Dashboard is a component for flexible positioning of multiple Charts efficiently. It is created with Dashboard method.

Upon its creation an amount of columns and rows is specified. Charts and other components can then be placed in cells with given column and row-locations and sizes (using methods of Dashboard. For example: createChartXY.

The Dashboard will distribute the available space for columns and rows, which users can resize with mouse and touch interactions or programmatically.

Hierarchy

  • Dashboard

Implements

Properties

createChart3D: ((options: Chart3DDashboardOptions) => Chart3D)

Type declaration

    • (options: Chart3DDashboardOptions): Chart3D
    • Add new Chart3D to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      Chart3D.

      Parameters

      Returns Chart3D

createChartXY: (<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: ChartOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>) => ChartXY<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>)

Type declaration

    • <CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: ChartOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>): ChartXY<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>
    • Add new ChartXY to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      ChartXY.

      Type Parameters

      • CursorPointMarkerType extends PointMarker<CursorPointMarkerType>

      • CursorResultTableBackgroundType extends UIBackground<CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

      Parameters

      • options: ChartOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

        Options object for creating a chartXY.

      Returns ChartXY<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

createDataGrid: ((options: DataGridDashboardOptions) => DataGrid)

Type declaration

    • (options: DataGridDashboardOptions): DataGrid
    • Add new DataGrid to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      DataGrid.

      Parameters

      Returns DataGrid

createFunnelChart: (<FunnelChartType>(options: FunnelOptions<FunnelChartType>) => InstanceType<FunnelChartType>)

Type declaration

    • <FunnelChartType>(options: FunnelOptions<FunnelChartType>): InstanceType<FunnelChartType>
    • Add new FunnelChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      FunnelChart.

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • options: FunnelOptions<FunnelChartType>

        Options object for creating a FunnelChart.

      Returns InstanceType<FunnelChartType>

createGaugeChart: (<GaugeChartType>(options?: GaugeOptions<GaugeChartType>) => InstanceType<GaugeChartType>)

Type declaration

    • <GaugeChartType>(options?: GaugeOptions<GaugeChartType>): InstanceType<GaugeChartType>
    • Add new GaugeChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      GaugeChart.

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • Optional options: GaugeOptions<GaugeChartType>

        Options object for creating a GaugeChart.

      Returns InstanceType<GaugeChartType>

createLegendBoxPanel: ((options: DashboardCellOptions) => UILegendBoxPanel)

Type declaration

    • (options: DashboardCellOptions): UILegendBoxPanel
    • Create a new legend box panel, a convenience component for placing legend box items from multiple different charts into a single row layout, to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Refer to UILegendBoxPanel for more information, like example usage.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      UILegendBoxPanel.

      Parameters

      Returns UILegendBoxPanel

createMapChart: (<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: MapChartDashboardOptions<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>) => MapChart<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType, StaticCursor<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>>)

Type declaration

    • <SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: MapChartDashboardOptions<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>): MapChart<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType, StaticCursor<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>>
    • Factory for MapChart. This chart visualizes a Map of the selected part of the world. Defaults to the entire world. It has built-in cursor functionality and supports dynamic region coloring.

      To learn more about its features, refer to MapChart.

      Dashboard cell configuration:

      When inside a Dashboard, the chart location relative to the Dashboard must be supplied when it is created.

       // Example, dashboard cell configuration.
      const chart = Dashboard.createMapChart({
      // X location, 0 = left.
      columnIndex: 0,
      // Y location, 0 = top.
      rowIndex: 0,
      // Amount of X cells allocated for this chart.
      columnSpan: 1,
      // Amount of Y cells allocated for this chart.
      rowSpan: 1,
      })

      Readonly configuration:

      Some properties of MapChart can only be configured when it is created. These arguments are all optional, and are wrapped in a single object parameter:

       // Example, specify map type.
      const chart = LightningChart.Map({
      type: MapTypes.Europe
      })

      For general chart properties, like specifying DOM container, rendering engine configuration, refer to EngineOptions.

      For MapChart specific properties, refer to MapChartOptions.

      Returns

      Created chart.

      Type Parameters

      • SelectedMapType extends MapType

      • CursorPointMarkerType extends PointMarker<CursorPointMarkerType>

      • CursorResultTableBackgroundType extends UIBackground<CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

      Parameters

      • options: MapChartDashboardOptions<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

        Object with readonly configuration arguments for MapChart.

