Clickable HighCharts -

Clickable Highcharts bar Chart - recognizes the column name when clicked

by Andrew Pougher

HTML

<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
        chart: {
            renderTo: 'container',
            type: 'column'
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
        },
        
        plotOptions: {
            series: {
                cursor: 'pointer',
                point: {
                    events: {
                        click: function() {
                            //  location.href = this.options.url;
                         alert(this.category)
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        
        series: [{
            data: [{
                y: 29.9,
                url: 'http://yoururl.com/monthdata?m=' + this.category
            }, {
                y: 71.5,
             url: 'http://yoururl.com/monthdata?m=' + this.category
            }, {
                y: 106.4,
            url: 'http://yoururl.com/monthdata?m=' + this.category
            }]        
        }]
    });
});