How can I populate highchart jQuery plugin dynamically from MVC action?
- by Anders Svensson
I'm trying out the Highcharts jQuery plugin for creating charts of data in an MVC application. But I need to get the data for the function dynamically from an Action Method. How can I do that?
Taking the example from the Highcharts site (http://highcharts.com/documentation/how-to-use):
var chart1; // globally available
$(document).ready(function() {
chart1 = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'chart-container-1',
defaultSeriesType: 'bar'
},
title: {
text: 'Fruit Consumption'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Fruit eaten'
}
},
series: [{
name: 'Jane',
data: [1, 0, 4]
}, {
name: 'John',
data: [5, 7, 3]
}]
});
});
How can I get the data in there dynamically from the action method? Someone suggested I might use JSon, but couldn't specify how. If this is the case, I would really appreciate a simple and specific example, because I don't know much about JSon.
Any help appreciated!
