Question

Having a strange issue with jqplot. I’ve created a horizontal bar chart with 2 series and 5 labels; all populated with variables from a table.

var plot1 = $.jqplot('chart1', [
    [[SERIESA[0],TITLE[0]], [SERIESA[1],TITLE[1]], [SERIESA[2],TITLE[2]], [SERIESA[3],TITLE[3]], [SERIESA[4],TITLE[4]]], 
    [[SERIESB[0],TITLE[0]], [SERIESB[1],TITLE[1]], [SERIESB[2],TITLE[2]], [SERIESB[3],TITLE[3]], [SERIESB[4],TITLE[4]]]], {
    seriesDefaults: {
        renderer:$.jqplot.BarRenderer,
        // Show point labels to the right ('e'ast) of each bar.
        // edgeTolerance of -15 allows labels flow outside the grid
        // up to 15 pixels.  If they flow out more than that, they 
        // will be hidden.
        pointLabels: { show: true, location: 'e', edgeTolerance: -15 },
        // Rotate the bar shadow as if bar is lit from top right.
        shadow: false,
        // Here's where we tell the chart it is oriented horizontally.
        rendererOptions: {
            barDirection: 'horizontal'
        }
    },
    axes: {
        yaxis: {
            renderer: $.jqplot.CategoryAxisRenderer
        }
    }
});

This renders a lovely horizontal bar chart. I would like for the two series to be stacked under each label, but when I add the line

stackSeries: true,

above my seriesDefaults my bars all vanish. Everything else (labels, ticks, etc) remains the same. Is there something in addition to the stackSeries option I need to add?

Answer 1

I found a way to fix my problem (not entirely, but sufficiently for my need). This issue only occurs when I use custom lables pulled from somewhere else; if I use generic “1,2,3,4,etc.” the graph stacks properly and shows data. Ideally I would have custom lables, but I can just put a simple table beside the graph to act as the axis labels.