Error Bars

Error bars allow you to quickly display margins of error and standard deviations in your charts.

When using charts to display data, it can be useful to display margins of error for each point. Showing a positive or negative error amount in the results of a scientific experiment can show the variability of the results at a glance. The error type (error amount) can be set with the following: Fixed Value - set error bar with a fixed value. Percentage - set error bar with a percentage of the data value in the same direction axis. Standard deviation - set error bar with a calculating value which depends on the set deviation and chart data value. Standard error - set error bar with a calculating value which only depends on the chart data value. Custom - set error bar with positive and negative values represented by formulas or fixed numbers. This feature supports the following chart types: Column Line Bar Area Scatter Bubble Customize type: Specify the visibility of negative error bar and positive error bar. noEndCap: Specify the visibility of the error bar caps. style: Specify the line style of the error bar including color, width, and dash line. You can customize the error bars using the following code:
import { Component, NgModule, enableProdMode } from '@angular/core'; import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'; import { SpreadSheetsModule } from '@mescius/spread-sheets-angular'; import GC from '@mescius/spread-sheets'; import "@mescius/spread-sheets-shapes"; import '@mescius/spread-sheets-charts'; import './styles.css'; const COLORS = { deepBlue: '#3e619f', blue: '#a1b8e1', deepOrange: '#c55a11', orange: '#f6be98', white: '#ffffff' }; @Component({ selector: 'app-component', templateUrl: 'src/app.component.html' }) export class AppComponent { spread: GC.Spread.Sheets.Workbook; hostStyle = { width: '100%', height: '100%', overflow: 'hidden', float: 'left' }; initSpread($event: any) { this.spread = $event.spread; let spread = this.spread; spread.setSheetCount(3); this.addBasicChart(spread.getSheet(0)); this.addStepChart(spread.getSheet(1)); this.addGanttChart(spread.getSheet(2)); } addBasicChart(sheet: GC.Spread.Sheets.Worksheet) { sheet.name("BaseUsage"); let salesData = [ ['', 'Sales'], ['Jan', 54], ['Feb', 60], ['Mar', 86], ['Apr', 92], ['May', 112], ['Jun', 157], ['Jul', 202], ['Aug', 195], ['Sep', 187], ['Oct', 194], ['Nov', 238], ['Dec', 289], ]; sheet.setArray(0, 0, salesData); let chart1 = sheet.charts.add("chart1", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ChartType.xyScatterSmooth, 140, 5, 500, 350, "A1:B13", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.RowCol.columns); let series = chart1.series().get(0); series.errorBars = { vertical: { type: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarType.both, valueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarValueType.standardError, style: { color: COLORS.deepOrange } } }; chart1.series().set(0, series); } addStepChart(sheet: GC.Spread.Sheets.Worksheet) { sheet.name("StepChart"); let priceData = [ ['', 'Price', 'x-error', 'y-error-negative', 'y-error-positive'], [new Date('5/7/2019'), 39], [new Date('5/27/2019'), 47], [new Date('6/15/2019'), 30], [new Date('6/24/2019'), 46], [new Date('8/3/2019'), 37], [new Date('8/28/2019'), 50], [new Date('9/29/2019'), 43], [new Date('10/30/2019'), 48], ]; sheet.setArray(0, 0, priceData); sheet.setFormula(1, 2, "=IF(A3, A3-A2, 20)"); sheet.setFormula(1, 3, "=IFERROR(IF(B1-B2>0, B1-B2, 0), 0)"); sheet.setFormula(1, 4, "=IFERROR(IF(B2-B1>0, B2-B1, 0), 0)"); sheet.fillAuto(new GC.Spread.Sheets.Range(1, 2, 1, 3), new GC.Spread.Sheets.Range(1, 2, 8, 3), { direction: GC.Spread.Sheets.Fill.FillDirection.down, fillType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Fill.FillType.auto }); sheet.getRange(1, 1, 8, 1).formatter('_($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* "-"??