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Vue Charts - Timeline Chart

Timeline charts represent events in chronological order.

https://en.wikipedia.org
Backend API
<template> <DxChart id="chart" :data-source="dataSource" :rotated="true" :bar-group-padding="0.2" > <DxArgumentAxis :categories="categories"> <DxTick :visible="false"/> </DxArgumentAxis> <DxTitle text="The British Monarchy" subtitle="An Abbreviated Timeline" /> <DxCommonSeriesSettings argument-field="monarch" type="rangebar" range-value1-field="start" range-value2-field="end" bar-overlap-group="monarchs" :min-bar-size="4" /> <DxSeriesTemplate name-field="house"/> <DxAnimation :enabled="false"/> <DxLegend vertical-alignment="bottom" horizontal-alignment="center" > <DxTitle text="Royal Houses"/> </DxLegend> </DxChart> </template> <script setup lang="ts"> import { DxChart, DxCommonSeriesSettings, DxArgumentAxis, DxAnimation, DxTick, DxSeriesTemplate, DxLegend, DxTitle, } from 'devextreme-vue/chart'; import dataSource from './data.ts'; const categories = ['Royal Houses']; </script> <style> #chart { height: 440px; } </style>
window.exports = window.exports || {}; window.config = { transpiler: 'plugin-babel', meta: { '*.vue': { loader: 'vue-loader', }, '*.ts': { loader: 'demo-ts-loader', }, '*.svg': { loader: 'svg-loader', }, 'devextreme/time_zone_utils.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/localization.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/viz/palette.js': { 'esModule': true, }, }, paths: { 'root:': '../../../../', 'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/', }, map: { 'vue': 'npm:vue@3.2.47/dist/vue.esm-browser.js', 'vue-loader': 'npm:dx-systemjs-vue-browser@1.1.1/index.js', 'demo-ts-loader': 'root:utils/demo-ts-loader.js', 'svg-loader': 'root:utils/svg-loader.js', 'mitt': 'npm:mitt/dist/mitt.umd.js', 'rrule': 'npm:rrule@2.6.4/dist/es5/rrule.js', 'luxon': 'npm:luxon@1.28.1/build/global/luxon.min.js', 'es6-object-assign': 'npm:es6-object-assign@1.1.0', 'devextreme': 'npm:devextreme@24.1.6/cjs', 'devextreme-vue': 'npm:devextreme-vue@24.1.6/cjs', 'jszip': 'npm:jszip@3.10.1/dist/jszip.min.js', 'devextreme-quill': 'npm:devextreme-quill@1.7.1/dist/dx-quill.min.js', 'devexpress-diagram': 'npm:devexpress-diagram@2.2.11/dist/dx-diagram.js', 'devexpress-gantt': 'npm:devexpress-gantt@4.1.56/dist/dx-gantt.js', '@devextreme/runtime': 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.13', 'inferno': 'npm:inferno@7.4.11/dist/inferno.min.js', 'inferno-compat': 'npm:inferno-compat/dist/inferno-compat.min.js', 'inferno-create-element': 'npm:inferno-create-element@7.4.11/dist/inferno-create-element.min.js', 'inferno-dom': 'npm:inferno-dom/dist/inferno-dom.min.js', 'inferno-hydrate': 'npm:inferno-hydrate@7.4.11/dist/inferno-hydrate.min.js', 'inferno-clone-vnode': 'npm:inferno-clone-vnode/dist/inferno-clone-vnode.min.js', 'inferno-create-class': 'npm:inferno-create-class/dist/inferno-create-class.min.js', 'inferno-extras': 'npm:inferno-extras/dist/inferno-extras.min.js', 'plugin-babel': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/plugin-babel.js', 'systemjs-babel-build': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/systemjs-babel-browser.js', // Prettier 'prettier/standalone': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/standalone.js', 'prettier/parser-html': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/parser-html.js', }, packages: { 'devextreme-vue': { main: 'index.js', }, 'devextreme': { defaultExtension: 'js', }, 'devextreme/events/utils': { main: 'index', }, 'devextreme/events': { main: 'index', }, 'es6-object-assign': { main: './index.js', defaultExtension: 'js', }, }, packageConfigPaths: [ 'npm:@devextreme/*/package.json', 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.13/inferno/package.json', ], babelOptions: { sourceMaps: false, stage0: true, }, }; System.config(window.config);