      Returns MapChart<SelectedMapType, CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType, StaticCursor<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>>

createPieChart: (<PieChartType>(options: PieOptions<PieChartType>) => InstanceType<PieChartType>)

Type declaration

    • <PieChartType>(options: PieOptions<PieChartType>): InstanceType<PieChartType>
    • Add new PieChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      PieChart.

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • options: PieOptions<PieChartType>

        Options object for creating a PieChart.

      Returns InstanceType<PieChartType>

createPolarChart: (<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: PolarOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>) => PolarChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>)

Type declaration

    • <CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: PolarOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>): PolarChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>
    • Add new PolarChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      PolarChart.

      Type Parameters

      • CursorPointMarkerType extends PointMarker<CursorPointMarkerType>

      • CursorResultTableBackgroundType extends UIBackground<CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

      Parameters

      • options: PolarOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

        Options object for creating a PolarChart chart.

      Returns PolarChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

createPyramidChart: (<PyramidChartType>(options: PyramidOptions<PyramidChartType>) => InstanceType<PyramidChartType>)

Type declaration

    • <PyramidChartType>(options: PyramidOptions<PyramidChartType>): InstanceType<PyramidChartType>
    • Add new PyramidChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboard's numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      PyramidChart

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • options: PyramidOptions<PyramidChartType>

        Options object for creating a PyramidChart.

      Returns InstanceType<PyramidChartType>

createSpiderChart: (<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: SpiderOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>) => SpiderChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>)

Type declaration

    • <CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>(options: SpiderOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>): SpiderChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>
    • Add new SpiderChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      SpiderChart.

      Type Parameters

      • CursorPointMarkerType extends PointMarker<CursorPointMarkerType>

      • CursorResultTableBackgroundType extends UIBackground<CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

      Parameters

      • options: SpiderOptions<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

        Options object for creating a Spider chart.

      Returns SpiderChart<CursorPointMarkerType, CursorResultTableBackgroundType>

createUIPanel: ((options: DashboardCellOptions) => UIPanel)

Type declaration

    • (options: DashboardCellOptions): UIPanel
    • Create a container for UI objects on dashboard with specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      Panel.

      Parameters

      Returns UIPanel

createZoomBandChart: ((options: ZoomBandChartOptions) => ZoomBandChart)

Type declaration

    • (options: ZoomBandChartOptions): ZoomBandChart
    • Add new ZoomBandChart to dashboard at specified location and span.

      Throws an error if either column/row index is less than 0 or index + span is more than Dashboards numberOfColumns/Rows.

      Returns

      ZoomBandChart.

      Parameters

      Returns ZoomBandChart

engine: PublicEngine

Public, safe interface for Dashboards rendering engine.

pixelScale: LinearScaleXY

Scale that represents dashboard area in pixels.

uiScale: LinearScaleXY

Scale that represents dashboard area in percents (0-100).

Methods

  • Add a legendbox.

    Legendbox is a type of UI element, that floats inside the chart/component it is created inside. It can be freely moved around with user interactions, as well as positioned in application code.

    The purpose of legendbox is to describe the series and other visual components of the chart, by displaying their names and colors. Hovering over a series' legendbox entry will highlight that series, and clicking on the entry will toggle that series' visibility.

    Legendbox alignment:

    Alignment of legendbox can be selected by supplying one of the available LegendBoxBuilders to addLegendBox:

     // Default (vertical) LegendBox.
    const legendBox = ChartXY.addLegendBox()

    // Horizontal LegendBox.
    const horizontalLegendBox = ChartXY.addLegendBox(LegendBoxBuilders.HorizontalLegendBox)

    Custom Legendbox positioning:

    By default LegendBoxes are placed on the right side, or bottom of the chart (depending on alignment).

    A custom location can be configured with UIElement API:

    Position coordinate system is specified when creating legendbox.