_);_(@_)'); sheet.setColumnWidth(0, 100); let chart = sheet.charts.add("StepChart", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ChartType.xyScatter, 160, 5, 800, 450, "A1:B9", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.RowCol.columns); let axes = chart.axes(); axes.primaryCategory.format = 'm/d/yyyy'; axes.primaryCategory.majorTickPosition = GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.TickMark.outside; chart.axes(axes); chart.legend({ visible: false }); let series = chart.series().get(0); series.symbol = { fill: null, border: { color: null } }; // Hide the symbol. series.errorBars = { horizontal: { type: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarType.plus, valueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarValueType.custom, noEndCap: true, custom: { positive: '=StepChart!$C$2:$C$9' } }, vertical: { valueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarValueType.custom, noEndCap: true, custom: { positive: '=StepChart!$D$2:$D$9', negative: '=StepChart!$E$2:$E$9' }, style: { color: "gray", dashStyle: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.LineDashStyle.dash } } }; chart.series().set(0, series); let dataLabels = chart.dataLabels(); dataLabels.showValue = true; dataLabels.position = GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.DataLabelPosition.above; dataLabels.format = '$* #,##0.00'; dataLabels.color = "red"; chart.dataLabels(dataLabels); } addGanttChart(sheet: GC.Spread.Sheets.Worksheet) { let self = this; sheet.name("GanttChart"); let ganttData = [ ['End Date', 'Height'], [new Date('4/15/2019'), 0.9375], [new Date('4/29/2019'), 0.8125], [new Date('5/6/2019'), 0.6875], [new Date('5/20/2019'), 0.5625], [new Date('5/27/2019'), 0.4375], [new Date('6/17/2019'), 0.3125], [new Date('6/24/2019'), 0.1875], [new Date('7/1/2019'), 0.0625] ]; sheet.setArray(0, 0, ganttData); sheet.setColumnWidth(0, 100); let SIZE = 12; let ZFACTOR = 25; let chart = sheet.charts.add("GanttChart", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ChartType.xyScatter, 180, 5, 500, 350, "A1:B9", GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.RowCol.columns); chart.title({ text: 'Advanced Gantt Chart' }); let axes = chart.axes(); axes.primaryCategory.format = 'm/d/yyyy'; axes.primaryCategory.majorTickPosition = GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.TickMark.outside; axes.primaryValue.visible = false; chart.axes(axes); chart.legend({ visible: false }); let backgroundSeriesIndex = 0; let backgroundSeries = chart.series().get(backgroundSeriesIndex); let backgroundErrorBar = { type: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarType.minus, valueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarValueType.custom, noEndCap: true, custom: { negative: '={' + ZFACTOR + '}' }, style: { color: COLORS.blue, width: SIZE } }; backgroundSeries.errorBars = { horizontal: backgroundErrorBar }; backgroundSeries.symbol = { shape: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.SymbolShape.diamond, size: SIZE, fill: COLORS.deepBlue }; chart.series().set(backgroundSeriesIndex, backgroundSeries); let unfinishedSeries = { chartType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ChartType.xyScatter, axisGroup: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.AxisGroup.primary, xValues: 'GanttChart!$A$2:$A$9', yValues: 'GanttChart!$B$2:$B$9', symbol: { shape: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.SymbolShape.diamond, size: SIZE - 4, fill: COLORS.deepOrange }, errorBars: { horizontal: { type: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarType.minus, valueType: GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.ErrorBarValueType.custom, noEndCap: true, custom: { negative: '={' + self.createErrorBarValue(ganttData.slice(1), ZFACTOR).toString() + '}' }, style: { color: COLORS.orange, width: SIZE } } } }; chart.series().add(unfinishedSeries); let dataLabels = chart.dataLabels(); dataLabels.showValue = true; dataLabels.position = GC.Spread.Sheets.Charts.DataLabelPosition.below; dataLabels.format = '#,##0%'; dataLabels.color = COLORS.orange; chart.dataLabels(dataLabels); } createErrorBarValue(dataSource: any, z: number) { let values = []; for (let i = 0; i < dataSource.length; i++) { values.push(dataSource[i][1] * z); } return values; } } @NgModule({ imports: [BrowserModule, SpreadSheetsModule], declarations: [AppComponent], exports: [AppComponent], bootstrap: [AppComponent] }) export class AppModule {} enableProdMode(); // Bootstrap application with hash style navigation and global services. platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);
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