export default [ { monarch: 'Anne', start: new Date(1701, 4, 1), end: new Date(1714, 7, 1), house: 'Stuart', }, { monarch: 'George I', start: new Date(1714, 7, 1), house: 'Hanover', end: new Date(1727, 5, 11), }, { monarch: 'George II', start: new Date(1727, 5, 11), house: 'Hanover', end: new Date(1760, 9, 25), }, { monarch: 'George III', start: new Date(1760, 9, 25), house: 'Hanover', end: new Date(1820, 0, 29), }, { monarch: 'George IV', start: new Date(1820, 0, 29), house: 'Hanover', end: new Date(1830, 5, 26), }, { monarch: 'William IV', start: new Date(1830, 5, 26), house: 'Hanover', end: new Date(1837, 5, 20), }, { monarch: 'Victoria', start: new Date(1837, 5, 20), end: new Date(1901, 0, 22), house: 'Hanover', }, { monarch: 'Edward VII', start: new Date(1901, 0, 22), house: 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha', end: new Date(1910, 4, 6), }, { monarch: 'George V', start: new Date(1910, 4, 6), house: 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha', end: new Date(1917, 5, 17), }, { monarch: 'George V', start: new Date(1917, 5, 17), house: 'Windsor', end: new Date(1936, 0, 20), }, { monarch: 'Edward VIII', start: new Date(1936, 0, 20), house: 'Windsor', end: new Date(1936, 11, 11), }, { monarch: 'George VI', start: new Date(1936, 11, 11), house: 'Windsor', end: new Date(1952, 1, 6), }, { monarch: 'Elizabeth II', house: 'Windsor', start: new Date(1952, 1, 6), end: new Date(2022, 8, 8), }, { monarch: 'Charles III', house: 'Windsor', start: new Date(2022, 8, 8), end: new Date(), }, { house: 'Stuart', start: new Date(1701, 4, 1), end: new Date(1714, 7, 1), monarch: 'Royal Houses', }, { end: new Date(1901, 0, 22), house: 'Hanover', start: new Date(1714, 7, 1), monarch: 'Royal Houses', }, { start: new Date(1901, 0, 22), end: new Date(1917, 5, 17), house: 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha', monarch: 'Royal Houses', }, { house: 'Windsor', start: new Date(1917, 5, 17), end: new Date(), monarch: 'Royal Houses', }, ];
import { createApp } from 'vue'; import App from './App.vue'; createApp(App).mount('#app');
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/24.1.6/css/dx.light.css" /> <script src="https://unpkg.com/typescript@4.9.5/lib/typescript.js"></script> <script type="module"> import * as vueCompilerSFC from "https://unpkg.com/@vue/compiler-sfc@3.4.16/dist/compiler-sfc.esm-browser.js"; window.vueCompilerSFC = vueCompilerSFC; </script> <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.6.12/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.21.3/dist/system.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="config.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> System.import("./index.ts"); </script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="app"> </div> </div> </body> </html>

The exact timeline chart implementation steps depend on the data source. Below are general recommendations on how to create a timeline chart.  

  • Choose a series type
    Each event is represented by its name and start/end dates. In this case, the series type should have points with one argument and two values, for example, the Range Bar.

  • Bind the series to data
    You can bind the series to data directly or use a series template (depending on the data source). These approaches and their differences are described in the Bind Series to Data article. In this demo, we use a series template.

  • Line up bars
    Specify the barOverlapGroup to arrange bars in a line that displays a combined timeline.

  • Rotate the chart
    A range bar chart's bars are vertical. To make them horizontal, set the rotated property to true.

  • Sort the events chronologically
    Arguments maintain objects' order in the data source. If this order is not chronological, use the axis' categories array to specify the order.