    1. LegendBox with default positioning coordinate system.
     addLegendBox( LegendBoxBuilders.VerticalLegendBox )
    // Position = [0, 100] as percentages.
    .setPosition({ x: 50, y: 50 })
    1. Position in pixel coordinate system.
     addLegendBox( LegendBoxBuilders.VerticalLegendBox, chart.pixelScale )
    // Position = pixels.
    .setPosition({ x: 300, y: 100 })
    1. Position on Axes.
     addLegendBox( LegendBoxBuilders.VerticalLegendBox, { x: chartXY.getDefaultAxisX(), y: chartXY.getDefaultAxisY() } )
    // Position = Axis values.
    .setPosition({ x: 5, y: 5 })

    Inside Dashboard, a UILegendBoxPanel can also be used for simplified creation of legendboxes for several charts.

    Returns

    LegendBox

    Parameters

    • builder: UILegendBoxBuilder<InternalBackground> = _legendBoxBuilder

      LegendBoxBuilder. If omitted, VerticalLegendBox will be selected. Use LegendBoxBuilders for selection.

    • scale: UserScaleDefinition = ...

      Optional parameter for altering the coordinate system used for positioning the LegendBox. Defaults to whole Chart in percentages [0, 100].

    Returns LegendBox<UIBackground>

  • Add a stand-alone UIElement using a builder.

    Example usage:

    1. TextBox with default positioning coordinate system.
     addUIElement( UIElementBuilders.TextBox )
    // Position = [0, 100] as percentages.
    .setPosition({ x: 50, y: 50 })
    1. Position in pixel coordinate system.
     addUIElement( UIElementBuilders.TextBox, chart.pixelScale )
    // Position = pixels.
    .setPosition({ x: 300, y: 100 })
    1. Position on Axes.
     addUIElement( UIElementBuilders.TextBox, { x: chartXY.getDefaultAxisX(), y: chartXY.getDefaultAxisY() } )
    // Position = Axis values.
    .setPosition({ x: 5, y: 5 })

    Returns

    Object that fulfills interfaces: UIElementType (typeparam) and UIElement

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    • uiElementBuilder: UIElementBuilder<UiElementType> = ...
    • scale: UserScaleDefinition = ...

      Optional parameter for altering the coordinate system used for positioning the UIElement. Defaults to whole Dashboard in percentages [0, 100].

    Returns UiElementType & UIElement

  • Permanently destroy the component.

    To fully allow Garbage-Collection to free the resources used by the component, make sure to remove any references to the component and its children in application code.

    let chart = ...ChartXY()
    let axisX = chart.getDefaultAxisX()
    // Dispose Chart, and remove all references so that they can be garbage-collected.
    chart.dispose()
    chart = undefined
    axisX = undefined

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Returns Dashboard

  • Get component highlight animations enabled or not.

    Returns

    Animation enabled?

    Returns boolean

  • Get animations disable/enable state.

    Returns

    Animations default state.

    Returns boolean

  • Get fillStyle of dashboard

    Returns

    FillStyle

    Returns FillStyle

  • Get stroke style of dashboard background.

    Returns

    LineStyle

    Returns LineStyle

  • Get all defined cells in the dashboard.

    Further action can be done by testing the cell.panel for the instance type that you want to be interacting with.

    Example:

    const cells = dashboard.getCells()

    cells.forEach((cell) => {
    if (cell.panel instanceof Chart3D) {
    cell.panel.setBoundingBox({ x: 2, y: 1, z: 1 })
    }
    })

    Returns

    All cells with content in dashboard

    Returns DashboardCell[]

  • Get width of a column in relation to other columns. By default all column widths are 1.

    Example usage:

    dashboard.getColumnWidth( 0 )
    

    Returns

    Relative width of the column.

    Parameters

    • index: number

      Index of the column (starts from 0)

    Returns number

  • Get the minimum and maximum vertical boundaries used for the Dashboard.

    Returns

    Vertical boundaries as a tuple [minSize, maxSize]

    Returns undefined | [undefined | number, undefined | number]

  • Get height of a row in relation to other rows. By default all row heights are 1.

    Example usage:

    dashboard.getRowHeight( 0 )
    

    Parameters

    • index: number

      Index of the row (starts from 0)

    Returns number

  • Get theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Boolean that describes whether drawing the theme effect is enabled around the component or not.

    Returns boolean

  • Get style of Dashboard splitters.

    Returns

    LineStyle object

    Returns LineStyle

  • Get the minimum and maximum horizontal boundaries used for the Dashboard.

    Returns

    Horizontal boundaries as a tuple [minSize, maxSize]

    Returns undefined | [undefined | number, undefined | number]

  • Remove event listener from dispose event.

