On-line Chart Bullet Editor

amCharts 5 allows using any element – complex or basic – as a bullet in its charts. You can add a simple Circle element, or the whole other chart as a bullet – whatever is needed. TL;DR We do have a bullet code editor. Don’t want to scroll to the end? Launch it now in […]

DataViz Tip #13: Switch To Horizontal Bar Chart When Labels Don’t Fit

A column chart is classic – it’s understood by everyone, easy to comprehend and compare values. However, when you have more than a few columns and not that much space its readability breaks down a bit: There are several ways to resolve this: you can show every other label and force users to interact with […]

DataViz Tip #3: Start Your Column/Bar Charts at Zero

Consider the following chart which represents monthly visits to a fictional website. Based on your first quick impression, how many more visits did the site get in April compared to February? I’d say about 50 times more. Now, look at the values on the axis. As you can see the correct answer is less than […]

DataViz Tip #1: Sort your bar charts by value

Every week we will post a data visualization tip to help you create better visualizations and provide a way to take advantage of the concept using amCharts (where applicable). Subscribe to our newsletter to get notified about new tips and more. Your data may come in some order or no particular order at all. Whenever […]

amCharts introduces an open-source Weather Map tool

Here at amCharts we do love all kinds of crazy solutions that people do with our products. Sometimes, we go ahead and do our own in-hours projects as well. Today we’re announcing one of such tools – Weather Map. It’s an open-source tool, build on top of our JavaScript Maps and JavaScript Charts products as […]