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Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts Overview

Our Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts package delivers a collection of 17 customizable charts and series types for data visualization. Along with the most common Bar, Line, Donut & Pie charts the Native Vue suite also provides more specific charts like the StockChart and Sparkline.

All Charts are built from scratch with Vue and support all the features and benefits provided by the framework. The components are compatible with both Vue 2 and Vue 3.

Historically, all Kendo UI for Vue Native components support both Vue 2 and Vue 3, however Vue 2 is currently in its end-of-support phase till Nov 2024. After our last major release for 2024, Vue 2 will no longer be supported in the new versions of the Kendo UI for Vue components. Please check our Vue 2 End of Support article for more details.

Based on our experience of making enterprise-ready components for almost 2 decades, the Native Vue Charts cover most of the specific scenarios and customizations one can need.

The Charts Package is part of Kendo UI for Vue, a professional grade UI library with 100+ components for building modern and feature-rich applications. To try it out sign up for a free 30-day trial.

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Installation

To initialize the Charts, either:

Using CDN

To use the Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts with CDN, follow the below steps:

  1. Reference the charts, intl and drawing packages.
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-intl@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-intl.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-drawing/dist/cdn/js/kendo-drawing.js">
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-charts@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-charts.js"></script>
  1. Reference one of the Kendo UI themes to style your components.
    // Load the Kendo Default Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-default@latest/dist/all.css">

    // Load the Kendo Bootstrap Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap@latest/dist/all.css">
    <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

    // To load the Kendo Material Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-material@latest/dist/all.css">

    // To load the Kendo Fluent Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-fluent@latest/dist/all.css">
  1. Follow the instructions in this article to activate your product license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a license key.

Initializing with Webpack

  1. Download and install the package. Use Node.js v5.0.0 or later.

       npm install --save @progress/kendo-vue-charts @progress/kendo-licensing @progress/kendo-vue-intl @progress/kendo-drawing

  2. Once installed, import the package module.

     // ES2015 module syntax
 import {
   ChartSeriesLabels, ChartSeriesMarkers, ChartLegend, ChartLegendTitle, ChartValueAxisTitle, ChartValueAxisLabels, Chart, ChartSeries, ChartSeriesItem, ChartCategoryAxis, ChartCategoryAxisItem, ChartTitle, ChartTooltip, ChartValueAxis, ChartValueAxisItem,   ....... Other Chart sub-components
 } from "@progress/kendo-vue-charts";
    // CommonJS format
const {
  ChartSeriesLabels, ChartSeriesMarkers, ChartLegend, ChartLegendTitle, ChartValueAxisTitle, ChartValueAxisLabels, Chart, ChartSeries, ChartSeriesItem, ChartCategoryAxis, ChartCategoryAxisItem, ChartTitle, ChartTooltip, ChartValueAxis, ChartValueAxisItem,   ....... Other Chart sub-components
} = require('@progress/kendo-vue-charts');

  3. You are required to install one of the Kendo UI for Vue themes to style your components. For more information on how to add the styles, refer to the article on getting started.

  4. Follow the instructions on the Kendo UI for Vue My License page to activate your license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a Kendo UI for Vue license file.

Chart Types

Categorical

Area

Area charts and Vertical Area charts are categorical charts, which are suitable for displaying quantitative data by using continuous lines.

Bar

Bar charts and Column charts are categorical charts, which display data by using horizontal or vertical bars whose lengths vary according to their value.

Box Plot

Box Plot charts are categorical charts, which graphically render groups of numerical data through their quartiles.

Bullet

Bullet charts are categorical charts, which are a variation of the Bar charts.

Line

Line charts and Vertical Line charts are categorical charts, which display continuous data as lines that pass through points defined by the values of their items.

Radar

Radar charts, also known as Spider charts, are categorical charts, which wrap the X axis in a circle or polygon.

Range Area

Range Area charts are categorical charts, which represent a variation of the Area charts.

Range Bar

Range Bar charts are categorical charts, which represent a variation of the Bar charts.

Waterfall

Waterfall charts are categorical charts, which display the cumulative effect of sequentially introduced positive or negative values.

Circular

Donut

Donut charts are circular charts, which represent a variation of the Pie charts and are capable of displaying multiple nested series.

Pie

Pie charts are circular charts, which display data in the form of single-series sectors from a two-dimensional circle and are useful for rendering data as part of a whole.

Freeform

Funnel

Funnel charts are freeform charts, which display a single series of data in progressively decreasing or increasing proportions that are organized in segments, where each segment represents the value for the particular item from the series.

Pyramid

Scatter

Bubble

Bubble charts are scatter charts, which display data as points with coordinates and sizes that are defined by the value of their items.

Polar

Polar charts are scatter charts which display two-dimensional data series in polar coordinates.

Scatter Plot and Scatter Line

Scatter Plot and Scatter Line charts are the two main variations of scatter charts and are suitable for displaying numerical data.

Sparkline

Sparkline

The Sparkline is a tiny chart that doesn't have axes, coordinates, legends, titles, or other chart-specific elements. The available Sparkline types are Line, Bar, Column, Area, Pie and Bullet.

StockChart

StockChart

The StockChart is a component for the financial industry. It visualizes the price movement of a financial instrument over a period of time.

Charts Features

Among the many features, which this Kendo UI for Vue Native Chart library delivers are:

  • Rendering modes—The Kendo UI for Vue Charts can be rendered as SVG or Canvas.
  • Export—The Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts can be effortlessly exported and saved to an image, PDF or SVG.
  • Panning and Zooming—For scenarios when you need to focus on a specific data segment, the Kendo UI for Vue Native Chart provides the option to change the displayed range by panning and zooming.
  • Appearance— By default all Kendo UI for Vue components are styled by the three polished themes (Bootstrap, Material, and Default) shipped with the Kendo UI for Vue suite. The Chart component provides options for easier configuration of parameters like dimensions, colors, range, etc.

Dependencies

The Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts package requires you to install the following peer dependencies in your application:

  • vue 2.6.11* or 3.0.0*
  • @progress/kendo-vue-intl
  • @progress/kendo-licensing
  • @progress/kendo-drawing

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