Customize Data Plots
Data plots refer to the graphical representation of data values, such as columns/lines/areas/pie slices in a chart. It helps you to easily derive an outcome from the data, instead of wasting time on complex tabular formats. FusionCharts offers a lot of customization options on data plots, to make them more insightful. For further details, click here.
For quick reference, we have included some customizations in this section. You can:
- Customize plot colors
- Highlight data plots
- Set images as data plots
- Add Gradient effects or round edges
- Use Discontinuos Data
- Pattern Fill for Data Plots
Customize Plot Colors
By default, FusionCharts selects colors for the data plots from the theme you apply to a particular chart. However, you can modify the color of one or more data plots if you wish, to improve the look and feel of the chart, or make it easier for viewers to analyze the data at a glance.
For instance, if you input data about different countries across the world in a chart, you can apply the same color to countries belonging to the same continent.
For further details, click here.
Highlight Data Plots
By default, in most types of charts, FusionCharts applies the same color to all data plots. However, you can highlight one or more data plots to quickly draw the viewer’s attention to those. You can modify the fill color of the data plot, make it transparent/opaque, or apply dashed borders to it - all with the click of a button.
For instance, in the sample, on Wednesday the number of visitors is the most. So, you might want to highlight the data plot to put more emphasis on it.
You can:
- Apply a dashed border around the plot
- Use a different data plot color
- Add context-sensitive textual information alongside a data point.
By doing this, you still see the data point of interest with respect to the complete data rather than having to filter out data points that are not of interest momentarily.
For a line/area chart, change the color of the anchor or increase the anchor radius to make it stand out from the rest.
In case of pie/doughnut chart, slice out a particular data plot to highlight it.
For further details, click here.
Use Dashed Lines for Prediction
FusionCharts allows you to display data plots using dashed lines, if necessary. This comes in handy when you want to plot future projections based on the data you already have available.
For instance, if you have data about yearly revenues of a company between the years 2008-2018, you may draw estimates of the revenues that the company would earn in the years 2019, 2020, and 2021. If you plot the data in a line graph, you can connect the data plots for the years 2019 to 2021 using dashed lines, so that the viewer can understand at a glance that those are projections and not actual data values.