Area with missing points

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        An area chart showing a gap in the data. By default, Highcharts treats
        <code>null</code> values as missing data, and will allow for gaps in
        datasets.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

body {
    font-family:
        -apple-system,
        BlinkMacSystemFont,
        "Segoe UI",
        Roboto,
        Helvetica,
        Arial,
        "Apple Color Emoji",
        "Segoe UI Emoji",
        "Segoe UI Symbol",
        sans-serif;
    background: var(--highcharts-background-color);
    color: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-100);
}

#container {
    height: 400px;
}

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 350px;
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border: 1px solid var(--highcharts-neutral-color-10, #e6e6e6);
    margin: 10px auto;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 500px;
}

.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-60, #666);
}

.highcharts-data-table th {
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table td,
.highcharts-data-table th,
.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table thead tr,
.highcharts-data-table tbody tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: var(--highcharts-neutral-color-3, #f7f7f7);
}

.highcharts-description {
    background: light-dark(#f2f6f2, #323232);
    border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
    border-left: 2px solid light-dark(#1d6aff, #fff);
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-style: italic;
    padding: 8px 16px;
    margin: 2em 10px 1em;
}

TypeScript

// Data retrieved from https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/10467/
Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        type: 'area'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Born persons, by boys\' name'
    },
    subtitle: {
        text: '* Missing data for Yasin in 2019',
        align: 'right',
        verticalAlign: 'bottom'
    },
    legend: {
        layout: 'vertical',
        align: 'left',
        verticalAlign: 'top',
        x: 150,
        y: 60,
        floating: true,
        borderWidth: 1,
        backgroundColor: 'var(--highcharts-background-color, #ffffff)'
    },
    yAxis: {
        title: {
            text: 'Amount'
        }
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            pointStart: 2016
        },
        area: {
            fillOpacity: 0.5
        }
    },
    credits: {
        enabled: false
    },
    series: [{
        name: 'Arvid',
        data: [11, 11, 8, 13, 12, 14, 4, 12, 17, 9]
    }, {
        name: 'Yasin',
        data: [10, 10, 8, null, 8, 6, 4, 8, 13, 11]
    }]
} satisfies Highcharts.Options);