amcharts Area with time based data
HTML
<script src="http://www.amcharts.com/lib/amcharts.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<div id="chartdiv" style="width: 100%; height: 362px;"></div>
JavaScript
var chart;
var chartData = [];
// generate some random data, quite different range
function generateChartData() {
// current date
var date = new Date();
// now set 1000 minutes back
date.setMinutes(date.getDate() - 1000);
// and generate 1000 data items
for (var i = 0; i < 90000; i++) {
var newDate = new Date(date);
// each time we add one minute
newDate.setMinutes(newDate.getMinutes() + i);
// some random number
var visits = Math.round(Math.random() * 40) + 10;
// add data item to the array
chartData.push({
date: newDate,
visits: visits
});
}
}
AmCharts.ready(function() {
// generate some random data
generateChartData();
// SERIAL CHART
chart = new AmCharts.AmSerialChart();
chart.pathToImages = "http://www.amcharts.com/lib/images/";
chart.autoMarginOffset = 3;
chart.marginRight = 15;
chart.zoomOutButton = {
backgroundColor: '#000000',
backgroundAlpha: 0.15
};
chart.dataProvider = chartData;
chart.categoryField = "date";
// data updated event will be fired when chart is displayed,
// also when data will be updated. We'll use it to set some
// initial zoom
chart.addListener("dataUpdated", zoomChart);
// AXES
// Category
var categoryAxis = chart.categoryAxis;
categoryAxis.parseDates = true; // in order char to understand dates, we should set parseDates to true
categoryAxis.minPeriod = "mm"; // as we have data with minute interval, we have to set "mm" here.
categoryAxis.gridAlpha = 0.07;
categoryAxis.showLastLabel = false;
categoryAxis.axisColor = "#DADADA";
// Value
var valueAxis = new AmCharts.ValueAxis();
valueAxis.gridAlpha = 0.07;
valueAxis.title = "Unique visitors";
chart.addValueAxis(valueAxis);
// GRAPH
var graph = new AmCharts.AmGraph();
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