Area
Emphasize the magnitude of change over an ordered axis.
Chart ID: area. Independent import: @revolist/charts/area.
Live example
Section titled “Live example”Loading chart…
Reading the chart
Section titled “Reading the chart”Read the line as the observed value and the fill as emphasis toward the baseline. Overlapping areas can obscure each other, so use stacking when contributions must form a total.
Data requirements
Section titled “Data requirements”Use one category per row and one or more numeric series. Values are finite numbers or explicit nulls; the row mapper does not group or aggregate repeated keys.
The roles below describe the chart's data contract. Generic category/value roles resolve from the dataset; explicitly bind specialized numeric roles as shown in the complete example.
| Data role | Field count |
|---|---|
category | 1 or more |
value | 1 or more |
series | 1 or more |
Download the complete sample data and settings (JSON). See Data & Configuration for mapping, null values, updates and lifecycle rules.
Create this chart
Section titled “Create this chart”Install the package using the installation guide, give the host an explicit height, and call createAreaChart after the host mounts. This factory fixes the chart type to area.
<div id="chart" style="width: 100%; height: 450px;"></div>Complete runnable TypeScript example with sample data
import { createAreaChart } from '@revolist/charts/area';
const container = document.getElementById('chart')!;const chart = await createAreaChart({ container, "dataset": { "revision": 0, "source": "client", "categories": [ { "id": "preview-category-0", "label": "Jan", "path": [ "Jan" ], "labels": [ "Jan" ], "depth": 1, "kind": "leaf" }, { "id": "preview-category-1", "label": "Feb", "path": [ "Feb" ], "labels": [ "Feb" ], "depth": 1, "kind": "leaf" }, { "id": "preview-category-2", "label": "Mar", "path": [ "Mar" ], "labels": [ "Mar" ], "depth": 1, "kind": "leaf" }, { "id": "preview-category-3", "label": "Apr", "path": [ "Apr" ], "labels": [ "Apr" ], "depth": 1, "kind": "leaf" } ], "series": [ { "id": "preview-series-0", "label": "Current", "columnPath": [ "Current" ], "labels": [ "Current" ], "kind": "leaf", "prop": "preview-0" }, { "id": "preview-series-1", "label": "Previous", "columnPath": [ "Previous" ], "labels": [ "Previous" ], "kind": "leaf", "prop": "preview-1" } ], "values": [ [ 18, 29 ], [ 44, 27 ], [ 31, 45 ], [ 62, 50 ] ], "analyticalFrame": { "fields": [ { "id": "pivot:category", "label": "pivot:category", "role": "dimension", "semanticType": "category" }, { "id": "pivot:series", "label": "pivot:series", "role": "dimension", "semanticType": "category" }, { "id": "preview-series-0", "label": "Current", "role": "measure", "semanticType": "number", "sourceField": "preview-0" }, { "id": "preview-series-1", "label": "Previous", "role": "measure", "semanticType": "number", "sourceField": "preview-1" } ], "observations": [ { "id": "[\"preview-category-0\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Jan", "label": "Jan", "path": [ "Jan" ], "labels": [ "Jan" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Current", "label": "Current", "path": [ "Current" ], "labels": [ "Current" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-0": 18 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-0\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Jan", "label": "Jan", "path": [ "Jan" ], "labels": [ "Jan" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Previous", "label": "Previous", "path": [ "Previous" ], "labels": [ "Previous" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-1": 29 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-1\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Feb", "label": "Feb", "path": [ "Feb" ], "labels": [ "Feb" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Current", "label": "Current", "path": [ "Current" ], "labels": [ "Current" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-0": 44 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-1\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Feb", "label": "Feb", "path": [ "Feb" ], "labels": [ "Feb" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Previous", "label": "Previous", "path": [ "Previous" ], "labels": [ "Previous" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-1": 27 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-2\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Mar", "label": "Mar", "path": [ "Mar" ], "labels": [ "Mar" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Current", "label": "Current", "path": [ "Current" ], "labels": [ "Current" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-0": 31 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-2\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Mar", "label": "Mar", "path": [ "Mar" ], "labels": [ "Mar" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Previous", "label": "Previous", "path": [ "Previous" ], "labels": [ "Previous" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-1": 45 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-3\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Apr", "label": "Apr", "path": [ "Apr" ], "labels": [ "Apr" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Current", "label": "Current", "path": [ "Current" ], "labels": [ "Current" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-0": 62 } }, { "id": "[\"preview-category-3\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "dimensions": { "pivot:category": { "value": "Apr", "label": "Apr", "path": [ "Apr" ], "labels": [ "Apr" ] }, "pivot:series": { "value": "Previous", "label": "Previous", "path": [ "Previous" ], "labels": [ "Previous" ] } }, "measures": { "preview-series-1": 50 } } ], "matrixCells": [ { "categoryId": "preview-category-0", "seriesId": "preview-series-0", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-0\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-0" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-0", "seriesId": "preview-series-1", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-0\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-1" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-1", "seriesId": "preview-series-0", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-1\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-0" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-1", "seriesId": "preview-series-1", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-1\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-1" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-2", "seriesId": "preview-series-0", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-2\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-0" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-2", "seriesId": "preview-series-1", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-2\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-1" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-3", "seriesId": "preview-series-0", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-3\",\"preview-series-0\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-0" }, { "categoryId": "preview-category-3", "seriesId": "preview-series-1", "observationId": "[\"preview-category-3\",\"preview-series-1\"]", "measureFieldId": "preview-series-1" } ] } }, "bindings": {}, "presentation": { "dataLabels": false }});
// When the host unmounts:// chart.destroy();Await updates before reading a snapshot or exporting. Call chart.destroy() when the host unmounts. See the live catalog to interact with this type.
Supported options
Section titled “Supported options”Set these fields in chartOptions. The option schema validates supported keys, ranges and choices; updating chartOptions replaces that authored object.
| Option | Default | Accepted values |
|---|---|---|
showGridLines | true | true or false |
markOpacity | 1 | 0.2 to 1; step 0.05 |
strokeWidth | 2 | 1 to 6; step 0.5 |
fillOpacity | 0.34 | 0.1 to 0.9; step 0.01 |
Titles, legends, theme and labels belong to presentation or the corresponding top-level setting. Axis, color, navigation and interaction support depends on the selected chart; see Data & Configuration.
Related charts
Section titled “Related charts”- Stepped area — Emphasize stepwise changes with a filled baseline.
- Stacked area — Show how multiple series contribute to a changing total.
- 100% stacked area — Show percentage contribution over an ordered axis.
- Range area — Show how a lower-to-upper interval changes over categories.
- Confidence band — Show an uncertainty band between lower and upper bounds.