Organization chart

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Black Label

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/sankey.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/organization.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Organization charts are a common case of hierarchical network charts,
        where the parent/child relationships between nodes are visualized.
        Highcharts includes a dedicated organization chart type that streamlines
        the process of creating these types of visualizations.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
    min-width: 360px;
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: 1em auto;
}

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

.highcharts-data-table caption {
    padding: 1em 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    color: #555;
}

.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 tr:nth-child(even) {
    background: #f8f8f8;
}

.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
    background: #f1f7ff;
}

#container h4 {
    text-transform: none;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: normal;
}

#container p {
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 16px;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
    #container h4 {
        font-size: 2.3vw;
        line-height: 3vw;
    }

    #container p {
        font-size: 2.3vw;
        line-height: 3vw;
    }
}

JavaScript

var protoSetState = Highcharts.Point.prototype.setState;

Highcharts.wrap(Highcharts.seriesTypes.organization.prototype, 'pointAttribs', function(p, point, state) {

  var attrs = p.apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));

  if (state === 'inactive') {
    attrs.opacity = 0.2;
  } else {
    attrs.opacity = 1;
  }

  return attrs;
});


Highcharts.seriesTypes.organization.prototype.pointClass.prototype.setState = function(state) {
  var args = arguments;

	// Propagate state to children:
  setChildrenState(this.isNode ? this : this.fromNode);
  
  // Uncomment below to show parents too:
  setParentState(this.isNode ? this : this.toNode);

  function setChildrenState(node) {
    node.linksFrom.forEach(function(link) {
      if (link.toNode) {
        setChildrenState(link.toNode);
      }
    });

    protoSetState.apply(node, args);
  }

  function setParentState(node) {
    node.linksTo.forEach(function(link) {

      if (link.fromNode) {
        setParentState(link.fromNode);
      }
    });

    protoSetState.apply(node, args);
  }
};


Highcharts.chart('container', {
    chart: {
        height: 600,
        inverted: true
    },

    title: {
        text: 'Highcharts Org Chart'
    },

    accessibility: {
        point: {
            descriptionFormatter: function (point) {
                var nodeName = point.toNode.name,
                    nodeId = point.toNode.id,
                    nodeDesc = nodeName === nodeId ? nodeName : nodeName + ', ' + nodeId,
                    parentDesc = point.fromNode.id;
                return point.index + '. ' + nodeDesc + ', reports to ' + parentDesc + '.';
            }
        }
    },

    series: [{
        type: 'organization',
        name: 'Highsoft',
        keys: ['from', 'to'],
        data: [
            ['Shareholders', 'Board'],
            ['Board', 'CEO'],
            ['CEO', 'CTO'],
            ['CEO', 'CPO'],
            ['CEO', 'CSO'],
            ['CEO', 'HR'],
            ['CTO',...