tutorial If we are using Pie charts, once in a while we end up with one that has simply too many slices. This tutorial will look at some basic ways to make it less awkward. The problem Having a lot of slices on a single chart poses an obvious issue: the labels displayed for each chart […]
tutorial amCharts 4 comes with a “patterns” theme (since version 4.7.5). It’s a bit different from other themes as it modifies the output of some elements quite radically. This tutorial takes a closer look at what this theme does, and how it can be modified for various purposes. The purpose The “patterns” theme’s main purpose is […]
tutorial Normally, when you click an item in PieChart’s legend, relative slice is hidden or revealed. This quick tutorial will show you how to make the slice activate/deactivate (pull out/in) instead. Setting up To make this work we’ll have to do two things: Disable regular toggling of the items. Add custom event that toggles isActive state […]
tutorial Tooltips are used in a number of places to provide contextual information on a hovered/tapped object, like a Slice of a Pie Chart, or a country on a map. By default, tooltips are completely static with no way to interact with them. This tutorial will explain how you can make them interactive, adding clickable links […]
tutorial When you hover over a slice on a Pie Chart it slightly grows. When you click it, it pulls out a bit out of place. This tutorial will show how you can disable this default behavior. How it works? It is controlled by states. When you hover something, a “hover” state is applied to the […]
tutorial The defining characteristic of each donut, including donut charts, is its hole. It’s a space that can be used for good. This tutorial will show how we can easily add some labels inside it to display complementing information, such as sum of values for all the slices. Adding a label Most of the elements in […]
tutorial This tutorial will show how you can use SliceGrouper plugin (available since version 4.3.11) to automatically group small slices on Pie, Funnel, Pyramid, or Pictorial Stacked series into a single expandable “Other” slice. NOTE SliceGrouper is a plugin. For information about using plugins, refer to this article. Purpose “Percent” charts such as Pie, Funnel, Pyramid, […]
tutorial You can use position to place chart Legend on top, bottom, left, or right. In all those cases, Legend will center across the edge it is placed on. This tutorial will show some other alignment options. Left and right positions When legend position is set to either “left” or “right”, it is aligned vertically to […]
tutorial This short tutorial will show how we can leverage amCharts 4 containers and automated layouts to display multiple Pie charts in a single <div>. The challenge of multiple pie series When we have a simple Pie chart, it’s easy. We just create a chart and get a pie. But what if we have several series […]
tutorial By default (if you are using “animated” theme), Pie series will fade in when chart initializes. Let’s explore how we can fancy-up those animations. Base chart Let’s take this chart as a base: As you can see, it just fades in. Boooooring. Let’s fix that. The concepts But, before we jump to unicorns and rainbows, […]