• Customizing the Themes
• Activating Your License Key
• Virtual Classroom (Training Courses for Registered Users)