    Returns

    True if the listener is successfully removed and false if it is not found

    Parameters

    • token: Token

      Token of event listener which has to be removed

    Returns boolean

  • Subscribe onDispose event. This event is triggered whenever the Control (Dashboards and all chart types) is disposed.

     // Example usage

    Dashboard.onDispose(() => {
    console.log('Dashboard was disposed')
    })

    Dashboard.dispose()

    Returns

    Token of subscription

    Parameters

    • handler: ((object: Dashboard) => unknown)

      Handler function for event

    Returns Token

  • Capture rendered state in an image file. Prompts the browser to download the created file.

    NOTE: The download might be blocked by browser/plugins as harmful. To prevent this, only call the method in events tied to user-interactions. From mouse-event handlers, for example.

    Has two optional parameters which directly reference JavaScript API HTMLCanvasElement.toDataURL. For supported image formats, compression quality, Etc. refer to:

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/toDataURL

    Example usage:

    // Download 'screenshot.png'
    Dashboard.saveToFile('screenshot')
    // Attempt download 'maybeNotSupported.bmp'
    Dashboard.saveToFile('maybeNotSupported', 'image/bmp')
    // Attempt download jpeg.file with specified compression quality
    Dashboard.saveToFile('fileName', 'image/jpeg', 0.50)

    Remarks

    If 'type' is not supported by browser, an Error will be thrown.

    Parameters

    • fileName: string

      Name of prompted download file as string. File extension shouldn't be included as it is automatically detected from 'type'-argument.

    • Optional type: string

      A DOMString indicating the image format. The default format type is image/png.

    • Optional encoderOptions: number

      A Number between 0 and 1 indicating the image quality to use for image formats that use lossy compression such as image/jpeg and image/webp. If this argument is anything else, the default value for image quality is used. The default value is 0.92.

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set component highlight animations enabled or not. For most components this is enabled by default.

     // Example usage, disable highlight animations.
    component.setAnimationHighlight(false)

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Animation enabled?

    Returns Dashboard

  • Disable/Enable all animations of the Chart.

    Returns

    Chart itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • animationsEnabled: boolean

      Boolean value to enable or disable animations.

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set width of a column in relation to other columns. By default all column widths are 1.

    By changing one columns width to 2, it would make that column allocate twice as much width as others.

    // Example, Dashboard with 3 columns with widths (20%, 20%, 60%) of dashboard width
    dashboard.setColumnWidth( 0, 1 )
    dashboard.setColumnWidth( 1, 1 )
    dashboard.setColumnWidth( 2, 3 )

    Parameters

    • index: number

      Index of the column (starts from 0)

    • relativeWidth: number

      Relative width of the column, can be any number.

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set the minimum and maximum boundaries for dashBoard vertical size.

    Parameters

    • boundary: undefined | number | [undefined | number, undefined | number]

      Single value applied to both minimum and maximum size, or a tuple for [min, max] size in pixels.

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set height of a row in relation to other rows. By default all row heights are 1.

    By changing one rows height to 2, it would make that row allocate twice as much height as others.

    // Dashboard with 3 rows with heights (20%, 20%, 60%) of dashboard height
    dashboard.setRowHeight( 0, 1 )
    dashboard.setRowHeight( 1, 1 )
    dashboard.setRowHeight( 2, 3 )

    Parameters

    • index: number

      Index of the row (starts from 0)

    • relativeHeight: number

      Relative height of the row

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Theme effect enabled

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set style of Dashboard splitters.

    Note, that highlighted splitters have a separate style setSplitterStyleHighlight.

    Example usage:

    // Specified LineStyle
    Dashboard.setSplitterStyle(new SolidLine({ thickness: 2, fillStyle: new SolidFill({ color: ColorHEX('#F00') }) }))
    // Changed thickness
    Dashboard.setSplitterStyle((solidLine) => solidLine.setThickness(5))
    // Hidden
    Dashboard.setSplitterStyle(emptyLine)

    Returns

    Chart itself

    Parameters

    Returns Dashboard

  • Set the minimum and maximum boundaries for dashBoard horizontal size.

    Parameters

    • boundary: undefined | number | [undefined | number, undefined | number]

      Single value for static engine size, or a tuple for size range [min, max] in pixels.

    Returns Dashboard