Handling events
Tracking changes on your spreadsheet.
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>
let 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],
];
let update = function (obj, cel, val) {
// Get the cell position x, y
let 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
let 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
let 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>