When making a line chart I can't seem to be able to turn the column as a data point.
I have multiple columns with different dates and I'm trying to display data for a row.
However when I try to make it into a chart, everything gets stacked together, tried it with every chart on the plugin with no success.
Every other separate chart program (non WPDataTables) I can successfully do it with the current data setup.
Am I missing something or does the plugin not allow me to do it with this table format? Transposing the table is an absolute hassle that slows down everything and will make me make new tables for each one of my row data points (over 1000).
Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.
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You will not be able to achieve that with any of our available Charts/chart engines.
The way how the charts work is, you are now having just a single row of data in your table.
Each row is being represented as one Data point on the X axis for any Chart.
The only way to achieve the Chart and the multiple data points on the X axis as on the example, will be to have one Date(or String or integer) Column in which each row is going to be one month;
so for example, the Column which holds the Year and the month would have rows going the same as the data points on the X axis for each row;
such as :
first row for the Date data would be 2019 Jan, then 1st row for the Series data says 76.05;
second row :
2019 Mar > the Series Column : 80,38;
and so on....
I am just curious how you were able to achieve this on a Chart with only one row to have multiple X axis data points like that;
you wrote : 'Every other separate chart program (non WPDataTables) I can successfully do it with the current data setup.'
Could you show us an example of a chart program, and how is your source data for the chart looking, and how are you setting up that chart with the chart options, etc?
In our Plugin with all our Charts, though, this is currently not possible in any way.
Let me know if you have any additional questions about that.
Not a problem. Understood, I did try the method you suggested before and even pulled the data and tried to transpose it using SQL query (something you helped understand), but in the end it is not feasible.
Each row represents separate data for my Master List and I'm pulling each row of data on different posts, so this format is the best. Transposing the whole table leaves me with over 1000 columns which is not good.
The other applications I used were:
Excel, the birthplace of my Master List. I made all the charts I needed in here before starting the process of building them on WPDataTables.
Mcharts, not as complex as WPDatatables since I can't pull different charts from one table, but it made the chart.
Uberchart, same issue as Mchart, can't use a central list to pull data from.
You get the idea.
I appreciate the help, just wanted to confirm if it was possible or I was missing something during setup, thank you.
to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there, and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.
You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;
and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.
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If you have coding skills and wish to try to make a custom solution now,
Please be advised that custom solutions with hooks are not included in our support.
You can also research resources such as Stack Overflow to see if any other user perhaps found a workaround.
( We do like to give examples for certain solutions, but for this use-case, we, unfortunately, don't have anything yet)
For the time being, this will not be possible for our Charts;
as we have shown, in any of our Charts, for the X axis, it needs all the values to be set in that one "Date or String" Column, while all the other Columns must be numerical, etc.
I can see you figured all of this out in the end, and I am sorry to see this difficult situation, where you have so much data that would need to be transposed in order to be used with our Charts;
At the moment, sadly, there is no easy way we could suggest to somehow 'transpose it' without manual work.
Hello,
When making a line chart I can't seem to be able to turn the column as a data point.
I have multiple columns with different dates and I'm trying to display data for a row.
However when I try to make it into a chart, everything gets stacked together, tried it with every chart on the plugin with no success.
Every other separate chart program (non WPDataTables) I can successfully do it with the current data setup.
Am I missing something or does the plugin not allow me to do it with this table format? Transposing the table is an absolute hassle that slows down everything and will make me make new tables for each one of my row data points (over 1000).
Any advice is appreciated, thank you!
Attached files: Table.png
Chart.png
Good chart.png
Hi Victor,
Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.
-
You will not be able to achieve that with any of our available Charts/chart engines.
The way how the charts work is, you are now having just a single row of data in your table.
Each row is being represented as one Data point on the X axis for any Chart.
The only way to achieve the Chart and the multiple data points on the X axis as on the example, will be to have one Date(or String or integer) Column in which each row is going to be one month;
so for example, the Column which holds the Year and the month would have rows going the same as the data points on the X axis for each row;
such as :
first row for the Date data would be 2019 Jan, then 1st row for the Series data says 76.05;
second row :
2019 Mar > the Series Column : 80,38;
and so on....
I am just curious how you were able to achieve this on a Chart with only one row to have multiple X axis data points like that;
you wrote : 'Every other separate chart program (non WPDataTables) I can successfully do it with the current data setup.'
Could you show us an example of a chart program, and how is your source data for the chart looking, and how are you setting up that chart with the chart options, etc?
In our Plugin with all our Charts, though, this is currently not possible in any way.
Let me know if you have any additional questions about that.
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
[email protected]
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Hey Milos,
Not a problem. Understood, I did try the method you suggested before and even pulled the data and tried to transpose it using SQL query (something you helped understand), but in the end it is not feasible.
Each row represents separate data for my Master List and I'm pulling each row of data on different posts, so this format is the best. Transposing the whole table leaves me with over 1000 columns which is not good.
The other applications I used were:
Excel, the birthplace of my Master List. I made all the charts I needed in here before starting the process of building them on WPDataTables.
Mcharts, not as complex as WPDatatables since I can't pull different charts from one table, but it made the chart.
Uberchart, same issue as Mchart, can't use a central list to pull data from.
You get the idea.
I appreciate the help, just wanted to confirm if it was possible or I was missing something during setup, thank you.
Attached files: Excel Chart example.png
Mchart example.png
Uberchart sample.png
Hi Victor,
Thank you for sharing these details, this could help us as ideas for a future development option.
I will pass this to our devs, just as working examples, and they will do their best to create a new feature, we just can't say a realistic ETA on it.
If you wish to affect the development speed;
Please feel free to search on our suggestions page,
to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there, and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.
You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;
and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.
-
If you have coding skills and wish to try to make a custom solution now,
you can check out our available hooks for Developers on this documentation and see if you can find any hook that might help.
Please be advised that custom solutions with hooks are not included in our support.
You can also research resources such as Stack Overflow to see if any other user perhaps found a workaround.
( We do like to give examples for certain solutions, but for this use-case, we, unfortunately, don't have anything yet)
For the time being, this will not be possible for our Charts;
as we have shown, in any of our Charts, for the X axis, it needs all the values to be set in that one "Date or String" Column, while all the other Columns must be numerical, etc.
I can see you figured all of this out in the end, and I am sorry to see this difficult situation, where you have so much data that would need to be transposed in order to be used with our Charts;
At the moment, sadly, there is no easy way we could suggest to somehow 'transpose it' without manual work.
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
[email protected]
Rate my support
Try our FREE mapping plugin! MapSVG - easy Google maps, interactive SVG maps and floor plans, choropleth maps and much more - https://wordpress.org/plugins/mapsvg-lite-interactive-vector-maps/
wpDataTables: FAQ | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Front-end and back-end demo | Docs
Amelia: FAQ | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Amelia demo sites | Docs | Discord Community
You can try wpDataTables add-ons before purchasing on these sandbox sites:
Powerful Filters | Gravity Forms Integration for wpDataTables | Formidable Forms Integration for wpDataTables | Master-Detail Tables