Area Chart
<AreaChart
data={query_name}
x=column_x
y=column_y
/>
Examples
Area
<AreaChart
data={fed_reserve_district_sf}
x=established_date
y=banks_created
/>
Stacked Area
<AreaChart
data={fed_reserve_district}
x=established_date
y=banks_created
series=fed_reserve_district
/>
100% Stacked Area
<AreaChart
data={fed_reserve_district}
x=established_date
y=banks_created
series=fed_reserve_district
type=stacked100
/>
Area with Step Line

<AreaChart
data={simpler_bar}
x=year
y=value
series=country
step=true
/>
Props
Data
Name | Description | Required? | Options | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
data | Query name, wrapped in curly braces | Yes | query name | - |
x | Column to use for the x-axis of the chart | Yes | column name | First column |
y | Column(s) to use for the y-axis of the chart | Yes | column name | array of column names | Any non-assigned numeric columns |
sort | Whether to apply default sort to your data. Default sort is x ascending for number and date x-axes, and y descending for category x-axes | - | true | false | false |
series | Column to use as the series (groups) in a multi-series chart | - | column name | - |
handleMissing | Treatment of missing values in the dataset | - | gap | connect | zero | gap (single series) | zero (multi-series) |
xFmt | Format to use for x column (see available formats) | - | Excel-style format | buil-in format name | custom format name | - |
yFmt | Format to use for y column (see available formats) | - | Excel-style format | buil-in format name | custom format name | - |
Series
Name | Description | Required? | Options | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
type | Grouping method to use for multi-series charts | - | stacked | stacked100 | stacked |
fillColor | Color to override default series color. Only accepts a single color. | - | CSS name | hexademical | RGB | HSL | - |
lineColor | Color to override default line color. Only accepts a single color. | - | CSS name | hexademical | RGB | HSL | - |
fillOpacity | % of the full color that should be rendered, with remainder being transparent | - | number (0 to 1) | 0.7 |
line | Show line on top of the area | - | true | false | true |
Chart
Name | Description | Required? | Options | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
title | Chart title. Appears at top left of chart. | - | string | - |
subtitle | Chart subtitle. Appears just under title. | - | string | - |
legend | Turns legend on or off. Legend appears at top center of chart. | - | true | false | true for multiple series |
chartAreaHeight | Minimum height of the chart area (excl. header and footer) in pixels. Adjusting the height affects all viewport sizes and may impact the mobile UX. | - | number | 180 |
xAxisTitle | Name to show under x-axis. If 'true', formatted column name is used. Only works with swapXY=false | - | true | string | false | false |
yAxisTitle | Name to show beside y-axis. If 'true', formatted column name is used. | - | true | string | false | false |
xGridlines | Turns on/off gridlines extending from x-axis tick marks (vertical lines when swapXY=false) | - | true | false | false |
yGridlines | Turns on/off gridlines extending from y-axis tick marks (horizontal lines when swapXY=false) | - | true | false | true |
xAxisLabels | Turns on/off value labels on the x-axis | - | true | false | true |
yAxisLabels | Turns on/off value labels on the y-axis | - | true | false | true |
xBaseline | Turns on/off thick axis line (line appears at y=0) | - | true | false | true |
yBaseline | Turns on/off thick axis line (line appears directly alongside the y-axis labels) | - | true | false | false |
xTickMarks | Turns on/off tick marks for each of the x-axis labels | - | true | false | false |
yTickMarks | Turns on/off tick marks for each of the y-axis labels | - | true | false | false |
yMin | Starting value for the y-axis | - | number | - |
yMax | Maximum value for the y-axis | - | number | - |
step | Specifies whether the chart is displayed as a step line. | - | true | false | false |
stepPosition | Configures the position of turn points for a step line chart. | - | 'start' | 'middle' | 'end' | 'end' |
Annotations
Area charts can include annotations using the ReferenceLine
and ReferenceArea
components. These components are used within a chart component like so:
<AreaChart data="{sales_data}" x="date" y="sales">
<ReferenceLine data="{target_data}" y="target" label="name" />
<ReferenceArea xMin="2020-03-14" xMax="2020-05-01" />
</AreaChart>