I am attempting to make a stacked column chart representing events on a timeline. I need evenly-spaced bars, that scroll left/right with their respective ticks. Currently upon scrolling, the columns remain in place and their data is updated to reflect the new timespan they represent (I assume).
For example: when scrolling one "step" to the right, I note these differences:
The column remains in place with updated data and the axis tick moves to the left. This results in a 'graphic equalizer'-like effect when scrolling. (See fiddle)
What I need is to have the column represent the same data for the life of the chart, and to scroll left/right with its tick mark.
I suspect I'm misunderstanding something in the configuration. Any help/direction would be very much appreciated.
(As a side note: is there any easy way to style/color data from the past (with an xAxis datetime value of < today) differently to normal data?)
chart: {
alignTicks: false,
backgroundColor: '#eeeeee',
events: {
load: function (e) {
this.xAxis[0].setExtremes(1390943153305, 1400015153305);
}
},
ignoreHiddenSeries: true,
renderTo: $('#chart')[0]
},
colors: ['#89f1a4','#68d9f7','#9eb9ef','#c49eef'],
credits: {enabled: false},
legend: {
enabled: true,
shadow: true
},
rangeSelector: {selected: 1},
title: {text: 'Global Events'},
navigator: {
height: 40,
xAxis: {
gridLineWidth: 1
},
series: {type: 'column'}
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
showInLegend: true,
stacking: 'normal',
dataGrouping: {
enabled: true,
forced: true,
units: [
['millisecond', [604800000]], // Attempting to force data into weekly groups, throws error if this is null
['second', [604800]],
['minute', [10080]],
['hour', [168]],
['day', [7]],
['week', [1]], // Expected this to be the only required option if I only want weekly grouping...
['month', null],
['year', null]
]
}
}
},
xAxis: {ordinal: false},
series: data