Handling events
Tracking changes on your spreadsheet.
See this example on jsFiddle
Log:
Advanced Example
Update the chart on every change in your spreadsheet, using the onchange handler
Source code
<html> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jexcel/2.1.0/js/jquery.jexcel.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jexcel/2.1.0/css/jquery.jexcel.min.css" type="text/css" /> <div id="my"></div> <script> var data = [ ['Tokyo', 7.0, 6.9, 9.5, 14.5, 18.2, 21.5, 25.2, 26.5, 23.3, 18.3, 13.9, 9.6], ['New York', -0.2, 0.8, 5.7, 11.3, 17.0, 22.0, 24.8, 24.1, 20.1, 14.1, 8.6, 2.5], ['Berlin', -0.9, 0.6, 3.5, 8.4, 13.5, 17.0, 18.6, 17.9, 14.3, 9.0, 3.9, 1.0], ['London', 3.9, 4.2, 5.7, 8.5, 11.9, 15.2, 17.0, 16.6, 14.2, 10.3, 6.6, 4.8], ]; var update = function (obj, cel, val) { // Get the cell position x, y var id = $(cel).prop('id').split('-'); // If the related series does not exists create a new one if (! chart.series[id[1]]) { // Create a new series row var row = []; for (i = 1; i < data[id[1]].length; i++) { row.push(parseFloat(data[id[1]][i])); } // Append new series to the chart chart.addSeries({ name:data[id[1]][0], data:row }); } else { // Update the value from the chart chart.series[id[1]].data[id[0]-1].update({y:parseFloat(val)}); } } $('#my').jexcel({ data:data, onchange:update, colHeaders: [ 'Country' ], colWidths: [ 300 ] }); // Kepp it global var chart = null; $(function () { chart = Highcharts.chart('container', { title: { text: 'Monthly Average Temperature', x: -20 //center }, subtitle: { text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com', x: -20 }, xAxis: { categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'] }, yAxis: { title: { text: 'Temperature (°C)' }, plotLines: [{ value: 0, width: 1, color: '#808080' }] }, tooltip: { valueSuffix: '°C' }, legend: { layout: 'vertical', align: 'right', verticalAlign: 'middle', borderWidth: 0 }, series: [{ name: 'Tokyo', data: [7.0, 6.9, 9.5, 14.5, 18.2, 21.5, 25.2, 26.5, 23.3, 18.3, 13.9, 9.6] }, { name: 'New York', data: [-0.2, 0.8, 5.7, 11.3, 17.0, 22.0, 24.8, 24.1, 20.1, 14.1, 8.6, 2.5] }, { name: 'Berlin', data: [-0.9, 0.6, 3.5, 8.4, 13.5, 17.0, 18.6, 17.9, 14.3, 9.0, 3.9, 1.0] }, { name: 'London', data: [3.9, 4.2, 5.7, 8.5, 11.9, 15.2, 17.0, 16.6, 14.2, 10.3, 6.6, 4.8] }] }); }); </script> </html>